Swift Trigger: 518507

Presumed name: GRB 120324A

BAT	19^h 24^m 20.16^s, +24° 08′ 42.0″
position:	(291.084, +24.145 ± 180″)
XRT	19^h 24^m 18.60^s, +24° 07′ 49.6″
position:	(291.07751, 24.13044 ± 3.6″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic N_HI:	4.54×10²¹ cm^-2
Galactic E(B-V):	1.121 mag

Best RA:	19^h 24^m 18.60^s	= 291.07751 d
Best Dec:	+24° 07′ 49.6″	= 24.13044 d

Gal Lat:	4.03
Gal Long:	58.04

Sun angle:	73.37°, 4.8 hr West

¹Sper #4 auto processing.

GCN Notices for this burst.

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Observability of this burst for Swift.

Sun angle for this burst.

UVOT data

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Blink images with DSS (link via GSFC)

XRT SPER data

SPER results page for this trigger.

There are 5 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

- Object 1
- RA (J2000) : 19 24 18.59 ( 291.07747)
- Dec (J2000): +24 07 49.5 ( 24.13041)
- Error (90%): 3.576"
- Counts in Source: 520

See the SPER page for details of how this position was produced.

Known transients within 5′ of the GRB

Click on the offset to view the transient announcement.

Offset (′′)	RA	Dec	Source	Misc
2.2′′	291.07817	24.13058	GCN #13092	GRB 120324A: Liverpool Telescope optical candidate
3.3′′	291.07825	24.12981	GCN #13097	GRB 120324A: CQUEAN rizY Observation
3.5′′	291.07833	24.12983	GCN #13098	GRB 120324A: GROND observations
5.1′′	291.07873	24.12958	GCN #13093	GRB 120324A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
5.1′′	291.07875	24.12958	GCN #13174	GRB 120324A� the review of the sky area in plate archives
5.4′′	291.07710	24.12900	GCN #13090	GRB 120324A: Swift detection of a burst
24.7′′	291.08454	24.13283	GCN #13179	GRB 120324A: CrAO optical upper limit
36.2′′	291.08125	24.13989	GCN #13096	GRB 120324A: Swift-BAT refined analysis

There are 12 matches in total. See the full table for details.

Catalogue Searches. Searched 3.33′ around XRT position

Click on the distance to view the full details (not available for sources from the SSS catalogue). Click on the column headers to sort the table on that column (click again to invert sort order).

SIMBAD

	RA*	Dec*	SIMBAD name		Query

* RA/Dec in equinox J2000

X-ray sources

	RA*	Dec*		Source table²	Observatory	Query

Queried the X-ray MASTER catalogue.

* RA/Dec in equinox J2000

¹Energy band for count-rate is mission specific.

Galaxies

	RA*	Dec*		Catalogue
7.3	291.0796	24.1310	I=17.5, R2=19.7	USNO-B1
16.7	291.0736	24.1333	B1=19.8, B2=18.5, I=14.7, R1=16.7, R2=16.3	USNO-B1
17.5	291.0766	24.1352	B2=18.6, R2=15.8	USNO-B1
18.9	291.0789	24.1355	B1=18.3, B2=18.3	USNO-B1
22.6	291.0719	24.1268	I=17.4, R2=19.4	USNO-B1
23.3	291.0781	24.1240	B1=18.9, B2=18.9, R1=17.2, R2=16.3	USNO-B1
24.5	291.0786	24.1372	I=17.5, R2=19.0	USNO-B1
26.3	291.0730	24.1244	I=16.2, R1=18.4, R2=17.7	USNO-B1
26.3	291.0698	24.1325	I=17.6, R2=20.2	USNO-B1
30.0	291.0765	24.1222	B1=18.6, R2=16.4	USNO-B1

Queried APM-N, SDSS, PSCz, SSS, NED, 2MASSX, USNO-B1.

There are 570 galaxies within the position error. The full list is here.

* RA/Dec in equinox J2000

Magnitudes depend on the catalogue. e.g. For Sloan, R is the Sloan r mag, not the Johnson R from APM, for example

Stars

	RA*	Dec*		Catalogue
5.0	291.0761	24.1301	B1=20.6, I=16.9, R2=18.4	USNO-B1
10.9	291.0766	24.1275	I=17.1, R2=18.5	USNO-B1
11.3	291.0741	24.1302	B2=19.7, I=17.0, R2=18.3	USNO-B1
14.0	291.0800	24.1336	h=12.0, j=12.7, k=11.7	2MASS
15.0	291.0801	24.1339	B1=17.6, B2=17.1, I=12.5, R1=14.6, R2=14.3	USNO-B1
16.2	291.0797	24.1345	B1=18.4, B2=17.5, I=11.9, R1=14.6, R2=13.9	USNO-B1
16.6	291.0765	24.1349	h=13.0, j=14.0, k=12.7	2MASS
16.6	291.0745	24.1267	I=17.4, R2=18.4	USNO-B1
16.6	291.0734	24.1331	h=13.8, j=14.6, k=13.6	2MASS
17.9	291.0770	24.1354	B1=19.5, B2=18.8, I=13.9, R1=16.3, R2=15.7	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 1315 stars within the position error. The full list is here.

* RA/Dec in equinox J2000

Magnitudes depend on the catalogue. e.g. For Sloan, R is the Sloan r mag, not the Johnson R from APM, for example.