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Swift Trigger: 531003

Presumed name: GRB 120815A

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BAT	18h 15m 49.20s, -52° 08′ 02.4″
position:	(273.955, -52.134 ± 180″)
XRT	18h 15m 50.15s, -52° 07′ 47.2″
position:	(273.95896, -52.12978 ± 3.6″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	8.55×1020 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	NED unavailable

Best RA:	18h 15m 50.15s	= 273.95896 d
Best Dec:	-52° 07′ 47.2″	= -52.12978 d
Gal Lat:	-15.99
Gal Long:	342.05
Sun angle:	124.53°, -8.6 hr East of Sun

¹Sper #3 auto processing.

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GCN Notices for this burst.

View this region in Aladin.

Observability of this burst for Swift.

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Sun angle for this burst.

UVOT data

Blink images with DSS (link via GSFC)

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XRT SPER data

SPER results page for this trigger.

There are 6 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

• • Object 1
  • RA (J2000) : 18 15 50.14 ( 273.95892)
  • Dec (J2000): -52 07 47.4 ( -52.12983)
  • Error (90%): 3.563"
  • Counts in Source: 270

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

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Known transients within 5′ of the GRB

Click on the offset to view the transient announcement.

Offset (′′)	RA	Dec	Date reported	Source	Misc	Query
0.0′′	273.95896	-52.12978		GCN #13647	GRB 120815A: Swift-XRT observations
5.8′′	273.95758	-52.13114		GCN #13648	GRB 120815A: GROND afterglow candidate
6.2′′	273.95808	-52.13142		GCN #13650	GRB 120815A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
17.5′′	273.95500	-52.13400		GCN #13645	GRB 120815A: Swift detection of a burst
41.4′′	273.97600	-52.12500		GCN #13652	GRB 120815A: Swift-BAT refined analysis
67.1′′	273.98888	-52.12656		GCN #13646	GRB 120815A: TAROT La Silla observatory optical observations

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

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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*	Redshift		Catalogue	Query
9.5	273.9563	-52.1318		B2=19.8, I=17.2, R1=17.7, R2=17.6	USNO-B1
11.5	273.9597	-52.1266		I=17.6, R2=13.7	USNO-B1
12.6	273.9547	-52.1275		B2=18.0, I=16.1, R1=16.3, R2=16.1	USNO-B1
14.8	273.9590	-52.1257		B2=16.3, I=17.0, R2=15.9	USNO-B1
15.8	273.9590	-52.1254		B=19.4, R2=18.1	SSS
19.7	273.9652	-52.1259		B2=19.9, I=18.1, R2=18.5	USNO-B1
23.0	273.9509	-52.1338		B=22.0	SSS
25.8	273.9661	-52.1354		B=21.6, R2=19.8	SSS
29.1	273.9461	-52.1280		I=18.3, R2=18.7	USNO-B1
29.3	273.9465	-52.1270		B2=19.8, I=18.3, R1=18.4, R2=18.7	USNO-B1

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

There are 542 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	Query
9.8	273.9564	-52.1320	h=15.9, j=16.1, k=15.3	2MASS
11.6	273.9585	-52.1266	h=11.9, j=12.5, k=11.8	2MASS
11.9	273.9584	-52.1265	B2=15.7, I=13.7, R1=13.9, R2=13.3	USNO-B1
12.7	273.9545	-52.1275	h=14.6, j=15.2, k=14.6	2MASS
16.4	273.9592	-52.1252	B2=17.8, I=16.7, R1=17.7, R2=16.5	USNO-B1
17.2	273.9592	-52.1250	h=15.8, j=16.8, k=15.6	2MASS
26.1	273.9588	-52.1370	B2=20.6, R2=20.5	USNO-B1
28.3	273.9715	-52.1282	B2=20.2, R2=19.6	USNO-B1
29.4	273.9716	-52.1273	B2=20.7, R2=20.3	USNO-B1
32.8	273.9718	-52.1252	B2=20.6, I=17.6, R1=18.6, R2=18.9	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 440 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.