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Swift Trigger: 533060

Presumed name: GRB 120909A

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BAT	18h 22m 44.40s, -59° 25′ 33.6″
position:	(275.685, -59.426 ± 180″)
XRT	18h 22m 57.66s, -59° 26′ 52.5″
position:	(275.74027, -59.44791 ± 3.5″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	6.47×1020 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	NED unavailable

Best RA:	18h 22m 57.66s	= 275.74027 d
Best Dec:	-59° 26′ 52.5″	= -59.44791 d
Gal Lat:	-19.67
Gal Long:	335.32
Sun angle:	103.64°, -7.2 hr East of Sun

¹Sper #12 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 12 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

• • Object 1
  • RA (J2000) : 18 22 57.66 ( 275.74027)
  • Dec (J2000): -59 26 52.5 ( -59.44791)
  • Error (90%): 3.521"
  • Counts in Source: 1000

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
3.4′′	275.73880	-59.44850		GCN #13727	GRB 120909A: Swift detection of a burst
7.2′′	275.73658	-59.44864		GCN #13732	GRB 120909A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
7.4′′	275.73633	-59.44833		GCN #13728	Skynet/PROMPT Observations of GRB120909A
33.5′′	275.75857	-59.44761		GCN #13739	GRB 120909A: TAROT La Silla observatory optical observations
58.0′′	275.73542	-59.43200		GCN #13733	GRB 120909A: Swift-BAT refined analysis

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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
33.9	275.7588	-59.4475		B2=16.1, I=13.2, R1=14.3, R2=14.4	USNO-B1
38.7	275.7541	-59.4398		R1=18.9, R2=19.6	USNO-B1
49.4	275.7667	-59.4451		B=19.1, R2=17.2, i=16.7	SSS
49.9	275.7670	-59.4451		B2=18.8, I=16.6, R1=16.8, R2=16.8	USNO-B1
50.6	275.7189	-59.4390		B=20.9, R2=19.4	SSS
54.4	275.7443	-59.4629		B=20.8, R2=19.3	SSS
60.2	275.7389	-59.4312		B2=20.6, I=17.8, R1=18.2, R2=18.5	USNO-B1
61.7	275.7602	-59.4617		I=16.3, R1=16.8	USNO-B1
71.0	275.7331	-59.4673		B=21.8	SSS
78.2	275.6977	-59.4461		B=21.2, R2=19.8	SSS

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

There are 114 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
1.5	275.7411	-59.4478	B2=18.3, I=16.7, R1=16.9, R2=17.0	USNO-B1
1.5	275.7410	-59.4481	h=15.6, j=16.1, k=15.5	2MASS
15.2	275.7442	-59.4442	B2=20.2, R1=18.8, R2=19.2	USNO-B1
20.2	275.7397	-59.4535	R1=19.2, R2=19.7	USNO-B1
25.9	275.7261	-59.4479	B2=18.7, I=15.1, R1=16.2, R2=16.4	USNO-B1
26.1	275.7260	-59.4479	h=13.8, j=14.4, k=13.7	2MASS
26.4	275.7265	-59.4457	B2=20.6, R1=19.2	USNO-B1
27.4	275.7353	-59.4407	B2=20.3, R1=19.0, R2=19.5	USNO-B1
33.6	275.7586	-59.4476	h=12.6, j=13.0, k=12.5	2MASS
35.6	275.7519	-59.4558	B2=20.1, I=18.0, R1=18.2, R2=18.6	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 454 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.