Swift Trigger: 534394

Presumed name: GRB 120922A

BAT	15^h 39^m 01.44^s, -20° 10′ 37.2″
position:	(234.756, -20.177 ± 180″)
XRT	15^h 38^m 59.54^s, -20° 10′ 55.9″
position:	(234.7481, -20.1822 ± 2.1″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic N_HI:	7.71×10²⁰ cm^-2
Galactic E(B-V):	NED unavailable

Best RA:	15^h 38^m 59.54^s	= 234.7481 d
Best Dec:	-20° 10′ 55.9″	= -20.1822 d

Gal Lat:	27.68
Gal Long:	347.98

Sun angle:	57.07°, -3.6 hr East of Sun

¹Sper #3 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 9 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

- Object 1 - enhanced position.
- RA (J2000) : 15 38 59.60 (-20.1821)
- Dec (J2000): -20 10 55.4 ( -20.18128)
- Error (90%): 2.0
- Counts in Source: 760

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

Known transients within 5′ of the GRB

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Offset (′′)	RA	Dec	Source	Misc
0.8′′	234.74830	-20.18210	GCN #13794	GRB 120922A: Prompt enhanced Swift-XRT position
1.7′′	234.74858	-20.18203	GCN #13800	GRB 120922A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
1.8′′	234.74833	-20.18175	GCN #13803	GRB 120922A: Swift/UVOT Observations
2.2′′	234.74850	-20.18172	GCN #13795	GRB 120922A: GROND afterglow candidate
5.8′′	234.74964	-20.18289	GCN #13799	GRB 120922A: TAROT La Silla observatory optical observations
10.2′′	234.75050	-20.18390	GCN #13793	GRB 120922A: Swift detection of a burst
33.7′′	234.75800	-20.18100	GCN #13806	GRB 120922A: 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
5.8	234.7496	-20.1829	I=18.2, R1=19.5, R2=19.8	USNO-B1
12.5	234.7501	-20.1851	B1=19.9, B2=21.1	USNO-B1
27.3	234.7549	-20.1780	B=21.9	SSS
33.7	234.7452	-20.1911	B=21.4, R2=19.5	SSS
54.5	234.7481	-20.1973	B1=19.9, B2=19.8, I=18.6, R2=19.4	USNO-B1
58.3	234.7420	-20.1671	B2=21.4, R2=19.7	USNO-B1
59.3	234.7321	-20.1756		NED
61.3	234.7477	-20.1992	B1=20.0, B2=21.8	USNO-B1
61.7	234.7519	-20.1990	B=21.6, R2=20.2	SSS
62.4	234.7535	-20.1656	B=22.1	SSS

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

There are 62 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
6.0	234.7498	-20.1828	h=15.8, j=16.6, k=15.7	2MASS
10.7	234.7493	-20.1849	B2=20.7, R1=19.2, R2=19.5	USNO-B1
18.6	234.7495	-20.1772	h=16.1, j=16.7, k=16.3	2MASS
19.0	234.7494	-20.1771	B2=21.0, I=17.8, R1=19.1, R2=19.2	USNO-B1
35.6	234.7452	-20.1917	B1=20.0, B2=21.6, R2=19.3	USNO-B1
39.7	234.7424	-20.1725	h=16.2, j=16.5, k=16.2	2MASS
39.7	234.7424	-20.1726	B1=18.6, B2=18.5, I=17.4, R1=17.7, R2=17.5	USNO-B1
43.2	234.7353	-20.1818	B1=16.4, B2=16.6, I=15.0, R1=15.5, R2=15.2	USNO-B1
43.3	234.7353	-20.1817	h=14.1, j=14.4, k=14.2	2MASS
43.3	234.7603	-20.1784	B1=13.9, B2=13.4, I=12.7, R1=13.3, R2=12.8	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 243 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.