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Swift Trigger: 538696

Presumed name: GRB 121117A

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BAT	02h 06m 32.40s, +07° 22′ 44.4″
position:	(31.635, +7.379 ± 180″)
XRT	No position available.
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	5.19×1020 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	NED unavailable

Best RA:	02h 06m 32.40s	= 31.635 d
Best Dec:	+07° 22′ 44.4″	= +7.379 d
Gal Lat:	-50.99
Gal Long:	153.41
Sun angle:	156.28°, -10.6 hr East of Sun

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GCN Notices for this burst.

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Observability of this burst for Swift.

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Sun angle for this burst.

UVOT data

No UVOT images are currently available.

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XRT SPER data

SPER results page for this trigger.

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Known transients within 5′ of the GRB

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Offset (′′)	RA	Dec	Date reported	Source	Misc	Query
0.0′′	31.63500	7.37900		GCN #13967	GRB 121117A: Swift detection of a burst
169.6′′	31.61075	7.41950		GCN #13976	GRB 121117A: GROND confirmation of the UVOT afterglow candidate
169.9′′	31.61064	7.41954		GCN #13972	GRB 121117A: Swift-XRT refined Analysis
170.0′′	31.61063	7.41956		GCN #13973	GRB 121117A: Swift/UVOT Observations
201.3′′	31.61700	7.43200		GCN #13970	GRB 121117A� Swift-BAT refined analysis

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Catalogue Searches. Searched 3.33′ around BAT position

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SIMBAD

	RA*	Dec*	SIMBAD name		Query
105.7	31.6639	7.3853	NLTT 7018	B=16.2, H=13.19, I=13.9, J=13.72, K=13.04, R=14.9

* 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
12.6	31.6364	7.3758		I=19.0, R2=19.3	USNO-B1
74.8	31.6540	7.3703		B=21.9, R=19.9	APM-N
104.4	31.6418	7.3508		B=21.9, R=19.7	APM-N
107.1	31.6616	7.3653		B=21.9, R=19.8	APM-N
110.3	31.6636	7.3675		I=19.0, R1=19.7, R2=19.7	USNO-B1
117.4	31.6283	7.3471		B=17.5, R=16.2	APM-N
126.8	31.6690	7.3892		I=18.6, R2=19.7	USNO-B1
133.0	31.6433	7.3430		B2=21.1, R1=19.7, R2=19.6	USNO-B1
134.1	31.6524	7.3460		I=19.1, R2=18.7	USNO-B1
134.9	31.6434	7.3425		B2=20.9, I=19.0, R2=19.6	USNO-B1

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

There are 31 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
27.6	31.6313	7.3857	B1=21.1, R1=19.7	USNO-B1
32.7	31.6259	7.3777	h=13.3, j=13.9, k=13.2	2MASS
32.9	31.6259	7.3777	B1=17.8, B2=17.4, I=14.9, R1=15.2, R2=15.1	USNO-B1
67.0	31.6517	7.3705	I=19.0, R1=19.5, R2=19.4	USNO-B1
72.0	31.6528	7.3695	I=19.0, R1=19.6, R2=19.2	USNO-B1
77.1	31.6342	7.3576	B2=20.4, R1=19.6, R2=19.5	USNO-B1
80.0	31.6292	7.3575	B2=19.9, I=19.1, R1=19.7, R2=19.4	USNO-B1
85.0	31.6175	7.3950	B2=20.9, R1=19.8	USNO-B1
96.2	31.6196	7.4009	B2=20.9, I=19.1, R2=19.7	USNO-B1
97.8	31.6537	7.3591	B1=19.0, B2=19.1, I=17.7, R1=17.6, R2=17.7	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 52 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.