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Swift Trigger: 557771

Presumed name: GRB 130608A

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BAT	01h 38m 19.20s, +41° 29′ 38.4″
position:	(24.580, +41.494 ± 180″)
XRT	01h 38m 26.18s, +41° 30′ 09.4″
position:	(24.6091, 41.5026 ± 2.5″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	6.62×1020 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	NED unavailable

Best RA:	01h 38m 26.18s	= 24.6091 d
Best Dec:	+41° 30′ 09.4″	= 41.5026 d
Gal Lat:	-20.51
Gal Long:	132.3
Sun angle:	47.33°, 3.5 hr West

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 5 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

• • Object 1 - enhanced position.
  • RA (J2000) : 01 38 26.24 (41.5026)
  • Dec (J2000): +41 30 09.5 ( 41.50202)
  • Error (90%): 2.5
  • Counts in Source: 72

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
1.1′′	24.60870	41.50270		GCN #14827	GRB 130608A: Swift detection of a burst
5.5′′	24.61111	41.50289		GCN #14832	GRB 130608A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
50.2′′	24.59700	41.49200		GCN #14850	GRB 130608A: Further Swift-BAT analysis
75.3′′	24.59400	41.48500		GCN #14833	GRB 130608A: 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
22.5	24.6132	41.5080		I=17.2, R1=19.0, R2=19.3	USNO-B1
23.6	24.6146	41.5077		B=19.1, R=17.9	APM-N
29.2	24.6117	41.5105		B=20.6, R=18.8	APM-N
43.8	24.6235	41.5083		B2=21.8, R2=20.1	USNO-B1
45.2	24.5965	41.5109		B=20.7, R=18.7	APM-N
61.5	24.6319	41.5035		B=18.7, R=17.8	APM-N
64.3	24.5869	41.5091		R1=19.9, R2=20.7	USNO-B1
72.0	24.5840	41.4958		B2=21.6, R2=20.6	USNO-B1
72.9	24.6355	41.4981		B=22.0, R=20.0	APM-N
74.0	24.6360	41.4984		B2=21.3, R2=20.6	USNO-B1

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

There are 45 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
23.3	24.6144	41.5077	B1=18.1, B2=18.5, I=17.3, R1=18.2, R2=17.4	USNO-B1
29.1	24.6114	41.5105	B1=19.6, B2=20.0, I=18.1, R1=18.9, R2=18.9	USNO-B1
38.2	24.6040	41.4927	B1=19.4, B2=19.4, I=16.4, R1=17.5, R2=17.5	USNO-B1
38.4	24.6040	41.4926	h=15.0, j=15.6, k=15.0	2MASS
44.2	24.6067	41.5147	B1=20.5, I=18.8, R2=20.5	USNO-B1
45.5	24.5964	41.5109	B1=19.7, B2=19.8, I=17.6, R1=18.1, R2=18.8	USNO-B1
54.7	24.6226	41.5140	B2=21.5, I=18.6, R2=20.2	USNO-B1
61.0	24.6317	41.5035	B1=17.6, B2=17.9, I=17.3, R1=17.4, R2=17.6	USNO-B1
61.1	24.6317	41.5035	h=16.3, j=16.8, k=17.3	2MASS
64.1	24.6098	41.4848	I=19.1, R1=19.7, R2=20.1	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 158 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.