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Swift Trigger: 557828

Presumed name: GRB 130609B

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BAT	03h 35m 00.96s, -40° 09′ 10.8″
position:	(53.754, -40.153 ± 180″)
XRT	03h 35m 04.72s, -40° 10′ 33.9″
position:	(53.76966, -40.17608 ± 3.6″)
UVOT	03h 35m 05.11s, -40° 10′ 26.8″
position:	(53.7713, -40.1741 ± 0.7″)
Galactic NHI:	1.45×1020 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	NED unavailable

Best RA:	03h 35m 05.11s	= 53.7713 d
Best Dec:	-40° 10′ 26.8″	= -40.1741 d
Gal Lat:	-53.91
Gal Long:	244.78
Sun angle:	67.07°, 1.6 hr West

¹Sper #4 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 4 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

• • Object 1
  • RA (J2000) : 03 35 04.72 ( 53.76966)
  • Dec (J2000): -40 10 33.9 ( -40.17608)
  • Error (90%): 3.624"
  • Counts in Source: 720

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
0.1′′	53.77129	-40.17408		GCN #14857	GRB 130609B: Swift/UVOT Observations
0.2′′	53.77129	-40.17406		GCN #14841	GRB 130609B: Swift detection of a burst with an optical counterpart
0.9′′	53.77097	-40.17407		GCN #14847	GRB 130609B: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
25.5′′	53.77600	-40.16800		GCN #14862	GRB 130609B� 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
130.9	53.7360	-40.2018	2MASX J03345663-4012063	H=14.689, J=15.38, K=14.085

* 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
31.5	53.7736	-40.1679		B=21.7	SSS
40.9	53.7839	-40.1793		B2=21.4, R2=19.7	USNO-B1
53.2	53.7871	-40.1697		B=22.0, R2=20.1	SSS
68.8	53.7633	-40.1576		B=22.3	SSS
74.2	53.7921	-40.1875		B=21.6	SSS
77.1	53.7467	-40.1639		B=21.9	SSS
87.8	53.7454	-40.1919		B=21.7	SSS
95.4	53.7462	-40.1956		B2=18.4, I=18.4, R1=18.8, R2=18.6	USNO-B1
96.8	53.7655	-40.2028		B=22.7, i=19.2	SSS
100.1	53.8058	-40.1650		Mag=19.10	NED

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

There are 64 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
54.4	53.7710	-40.1912	h=14.6, j=15.2, k=14.3	2MASS
54.6	53.7709	-40.1912	B2=19.5, I=16.7, R1=18.2, R2=18.1	USNO-B1
66.2	53.7471	-40.1696	h=12.4, j=13.1, k=12.3	2MASS
66.6	53.7470	-40.1696	B2=16.1, I=14.1, R1=14.7, R2=14.8	USNO-B1
71.2	53.7501	-40.1631	h=14.1, j=14.8, k=14.1	2MASS
71.3	53.7501	-40.1631	B2=17.6, I=15.8, R1=16.5, R2=16.4	USNO-B1
92.8	53.7491	-40.1557	B2=18.3, I=18.5, R1=18.6, R2=18.6	USNO-B1
100.8	53.7331	-40.1745	B2=19.6, I=18.1, R1=18.8, R2=18.7	USNO-B1
102.4	53.7542	-40.1502	B2=21.2, I=18.8, R1=19.7, R2=20.1	USNO-B1
105.5	53.8080	-40.1768	B2=21.2, I=18.7	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 64 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.