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Swift Trigger: 557976

Presumed name: GRB 130612A

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BAT	17h 19m 12.96s, +16° 42′ 21.6″
position:	(259.804, +16.706 ± 180″)
XRT	17h 19m 10.58s, +16° 43′ 13.4″
position:	(259.7941, 16.7204 ± 2.2″)
UVOT	17h 19m 10.58s, +16° 43′ 11.6″
position:	(259.7941, +16.7199 ± 0.6″)
Galactic NHI:	5.96×1020 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	NED unavailable

Best RA:	17h 19m 10.58s	= 259.7941 d
Best Dec:	+16° 43′ 11.6″	= +16.7199 d
Gal Lat:	27.72
Gal Long:	38.44
Sun angle:	140.15°, -12.0 hr East of Sun

¹Sper #10 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 10 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

• • Object 1 - enhanced position.
  • RA (J2000) : 17 19 10.58 (16.7204)
  • Dec (J2000): +16 43 13.6 ( 16.71978)
  • Error (90%): 2.2
  • Counts in Source: 86

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′′	259.79413	16.71992		GCN #14874	GRB 130612A: Swift detection of a burst with an optical counterpart
0.2′′	259.79404	16.71989		GCN #14875	GRB 130612A: Liverpool Telescope Afterglow detection
0.2′′	259.79417	16.71989		GCN #14877	GRB 130612A: Skynet/PROMPT detection of the optical afterglow
0.3′′	259.79408	16.71997		GCN #14887	GRB 130612A: Swift/UVOT Detection
0.6′′	259.79396	16.71997		GCN #14894	GRB 130612A: iTelescope T21 optical observations
0.8′′	259.79429	16.72000		GCN #14890	GRB 130612A: ISON-NM optical observations
0.9′′	259.79392	16.71972		GCN #14884	GRB 130612A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
24.8′′	259.79052	16.71392		GCN #14883	GRB 130612A: TAROT La Silla observatory optical observations
86.1′′	259.77100	16.72900		GCN #14916	GRB 130612A: Swift-BAT refined analysis

There are 15 matches in total. See the full table for details.

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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
19.0	259.7991	16.7226		B1=16.8, B2=16.8, I=14.4, R1=15.6, R2=15.5	USNO-B1
33.8	259.7844	16.7188		B=20.2, R=18.2	APM-N
52.2	259.7849	16.7319		B1=14.2, B2=13.9, I=12.0, R1=13.4, R2=12.8	USNO-B1
53.6	259.7800	16.7266		B2=21.9, I=18.3, R2=19.3	USNO-B1
58.4	259.7994	16.7358		I=18.6, R1=19.5, R2=19.5	USNO-B1
61.5	259.7926	16.7374		B2=21.2, I=18.7, R1=19.7, R2=19.1	USNO-B1
61.8	259.8114	16.7247		I=18.9, R1=19.4	USNO-B1
79.1	259.7897	16.6989		B=21.2, R=19.6	APM-N
90.4	259.7912	16.7454		B=21.8, R=19.7	APM-N
90.7	259.8204	16.7196		B2=21.8, I=18.9, R1=19.7, R2=19.5	USNO-B1

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

There are 42 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
9.2	259.7968	16.7203	B2=21.5, I=18.8, R1=19.5, R2=19.4	USNO-B1
19.0	259.7992	16.7225	h=13.8, j=14.2, k=13.7	2MASS
20.6	259.7927	16.7260	B2=21.3, R2=19.2	USNO-B1
26.4	259.7905	16.7139	B1=19.7, B2=18.8, I=14.9, R1=16.8, R2=16.9	USNO-B1
26.6	259.7905	16.7139	h=13.6, j=14.2, k=13.3	2MASS
34.3	259.7843	16.7187	B1=20.0, B2=19.8, I=18.6, R1=18.5, R2=18.9	USNO-B1
34.7	259.7841	16.7214	B1=21.4, B2=21.1, R2=19.5	USNO-B1
36.8	259.8039	16.7162	R1=19.7, R2=19.5	USNO-B1
37.8	259.7849	16.7261	B1=21.8, R2=19.5	USNO-B1
37.9	259.8040	16.7250	B1=21.3, B2=20.8, I=17.1, R1=18.5, R2=18.7	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 197 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.