Swift Trigger: 558271

Presumed name: GRB 130615A

BAT	18^h 19^m 23.04^s, -68° 09′ 57.6″
position:	(274.846, -68.166 ± 180″)
XRT	18^h 19^m 18.91^s, -68° 09′ 40.0″
position:	(274.8288, -68.1611 ± 2.1″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic N_HI:	8.27×10²⁰ cm^-2
Galactic E(B-V):	NED unavailable

Best RA:	18^h 19^m 18.91^s	= 274.8288 d
Best Dec:	-68° 09′ 40.0″	= -68.1611 d

Gal Lat:	-22.15
Gal Long:	326.37

Sun angle:	134.63°, 11.3 hr West

¹Sper #5 auto processing.

GCN Notices for this burst.

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Observability of this burst for Swift.

Sun angle for this burst.

UVOT data

u image

Blink images with DSS (link via GSFC)

XRT SPER data

SPER results page for this trigger.

There are 7 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

- Object 1 - enhanced position.
- RA (J2000) : 18 19 18.88 (-68.1611)
- Dec (J2000): -68 09 39.8 ( -68.15995)
- Error (90%): 2.1
- Counts in Source: 220

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
0.7′′	274.82896	-68.16092	GCN #14900	GRB 130615A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
1.4′′	274.82950	-68.16139	GCN #14901	GRB 130615A: Skynet/PROMPT Observations
2.9′′	274.82946	-68.16033	GCN #14897	GRB 130615A: Swift detection of a burst
23.1′′	274.84584	-68.16211	GCN #14906	GRB 130615A: Zadko observatory - Gingin optical observations
179.7′′	274.96300	-68.16100	GCN #14899	GRB 130615A: Swift-BAT refined analysis

Catalogue Searches. Searched 3.33′ around XRT position

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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
22.8	274.8385	-68.1663	B=21.1, R2=19.6	SSS
25.6	274.8131	-68.1651	B=22.5	SSS
46.8	274.8460	-68.1498	B=19.4, R2=18.4, i=17.9	SSS
53.4	274.8440	-68.1474	I=17.8, R1=19.5, R2=19.6	USNO-B1
53.6	274.8442	-68.1474	B=21.6, R2=19.8, i=18.0	SSS
62.9	274.7858	-68.1681	B=20.8, R2=19.1, i=18.2	SSS
65.5	274.8298	-68.1793	R1=19.6, R2=20.1	USNO-B1
66.1	274.8755	-68.1670	B=21.0, R2=19.0, i=17.8	SSS
66.8	274.8786	-68.1625	B=20.3, R2=19.0, i=18.7	SSS
69.5	274.7901	-68.1740	B=21.2, R2=19.9	SSS

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

There are 58 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
12.1	274.8323	-68.1580	h=15.2, j=16.2, k=14.9	2MASS
12.7	274.8324	-68.1579	B2=20.0, I=17.5, R1=18.1, R2=18.6	USNO-B1
18.8	274.8374	-68.1570	R1=19.5, R2=20.4	USNO-B1
22.2	274.8452	-68.1620	h=15.9, j=16.6, k=15.6	2MASS
22.9	274.8384	-68.1664	B2=20.1, R1=19.6, R2=19.7	USNO-B1
23.1	274.8458	-68.1621	B2=18.9, I=17.4, R1=17.5, R2=17.8	USNO-B1
23.9	274.8255	-68.1546	B2=18.8, I=17.4, R1=17.7, R2=17.9	USNO-B1
29.2	274.8084	-68.1639	B2=17.6, I=17.1, R1=16.9, R2=17.2	USNO-B1
29.6	274.8082	-68.1641	h=15.9, j=16.1, k=16.7	2MASS
30.0	274.8474	-68.1565	B2=19.4, I=18.0, R1=18.3, R2=18.5	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 283 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.