Swift Trigger: 589590

Presumed name: GRB 140301A

BAT	04^h 38^m 11.52^s, -34° 16′ 58.8″
position:	(69.548, -34.283 ± 180″)
XRT	04^h 38^m 14.14^s, -34° 15′ 24.8″
position:	(69.5589, -34.2569 ± 3.0″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic N_HI:	2.23×10⁰ cm^-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.024 mag

Best RA:	04^h 38^m 14.14^s	= 69.5589 d
Best Dec:	-34° 15′ 24.8″	= -34.2569 d

Gal Lat:	-41.34
Gal Long:	235.99

Sun angle:	83.55°, -5.8 hr East of Sun

¹Sper #3 auto processing.

GCN Notices for this burst.

View this region in Aladin.

Observability of this burst for Swift.

Sun angle for this burst.

UVOT data

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Blink images with DSS (link via GSFC)

XRT SPER data

SPER results page for this trigger.

There are 3 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

- Object 1 - enhanced position.
- RA (J2000) : 04 38 13.86 (-34.2563)
- Dec (J2000): -34 15 22.9 ( -34.25600)
- Error (90%): 3.4
- Counts in Source: 11

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
1.9′′	69.55842	-34.25656	GCN #15896	GRB 140301A: Swift detection of a burst
4.4′′	69.55743	-34.25679	GCN #15898	GRB 140301A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
4.6′′	69.55742	-34.25653	GCN #15899	GRB 140301A: NOT afterglow candidate
116.3′′	69.52100	-34.24900	GCN #15906	GRB 140301A: Swift-BAT refined analysis

Catalogue Searches. Searched 3.33′ around XRT position

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SIMBAD

	RA*	Dec*	SIMBAD name		Query
161.6	69.5563	-34.3017	TYC 7042-656-1	B=12.22, V=11.37

* 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
6.6	69.5611	-34.2569	B=22.4	SSS
57.0	69.5398	-34.2573	B=22.0, R2=20.9	SSS
67.1	69.5707	-34.2410	B=22.5, R2=20.4, i=18.6	SSS
67.3	69.5706	-34.2409	I=18.9, R2=21.2	USNO-B1
69.4	69.5554	-34.2378	B=22.0, R2=20.4, i=19.2	SSS
77.2	69.5359	-34.2667	B=21.6, R2=21.1	SSS
78.0	69.5752	-34.2399	B=22.4	SSS
84.9	69.5857	-34.2489	B=22.5	SSS
85.4	69.5539	-34.2803	B=22.3	SSS
87.7	69.5461	-34.2788	B=20.9, R2=20.5	SSS

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

There are 70 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
37.8	69.5713	-34.2593	h=14.6, j=15.2, k=14.6	2MASS
37.9	69.5713	-34.2593	B2=17.4, I=15.6, R1=16.4, R2=16.8	USNO-B1
43.6	69.5450	-34.2607	B2=21.0, R1=19.6, R2=20.9	USNO-B1
47.9	69.5747	-34.2546	B2=22.7, I=18.8, R2=22.2	USNO-B1
49.5	69.5755	-34.2568	h=12.6, j=13.0, k=12.6	2MASS
49.5	69.5755	-34.2568	B2=14.4, I=12.7, R1=13.7, R2=14.1	USNO-B1
56.9	69.5398	-34.2572	B2=21.4, R1=20.1	USNO-B1
67.8	69.5622	-34.2755	B2=21.4, I=18.0, R1=14.9, R2=20.1	USNO-B1
67.9	69.5623	-34.2756	h=14.9, j=15.3, k=14.5	2MASS
68.7	69.5461	-34.2728	B2=21.4, R1=14.6	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 113 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.