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Swift Trigger: 589685

Presumed name: GRB 140302A

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BAT	16h 55m 22.08s, -12° 51′ 54.0″
position:	(253.842, -12.865 ± 180″)
XRT	16h 55m 26.26s, -12° 52′ 43.7″
position:	(253.8594, -12.8788 ± 2.6″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	1.46×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.506 mag

Best RA:	16h 55m 26.26s	= 253.8594 d
Best Dec:	-12° 52′ 43.7″	= -12.8788 d
Gal Lat:	18.6
Gal Long:	7.04
Sun angle:	87.48°, 5.9 hr West

¹Sper #2 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 3 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

• • Object 1 - enhanced position.
  • RA (J2000) : 16 55 26.25 (-12.8788)
  • Dec (J2000): -12 52 43.7 ( -12.87861)
  • Error (90%): 2.6
  • Counts in Source: 47

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
0.4′′	253.85930	-12.87880		GCN #15902	GRB 140302A: Prompt enhanced Swift-XRT position
2.9′′	253.85859	-12.87891		GCN #15901	GRB 140302A: Swift detection of a burst
3.1′′	253.85872	-12.87823		GCN #15907	GRB 140302A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
16.0′′	253.86167	-12.87494		GCN #15908	GRB 140302A: 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
22.7	253.8569	-12.8730		I=18.5, R2=19.4	USNO-B1
22.7	253.8624	-12.8732		B2=21.1, I=17.9, R2=19.7	USNO-B1
23.3	253.8622	-12.8730		B2=20.6, R2=18.7	USNO-B1
26.1	253.8632	-12.8726		B2=21.0, I=18.2, R2=19.7	USNO-B1
30.8	253.8613	-12.8872		B2=20.9, I=19.0, R2=20.2	USNO-B1
33.7	253.8689	-12.8802		B1=20.6, R2=21.0	USNO-B1
33.8	253.8642	-12.8706		B2=21.1, I=18.4, R2=18.5	USNO-B1
35.5	253.8504	-12.8744		B=21.7, R2=21.3	SSS
37.3	253.8532	-12.8704		B2=20.9, I=17.9, R1=19.1, R2=19.5	USNO-B1
39.9	253.8605	-12.8898		B=21.1, R2=19.7	SSS

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

There are 181 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
10.4	253.8618	-12.8804	h=15.6, j=16.0, k=15.5	2MASS
10.8	253.8618	-12.8807	B1=19.4, B2=19.0, I=17.4, R1=17.6, R2=17.6	USNO-B1
15.7	253.8555	-12.8808	B1=16.6, B2=16.0, I=13.0, R1=13.7, R2=13.9	USNO-B1
15.8	253.8554	-12.8808	h=10.4, j=11.3, k=10.2	2MASS
15.9	253.8598	-12.8832	B1=19.9, B2=20.0, I=18.2, R1=17.4, R2=18.8	USNO-B1
16.0	253.8553	-12.8807	B2=16.3, R2=13.3	USNO-B1
18.6	253.8576	-12.8739	I=18.2, R1=18.1, R2=18.4	USNO-B1
22.4	253.8570	-12.8730	h=16.0, j=16.7, k=15.5	2MASS
27.9	253.8599	-12.8711	R1=18.5, R2=18.6	USNO-B1
28.2	253.8590	-12.8710	R1=17.8, R2=18.9	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 502 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.