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Swift Trigger: 599188

Presumed name: GRB 140516A

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BAT	16h 51m 57.12s, +39° 54′ 54.0″
position:	(252.988, +39.915 ± 180″)
XRT	16h 51m 57.38s, +39° 57′ 41.4″
position:	(252.9891, 39.9615 ± 2.7″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	1.44×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.017 mag

Best RA:	16h 51m 57.38s	= 252.9891 d
Best Dec:	+39° 57′ 41.4″	= 39.9615 d
Gal Lat:	39.24
Gal Long:	63.82
Sun angle:	118.13°, 10.7 hr West

¹Sper #12 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 12 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

• • Object 1 - enhanced position.
  • RA (J2000) : 16 51 57.37 (39.9615)
  • Dec (J2000): +39 57 41.5 ( 39.96115)
  • Error (90%): 2.7
  • Counts in Source: 26

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
4.0′′	252.98900	39.96260		GCN #16285	GRB 140516A: Swift detection of a short burst
4.8′′	252.98929	39.96283		GCN #16289	GRB 140516A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
20.3′′	252.99269	39.95659		GCN #16313	GRB 140516A: further Swift-XRT analysis
48.8′′	252.97200	39.95800		GCN #16292	GRB 140516A: 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
18.0	252.9939	39.9581	[VV2006] J165158.6+395729	B=18.29, V=18.10, g=18.043, i=18.112, r=18.005, u=18.068, z=18.043

* 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
8.3	252.9879	39.9636		Mag=19.1	NED
16.4	252.9950	39.9606		Mag=22.3	NED
16.4	252.9949	39.9606		R=21.9, g=22.6, i=21.1, u=22.8, z=21.0	SDSS
16.5	252.9950	39.9606		R=22.0, g=22.7, i=21.4, u=23.9, z=21.2	SDSS
18.1	252.9938	39.9581	0.929567	Mag=18.1	NED
23.0	252.9825	39.9578		Mag=23.3	NED
24.3	252.9887	39.9548		R=21.9, g=23.1, i=20.4, u=24.7, z=19.5	SDSS
24.4	252.9888	39.9547		Mag=23.3	NED
24.4	252.9888	39.9547		R=21.7, g=23.2, i=20.2, u=23.6, z=19.3	SDSS
24.5	252.9804	39.9633		Mag=24.0	NED

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

There are 528 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
8.2	252.9880	39.9636	I=17.0, R=17.6, g=19.0, u=21.4, z=16.6	SDSS
8.2	252.9880	39.9636	I=17.0, R=17.6, g=19.1, u=21.5, z=16.6	SDSS
8.2	252.9880	39.9636	h=14.9, j=15.5, k=14.8	2MASS
8.3	252.9880	39.9637	I=17.0, R=17.7, g=19.1, u=21.7, z=16.6	SDSS
8.5	252.9880	39.9637	B1=20.3, B2=19.4, I=16.7, R1=17.1, R2=17.6	USNO-B1
18.1	252.9939	39.9581	B1=17.8, B2=18.2, I=18.0, R1=17.5, R2=17.8	USNO-B1
18.1	252.9939	39.9581	I=18.1, R=18.0, g=18.0, u=18.1, z=18.0	SDSS
18.1	252.9939	39.9581	I=18.2, R=18.1, g=18.1, u=18.2, z=18.1	SDSS
18.1	252.9939	39.9581	I=18.2, R=18.1, g=18.2, u=18.3, z=18.1	SDSS
23.0	252.9824	39.9577	I=24.1, R=22.8, g=23.3, u=23.1, z=22.4	SDSS

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 356 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.