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Swift Trigger: 603587

Presumed name: GRB 140706A

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BAT	03h 17m 13.44s, -38° 03′ 32.4″
position:	(49.306, -38.059 ± 180″)
XRT	03h 17m 10.78s, -38° 03′ 05.8″
position:	(49.2949, -38.0516 ± 2.1″)
UVOT	03h 17m 10.37s, -38° 03′ 07.9″
position:	(49.2932, -38.0522 ± 0.8″)
Galactic NHI:	2.02×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.022 mag

Best RA:	03h 17m 10.37s	= 49.2932 d
Best Dec:	-38° 03′ 07.9″	= -38.0522 d
Gal Lat:	-57.66
Gal Long:	241.97
Sun angle:	80.51°, 3.8 hr West

¹Sper #7 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 8 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

• • Object 1 - enhanced position.
  • RA (J2000) : 03 17 10.76 (-38.0516)
  • Dec (J2000): -38 03 05.8 ( -38.05061)
  • Error (90%): 2.1
  • Counts in Source: 195

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
0.3′′	49.29329	-38.05217		GCN #16541	GRB 140706A: Swift/UVOT Detection
0.6′′	49.29333	-38.05206		GCN #16531	GRB 140706A: Swift detection of a burst with an optical counterpart
3.1′′	49.29425	-38.05194		GCN #16532	GRB 140706A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
71.2′′	49.26917	-38.05794		GCN #16539	GRB 140706A: 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
107.8	49.3196	-38.0288	TYC 7561-205-1	B=12.37, V=11.78
142.7	49.3004	-38.0910	LCRS B031518.0-381624

* 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
8.2	49.2954	-38.0508			NED
15.6	49.2930	-38.0475		B2=20.9, I=16.9, R1=19.1, R2=19.1	USNO-B1
35.7	49.2875	-38.0433		Mag=19.4	NED
38.7	49.2852	-38.0440		B2=21.4, I=18.4	USNO-B1
55.4	49.3115	-38.0598		R1=19.7, R2=20.1	USNO-B1
63.1	49.2910	-38.0343		R1=19.7, R2=20.1	USNO-B1
65.3	49.3013	-38.0690		B=22.4, R2=19.5, i=19.1	SSS
69.9	49.2914	-38.0324		B=17.7, R2=16.4, i=16.1	SSS
70.2	49.2912	-38.0323		h=13.5, j=14.3, k=13.2	2MASS
70.6	49.2912	-38.0322		B2=15.1, I=14.1, R1=14.1, R2=14.4	USNO-B1

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

There are 105 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
15.3	49.2931	-38.0476	h=14.1, j=14.6, k=13.8	2MASS
30.4	49.2928	-38.0599	B2=20.0, I=17.1, R1=18.4, R2=18.2	USNO-B1
30.6	49.2929	-38.0599	h=14.8, j=15.4, k=14.7	2MASS
41.8	49.2802	-38.0529	B2=20.7, I=18.7, R1=20.5, R2=20.6	USNO-B1
43.5	49.2876	-38.0623	h=14.2, j=14.8, k=13.9	2MASS
43.5	49.2874	-38.0622	B2=18.9, I=16.2, R1=16.9, R2=16.7	USNO-B1
47.2	49.2785	-38.0538	B2=21.1, I=18.7, R1=20.3, R2=19.2	USNO-B1
62.6	49.2992	-38.0686	B2=21.3, R1=19.4	USNO-B1
63.9	49.3157	-38.0585	B2=21.3, R1=19.2, R2=20.0	USNO-B1
64.5	49.3010	-38.0689	I=18.7, R1=20.4, R2=19.8	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 66 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.