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Swift Trigger: 603866

Presumed name: GRB 140709B

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BAT	09h 44m 17.04s, +63° 30′ 18.0″
position:	(146.071, 63.505 ± 180″)
XRT	09h 44m 13.10s, +63° 31′ 46.9″
position:	(146.0546, 63.5297 ± 2.0″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	3.76×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.041 mag

Best RA:	09h 44m 13.10s	= 146.0546 d
Best Dec:	+63° 31′ 46.9″	= 63.5297 d
Gal Lat:	42.82
Gal Long:	149.23
Sun angle:	48.12°, -2.5 hr East of Sun

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 7 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

• • Object 1 - enhanced position.
  • RA (J2000) : 09 44 13.24 (63.5294)
  • Dec (J2000): +63 31 45.7 ( 63.53036)
  • Error (90%): 2.0
  • Counts in Source: 382

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
1.4′′	146.05423	63.52934		GCN #16556	GRB 140709B: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
2.7′′	146.05396	63.53039		GCN #16551	GRB 140709B: Swift detection of a burst
32.6′′	146.04000	63.53600		GCN #16560	GRB 140709B: 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
159.4	145.9579	63.5196	TYC 4139-1109-1	B=11.15, H=9.783, J=9.916, K=9.721, V=10.70

* 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
5.8	146.0517	63.5287		B=21.4, R=20.0	APM-N
12.3	146.0471	63.5290		B=21.6, R=20.0	APM-N
14.4	146.0615	63.5271		R=21.3, g=23.8, i=20.9, u=22.2, z=20.2	SDSS
14.4	146.0613	63.5272		Mag=21.3	NED
17.3	146.0654	63.5292		Mag=22.3	NED
17.3	146.0653	63.5292		R=21.5, g=22.5, i=21.0, u=23.2, z=20.8	SDSS
28.4	146.0552	63.5218		R=21.4, g=22.7, i=21.3, u=22.9, z=21.1	SDSS
28.4	146.0550	63.5219		Mag=22.6	NED
32.5	146.0748	63.5287		R=22.0, g=23.2, i=22.1, u=24.5, z=23.3	SDSS
38.6	146.0596	63.5403		Mag=21.9	NED

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

There are 348 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
38.5	146.0597	63.5401	I=18.8, R1=19.6, R2=19.8	USNO-B1
38.6	146.0597	63.5402	I=19.8, R=20.6, g=21.9, u=23.5, z=19.3	SDSS
44.2	146.0639	63.5413	I=21.9, R=22.7, g=23.3, u=24.4, z=22.2	SDSS
47.4	146.0289	63.5232	h=14.9, j=15.5, k=14.8	2MASS
47.4	146.0289	63.5232	I=17.1, R=17.8, g=19.2, u=22.1, z=16.8	SDSS
47.4	146.0287	63.5233	B1=19.6, B2=19.4, I=16.2, R1=17.2, R2=17.4	USNO-B1
50.7	146.0647	63.5163	I=23.3, R=23.2, g=23.1, u=23.6, z=22.7	SDSS
55.4	146.0348	63.5171	I=21.7, R=23.2, g=23.5, u=25.0, z=22.2	SDSS
55.9	146.0762	63.5419	h=15.7, j=16.1, k=15.0	2MASS
56.5	146.0765	63.5420	B1=19.2, B2=19.2, I=17.0, R1=17.6, R2=17.6	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 177 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.