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Swift Trigger: 612804

Presumed name: GRB 140916A

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BAT	02h 41m 37.10s, -39° 42′ 38.9″
position:	(40.4046, -39.7108 ± 180″)
XRT	02h 41m 35.93s, -39° 41′ 11.8″
position:	(40.3997, -39.6866 ± 2.1″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	1.60×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.015 mag

Best RA:	02h 41m 35.93s	= 40.3997 d
Best Dec:	-39° 41′ 11.8″	= -39.6866 d
Gal Lat:	-63.96
Gal Long:	248.79
Sun angle:	123.99°, 8.91 hr West

¹Sper #4 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) : 02 41 35.98 (-39.6865)
  • Dec (J2000): -39 41 11.4 ( -39.68659)
  • Error (90%): 2.0
  • Counts in Source: 470

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
0.7′′	40.39990	-39.68650		GCN #16820	GRB 140916A: Prompt enhanced Swift-XRT position
0.8′′	40.39950	-39.68644		GCN #16824	GRB 140916A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
1.9′′	40.39910	-39.68686		GCN #16819	GRB 140916A: Swift detection of a burst
43.6′′	40.38417	-39.68850		GCN #16827	GRB 140916A: 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
74.6	40.3738	-39.6809	TYC 7559-88-1	B=11.88, V=11.45

* 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
18.2	40.4025	-39.6819			NED
50.1	40.3821	-39.6906		Mag=18.3	NED
77.7	40.4250	-39.6772		B=21.8, R2=20.8	SSS
78.4	40.3896	-39.6663		I=18.5, R2=20.9	USNO-B1
78.5	40.4270	-39.6925		I=18.5, R2=24.5	USNO-B1
80.2	40.3736	-39.6769		I=18.6, R1=19.2	USNO-B1
93.1	40.3670	-39.6808		B2=20.9, I=18.7	USNO-B1
94.0	40.3713	-39.6725		Mag=18.3	NED
105.3	40.3620	-39.6832		B2=18.8, I=16.0, R1=16.3, R2=16.4	USNO-B1
115.4	40.3679	-39.7075		Mag=18.9	NED

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

There are 37 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
50.3	40.3823	-39.6906	B2=16.6, I=18.1, R1=18.2, R2=17.4	USNO-B1
53.6	40.3820	-39.6807	B2=20.8, R1=20.0	USNO-B1
60.5	40.4095	-39.7016	B2=20.2, I=18.0, R1=18.7, R2=19.1	USNO-B1
60.8	40.4096	-39.7017	h=15.6, j=16.1, k=15.2	2MASS
66.5	40.3832	-39.7000	h=14.7, j=15.2, k=14.6	2MASS
66.5	40.3831	-39.6999	B2=17.5, I=16.0, R1=15.7, R2=15.8	USNO-B1
66.8	40.4000	-39.7051	B2=21.5, R1=20.1, R2=20.7	USNO-B1
71.8	40.3738	-39.6859	B2=21.3, R2=20.7	USNO-B1
74.5	40.3739	-39.6809	h=9.8, j=10.1, k=9.7	2MASS
76.1	40.3726	-39.6829	B2=21.0, R1=19.5, R2=19.7	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 51 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.