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Swift Trigger: 615873

Presumed name: GRB 141020A

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BAT	15h 00m 02.16s, +55° 20′ 02.4″
position:	(225.009, +55.334 ± 180″)
XRT	14h 59m 59.26s, +55° 18′ 49.3″
position:	(224.9969, 55.3137 ± 2.1″)
UVOT	14h 59m 59.14s, +55° 18′ 46.4″
position:	(224.9964, +55.3129 ± 0.8″)
Galactic NHI:	1.21×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.012 mag

Best RA:	14h 59m 59.14s	= 224.9964 d
Best Dec:	+55° 18′ 46.4″	= +55.3129 d
Gal Lat:	53.5
Gal Long:	92.34
Sun angle:	67.77°, -1.3 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 8 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

• • Object 1 - enhanced position.
  • RA (J2000) : 14 59 59.25 (55.3137)
  • Dec (J2000): +55 18 49.5 ( 55.31361)
  • Error (90%): 2.1
  • Counts in Source: 216

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′′	224.99646	55.31297		GCN #16932	GRB 141020A: Swift/UVOT Detection
0.4′′	224.99646	55.31300		GCN #16928	GRB 141020A: Swift detection of a burst with an optical counterpart
1.9′′	224.99618	55.31341		GCN #16931	GRB 141020A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
129.9′′	225.05400	55.32800		GCN #16935	GRB 141020A: 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
4.0	224.9960	55.3147		R=22.3, g=22.3, i=21.4, u=22.4, z=21.5	SDSS
6.2	224.9992	55.3125		Mag=22.0	NED
6.5	224.9993	55.3125		R=21.2, g=21.9, i=20.8, u=21.7, z=21.7	SDSS
8.4	225.0000	55.3122		B1=21.0, B2=20.3, R2=20.2	USNO-B1
8.6	224.9929	55.3114		Mag=22.7	NED
11.3	224.9992	55.3109		B1=21.2, B2=20.3, R2=20.2	USNO-B1
11.3	224.9930	55.3115		R=22.2, g=23.9, i=22.7, u=22.3, z=23.1	SDSS
20.8	224.9950	55.3072		Mag=22.9	NED
22.4	224.9912	55.3075		Mag=20.1	NED
23.8	224.9949	55.3072		R=21.9, g=22.8, i=21.9, u=23.2, z=21.9	SDSS

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

There are 401 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
25.5	224.9912	55.3074	I=19.8, R=19.9, g=20.1, u=20.9, z=19.8	SDSS
35.1	224.9831	55.3195	B1=21.0, B2=19.9	USNO-B1
45.5	225.0043	55.3256	I=22.1, R=22.5, g=23.8, u=22.6, z=21.5	SDSS
50.7	224.9803	55.3033	I=21.8, R=23.1, g=24.6, u=24.4, z=20.7	SDSS
54.8	224.9707	55.3168	I=22.3, R=22.3, g=23.6, u=23.0, z=21.8	SDSS
70.7	224.9626	55.3158	I=22.3, R=23.0, g=23.0, u=23.2, z=21.5	SDSS
70.9	224.9626	55.3164	B1=21.0, R1=19.9	USNO-B1
73.9	224.9663	55.3246	I=22.2, R=24.5, g=23.6, u=23.1, z=21.4	SDSS
77.6	225.0343	55.3173	I=21.9, R=25.5, g=25.7, u=25.7, z=23.0	SDSS
79.0	224.9583	55.3134	I=22.3, R=22.5, g=23.5, u=23.9, z=21.1	SDSS

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 125 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.