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Swift Trigger: 621229

Presumed name: GRB 141212A

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BAT	02h 36m 38.64s, +18° 09′ 03.6″
position:	(39.161, +18.151 ± 180″)
XRT	02h 36m 29.90s, +18° 08′ 45.6″
position:	(39.1246, 18.1460 ± 3.5″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	7.55×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.100 mag

Best RA:	02h 36m 29.90s	= 39.1246 d
Best Dec:	+18° 08′ 45.6″	= 18.1460 d
Gal Lat:	-38.05
Gal Long:	155.21
Sun angle:	142.21°, -9.3 hr East of Sun

¹Sper #2 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) : 02 36 29.91 (18.1462)
  • Dec (J2000): +18 08 46.4 ( 18.14641)
  • Error (90%): 3.2
  • Counts in Source: 14

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
0.0′′	39.12460	18.14600		GCN #17158	GRB 141212A: Swift detection of a short burst
1.7′′	39.12479	18.14644		GCN #17170	GRB 141212A: extended object within the XRT error circle
3.1′′	39.12442	18.14683		GCN #17164	GRB 141212A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
157.4′′	39.16700	18.16300		GCN #17175	GRB 141212A: Swift-BAT refined analysis
167.1′′	39.08629	18.17480		GCN #27406	LIGO/Virgo S200316bj: no counterpart candidate in SVOM/GWAC observations

There are 13 matches in total. See the full table for details.

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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
16.8	39.1200	18.1445		B=21.6, R=20.0	APM-N
30.7	39.1304	18.1397			NED
37.9	39.1136	18.1445		B=21.6, R=19.5	APM-N
45.9	39.1373	18.1500		B=21.6, R=20.0	APM-N
66.4	39.1208	18.1278			NED
67.8	39.1210	18.1275		B=16.6, R=15.5	APM-N
69.3	39.1173	18.1640		B=21.6, R=19.9	APM-N
72.1	39.1456	18.1482		B=21.6, R=19.9	APM-N
74.9	39.1094	18.1310		I=19.2, R2=20.0	USNO-B1
76.6	39.1333	18.1656			NED

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

There are 53 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
19.5	39.1190	18.1448	I=18.9, R1=19.8, R2=20.7	USNO-B1
24.0	39.1266	18.1524	h=15.8, j=16.3, k=15.2	2MASS
24.0	39.1265	18.1524	B2=21.1, I=18.2, R1=19.8, R2=19.6	USNO-B1
37.6	39.1137	18.1446	B2=21.3, I=19.0, R2=20.5	USNO-B1
67.6	39.1209	18.1276	B1=16.8, B2=16.4, I=15.2, R1=15.6, R2=15.6	USNO-B1
67.8	39.1210	18.1275	h=14.1, j=14.4, k=14.0	2MASS
74.6	39.1360	18.1283	B2=21.8, I=19.1, R1=19.7, R2=20.5	USNO-B1
79.1	39.1016	18.1435	B1=20.6, B2=20.2, I=18.0, R1=18.5, R2=18.5	USNO-B1
85.1	39.1450	18.1595	I=19.6, R1=19.8, R2=19.6	USNO-B1
85.7	39.1245	18.1222	B1=20.6, B2=21.7, I=19.5, R2=19.5	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 67 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.