Swift Trigger: 623368

Presumed name: GRB 150103A

BAT	08^h 46^m 33.36^s, -48° 53′ 24.0″
position:	(131.639, -48.890 ± 180″)
XRT	08^h 46^m 39.91^s, -48° 53′ 11.0″
position:	(131.6663, -48.8864 ± 2.0″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic N_HI:	7.52×10⁰ cm^-2
Galactic E(B-V):	1.568 mag

Best RA:	08^h 46^m 39.91^s	= 131.6663 d
Best Dec:	-48° 53′ 11.0″	= -48.8864 d

Gal Lat:	-3.53
Gal Long:	267.67

Sun angle:	104.18°, 10.2 hr West

¹Sper #4 auto processing.

GCN Notices for this burst.

View this region in Aladin.

Observability of this burst for Swift.

Sun angle for this burst.

UVOT data

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Blink images with DSS (link via GSFC)

XRT SPER data

SPER results page for this trigger.

There are 6 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

- Object 1 - enhanced position.
- RA (J2000) : 08 46 39.92 (-48.8864)
- Dec (J2000): -48 53 11.0 ( -48.88586)
- Error (90%): 2.0
- Counts in Source: 290

See the SPER page for details of how this position was produced.

Known transients within 5′ of the GRB

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Offset (′′)	RA	Dec	Source	Misc
0.4′′	131.66630	-48.88630	GCN #17270	GRB 150103A: Prompt enhanced Swift-XRT position
1.8′′	131.66600	-48.88594	GCN #17272	GRB 150103A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
3.5′′	131.66761	-48.88595	GCN #17269	GRB 150103A: Swift detection of a burst
39.1′′	131.67400	-48.89600	GCN #17274	GRB 150103A: Swift-BAT refined analysis

Catalogue Searches. Searched 3.33′ around XRT position

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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*		Catalogue
6.1	131.6669	-48.8881	B=20.8, R2=20.1, i=19.2	SSS
6.4	131.6673	-48.8880	I=18.0, R1=19.5	USNO-B1
8.2	131.6666	-48.8887	B2=18.9, I=17.6, R1=18.3, R2=18.2	USNO-B1
10.8	131.6704	-48.8851	B=21.0, R2=19.8, i=18.4	SSS
14.9	131.6623	-48.8896	B2=18.0, I=15.1, R1=15.7, R2=15.9	USNO-B1
20.0	131.6667	-48.8809	B2=19.6, I=18.0, R1=18.1, R2=19.6	USNO-B1
20.0	131.6731	-48.8897	B=21.1, R2=20.0, i=19.3	SSS
20.0	131.6732	-48.8896	B2=19.2, I=18.4, R1=18.6, R2=19.1	USNO-B1
20.5	131.6667	-48.8807	B=22.1, R2=20.4, i=19.4	SSS
21.1	131.6589	-48.8831	B=22.3	SSS

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

There are 342 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
6.0	131.6675	-48.8879	h=15.4, j=16.4, k=15.0	2MASS
6.3	131.6669	-48.8881	I=17.8, R1=19.2, R2=18.3	USNO-B1
10.5	131.6703	-48.8852	h=15.6, j=16.3, k=15.4	2MASS
11.0	131.6705	-48.8850	B2=20.8, I=17.9, R1=18.5, R2=18.9	USNO-B1
11.5	131.6663	-48.8896	h=14.1, j=14.5, k=13.9	2MASS
11.6	131.6663	-48.8896	B2=18.1, I=15.2, R1=16.1, R2=16.2	USNO-B1
15.0	131.6622	-48.8895	h=13.6, j=14.1, k=13.3	2MASS
17.9	131.6590	-48.8877	B2=20.6, I=16.5, R1=17.9, R2=17.7	USNO-B1
18.0	131.6590	-48.8877	h=14.0, j=14.9, k=13.8	2MASS
19.6	131.6730	-48.8833	I=17.2, R1=18.3, R2=18.4	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 797 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.