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Swift Trigger: 662086

Presumed name: GRB 151029A

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BAT	02h 34m 06.96s, -35° 21′ 14.4″
position:	(38.529, -35.354 ± 10800″)
XRT	02h 34m 06.72s, -35° 23′ 07.8″
position:	(38.5280, -35.3855 ± 2.3″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	3.14×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.026 mag

Best RA:	02h 34m 06.72s	= 38.5280 d
Best Dec:	-35° 23′ 07.8″	= -35.3855 d
Gal Lat:	-66.64
Gal Long:	239.98
Sun angle:	not found

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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 3 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

• • Object 1 - enhanced position.
  • RA (J2000) : 02 34 06.72 (-35.3855)
  • Dec (J2000): -35 23 07.7 ( -35.38514)
  • Error (90%): 2.3
  • Counts in Source: 65

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
0.1′′	38.52800	-35.38547		GCN #18522	GRB 151029A: Swift detection of a burst with an optical counterpart
0.6′′	38.52779	-35.38553		GCN #18526	GRB 151029A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
0.8′′	38.52800	-35.38572		GCN #18531	GRB 151029A: Swift/UVOT Detection
0.9′′	38.52813	-35.38572		GCN #18523	GRB 151029A: GROND afterglow observations
77.5′′	38.54195	-35.40376		GCN #18530	GRB 151029A: LCOGT-FTS afterglow observations
109.4′′	38.53700	-35.35600		GCN #18527	GRB 151029A: 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
130.5	38.5567	-35.4132	TYC 7016-503-1	B=12.55, H=9.366, J=9.835, K=9.278, V=11.51
156.3	38.5718	-35.3608	2dFGRS TGS576Z071	B=18.521, R=16.955

* 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
7.5	38.5282	-35.3876		B2=20.2, I=18.6, R1=19.2, R2=19.1	USNO-B1
7.7	38.5283	-35.3876		B=20.2, R2=18.6	SSS
7.7	38.5279	-35.3878		Mag=20.24	NED
59.8	38.5095	-35.3925		B=22.2	SSS
62.4	38.5225	-35.3688		B=21.6, R2=21.1	SSS
64.1	38.5103	-35.3959		B=21.9	SSS
66.2	38.5072	-35.3926		B=22.0	SSS
67.8	38.5111	-35.3726		B=22.2	SSS
73.5	38.5479	-35.3979		B2=21.3, I=18.2, R1=19.5	USNO-B1
78.0	38.5417	-35.4042		Mag=20.24	NED

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

There are 51 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
48.1	38.5441	-35.3830	B2=21.2, R2=20.7	USNO-B1
76.5	38.5417	-35.4036	h=15.9, j=16.2, k=15.6	2MASS
77.5	38.5420	-35.4038	B2=17.6, I=17.6, R1=16.8, R2=16.9	USNO-B1
83.1	38.5561	-35.3882	B2=20.8, I=18.6, R1=19.1, R2=20.1	USNO-B1
87.2	38.4985	-35.3885	B2=20.3, I=18.6, R1=19.4, R2=20.1	USNO-B1
109.0	38.4909	-35.3865	B2=21.4, I=18.7, R2=21.1	USNO-B1
109.8	38.4906	-35.3865	h=15.6, j=16.9, k=15.4	2MASS
111.2	38.5099	-35.3584	B2=21.4, I=18.6, R1=20.1, R2=20.3	USNO-B1
112.5	38.5559	-35.4070	B2=21.3, I=18.2	USNO-B1
113.7	38.5465	-35.4133	B2=21.4, R1=20.0	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 61 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.