Swift Trigger: 670800

Presumed name: GRB 160117B

BAT	08^h 48^m 45.60^s, -16° 20′ 24.0″
position:	(132.190, -16.340 ± 180″)
XRT	08^h 48^m 46.80^s, -16° 22′ 01.2″
position:	(132.1950, -16.3670 ± 2.0″)
UVOT	08^h 48^m 46.75^s, -16° 21′ 59.8″
position:	(132.1948, -16.3666 ± 0.6″)
Galactic N_HI:	4.38×10⁰ cm^-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.084 mag

Best RA:	08^h 48^m 46.75^s	= 132.1948 d
Best Dec:	-16° 21′ 59.8″	= -16.3666 d

Gal Lat:	16.85
Gal Long:	242.01

Sun angle:	140.55°, 11.1 hr West

¹Sper #7 auto processing.

GCN Notices for this burst.

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Observability of this burst for Swift.

Sun angle for this burst.

UVOT data

u image

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Blink images with DSS (link via GSFC)

XRT SPER data

SPER results page for this trigger.

There are 10 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

- Object 1 - enhanced position.
- RA (J2000) : 08 48 46.78 (-16.3671)
- Dec (J2000): -16 22 01.5 ( -16.36614)
- Error (90%): 2.0
- Counts in Source: 455

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
0.2′′	132.19483	-16.36664	GCN #18875	GRB 160117B: Swift detection of a burst with optical counterpart
0.3′′	132.19475	-16.36667	GCN #18878	GRB 160117B: LCOGT-SSO optical observations
0.4′′	132.19474	-16.36669	GCN #18908	GRB 160117B: VLA Detection
1.0′′	132.19454	-16.36675	GCN #18880	GRB 160117B: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
1.4′′	132.19521	-16.36667	GCN #18885	GRB 160117B: iTelescope T17 optical observations

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
20.6	132.1937	-16.3614	B=22.2, R2=20.8	SSS
47.5	132.2003	-16.3548	B=20.9, R2=19.1, i=17.9	SSS
47.6	132.2087	-16.3686	B2=20.8, I=18.1, R1=19.0	USNO-B1
47.8	132.2087	-16.3686	B=21.3, R2=19.2, i=17.9	SSS
52.0	132.1805	-16.3633	B=21.3, R2=20.3	SSS
52.7	132.1862	-16.3790	B=23.1, R2=20.9	SSS
55.3	132.1967	-16.3819		NED
61.7	132.1842	-16.3807	B=23.0	SSS
64.1	132.2106	-16.3767	B=22.8, R2=21.3	SSS
70.1	132.2091	-16.3810	B=22.0, R2=20.4, i=18.6	SSS

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

There are 93 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
21.1	132.2005	-16.3644	B1=17.8, B2=17.4, I=16.5, R1=16.5	USNO-B1
21.1	132.2005	-16.3644	h=15.6, j=15.9, k=15.6	2MASS
35.3	132.1865	-16.3724	h=15.1, j=15.4, k=15.1	2MASS
35.4	132.1865	-16.3725	B1=17.6, B2=17.0, I=15.9, R1=16.4	USNO-B1
46.8	132.1854	-16.3578	B2=21.1, R2=20.6	USNO-B1
47.0	132.2001	-16.3549	h=16.1, j=16.9, k=16.0	2MASS
47.1	132.2002	-16.3549	B2=20.4, I=18.2, R1=18.9	USNO-B1
47.5	132.2087	-16.3685	h=16.3, j=16.9, k=15.5	2MASS
48.1	132.2075	-16.3610	B1=16.7, B2=15.8, I=13.7, R1=14.3	USNO-B1
48.2	132.2075	-16.3610	h=11.9, j=12.6, k=11.7	2MASS

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 202 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.