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Swift Trigger: 671828

Presumed name: GRB 160127A

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BAT	15h 03m 49.44s, +00° 05′ 20.4″
position:	(225.956, +0.089 ± 180″)
XRT	15h 03m 55.78s, +00° 04′ 23.5″
position:	(225.9824, 0.0732 ± 2.0″)
UVOT	15h 03m 55.68s, +00° 04′ 22.8″
position:	(225.9820, +0.0730 ± 1.1″)
Galactic NHI:	4.70×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.060 mag

Best RA:	15h 03m 55.68s	= 225.9820 d
Best Dec:	+00° 04′ 22.8″	= +0.0730 d
Gal Lat:	48.24
Gal Long:	358.06
Sun angle:	83.44°, 5.5 hr West

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 9 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

• • Object 1 - enhanced position.
  • RA (J2000) : 15 03 55.79 (0.0732)
  • Dec (J2000): +00 04 23.3 ( 0.07353)
  • Error (90%): 2.0
  • Counts in Source: 622

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′′	225.98204	0.07292		GCN #18940	GRB 160127A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
0.4′′	225.98208	0.07306		GCN #18938	GRB 160127A: Swift detection of a burst with an optical counterpart
1.2′′	225.98233	0.07292		GCN #18945	GRB 160127A: Swift/UVOT Detection
1.4′′	225.98237	0.07289		GCN #18941	GRB 160127A: RATIR Optical Observations
1.6′′	225.98239	0.07280		GCN #18947	GRB 160127A: VLA Detection
62.9′′	225.96600	0.08000		GCN #18944	GRB 160127A: Swift-BAT refined analysis

There are 12 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
89.0	225.9577	0.0730	2SLAQ J150349.84+000422.8	g=23.413, i=20.631, r=21.88, u=24.23, z=20.799
148.5	226.0037	0.0379	1RXS J150400.9+000216
151.8	225.9519	0.1023	WiggleZ S15J150348460+00060834	g=22.93, i=22.14, r=22.37, u=23.36, z=21.45
178.3	225.9603	0.0289	LP 621-62	B=19.4, H=11.972, I=14.5, J=12.571, K=11.644, R=17.2, V=17.99
199.6	226.0317	0.0985	TYC 334-128-1	B=11.84, H=9.538, J=9.774, K=9.465, V=10.95

There are 5 SIMBAD objects within the position error. The full list is here.

* RA/Dec in equinox J2000

X-ray sources

	RA*	Dec*		Source table2	Observatory	Query
148.5	226.0037	0.0379	0.02316 +/- 0.009163	ROSAT

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
4.9	225.9819	0.0745		R=22.4, g=23.9, i=21.8, u=24.0, z=21.3	SDSS
5.3	225.9817	0.0744		Mag=22.5	NED
8.3	225.9844	0.0744		R=22.9, g=24.5, i=21.5, u=26.4, z=20.2	SDSS
10.4	225.9800	0.0708		Mag=23.6	NED
14.7	225.9805	0.0696		R=22.2, g=23.5, i=21.9, u=24.3, z=21.6	SDSS
17.5	225.9824	0.0781		R=21.6, g=22.3, i=21.0, u=23.5, z=20.7	SDSS
18.3	225.9825	0.0781		Mag=21.8	NED
19.2	225.9867	0.0703		Mag=23.7	NED
21.1	225.9788	0.0778		Mag=21.6	NED
23.8	225.9796	0.0792		Mag=17.0	NED

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

There are 488 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
11.9	225.9801	0.0709	I=21.0, R=22.4, g=23.5, u=24.7, z=20.2	SDSS
18.4	225.9866	0.0704	I=22.5, R=22.9, g=23.8, u=24.8, z=21.7	SDSS
20.8	225.9789	0.0778	h=16.2, j=16.6, k=14.8	2MASS
21.3	225.9788	0.0779	I=18.9, R=20.3, g=21.6, u=24.6, z=18.3	SDSS
22.8	225.9795	0.0788	B2=20.5, I=17.6, R2=18.9	USNO-B1
23.5	225.9797	0.0792	h=13.5, j=14.1, k=13.4	2MASS
23.7	225.9797	0.0792	B1=17.1, B2=17.2, I=14.9, R1=15.5, R2=15.5	USNO-B1
23.7	225.9797	0.0792	I=15.5, R=15.9, g=17.0, u=19.5, z=15.3	SDSS
25.3	225.9890	0.0755	I=18.7, R=18.9, g=19.3, u=20.5, z=18.7	SDSS
25.4	225.9890	0.0755	B1=19.6, B2=19.3, I=18.4, R1=19.2, R2=19.1	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 258 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.