Swift Trigger: 674670

Presumed name: GRB 160220A

BAT	15^h 47^m 42.00^s, -18° 33′ 18.0″
position:	(236.925, -18.555 ± 180″)
XRT	15^h 47^m 48.38^s, -18° 33′ 54.0″
position:	(236.9516, -18.5650 ± 3.9″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic N_HI:	7.02×10⁰ cm^-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.154 mag

Best RA:	15^h 47^m 48.38^s	= 236.9516 d
Best Dec:	-18° 33′ 54.0″	= -18.5650 d

Gal Lat:	27.44
Gal Long:	350.94

Sun angle:	91.77°, 6.4 hr West

¹Onboard position

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
- RA (J2000) : 15 47 48.42 ( 236.95174)
- Dec (J2000): -18 33 53.5 ( -18.56485)
- Error (90%): 3.689"
- Counts in Source: 59

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′′	236.95167	-18.56500	GCN #19024	GRB 160220A: Swift-XRT observations
5.8′′	236.95288	-18.56605	GCN #19025	GRB 160220A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
97.7′′	236.92500	-18.55500	GCN #19023	GRB 160220A: Swift detection of a burst
98.4′′	236.94250	-18.53906	GCN #19038	GRB 160220A: Swift-BAT refined analysis

Catalogue Searches. Searched 3.33′ around XRT position

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SIMBAD

	RA*	Dec*	SIMBAD name		Query
160.3	236.9957	-18.5496	TYC 6190-1624-1	B=12.14, H=9.605, J=9.947, K=9.52, V=11.50
181.7	236.8987	-18.5589	BD-18 4165	B=11.80, H=6.415, J=7.198, K=6.180, V=10.21

* 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
16.6	236.9476	-18.5676	B=22.0	SSS
27.9	236.9588	-18.5687	B=20.8	SSS
39.9	236.9459	-18.5553	B=21.2, R2=20.1	SSS
42.3	236.9442	-18.5556	B=20.7, R2=19.1, i=18.3	SSS
44.0	236.9394	-18.5610	B=21.4	SSS
52.2	236.9652	-18.5583	B=22.0	SSS
55.0	236.9677	-18.5650	B=19.8, R2=18.3, i=17.7	SSS
66.7	236.9690	-18.5734	B=20.3, R2=18.9, i=18.5	SSS
72.4	236.9716	-18.5718	B=19.6, R2=18.3, i=17.7	SSS
72.6	236.9709	-18.5736	B=22.0	SSS

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

There are 60 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
22.9	236.9509	-18.5587	h=16.3, j=17.0, k=16.2	2MASS
23.0	236.9509	-18.5586	B1=19.8, B2=19.0, I=18.1, R1=18.2, R2=18.4	USNO-B1
27.8	236.9588	-18.5686	I=18.6, R2=19.2	USNO-B1
29.0	236.9465	-18.5714	B1=18.9, B2=18.0, I=17.0, R1=17.2, R2=17.1	USNO-B1
29.5	236.9464	-18.5716	h=15.7, j=16.1, k=15.6	2MASS
30.1	236.9598	-18.5682	I=17.5, R2=18.6	USNO-B1
31.6	236.9603	-18.5681	h=16.2, j=16.6, k=15.9	2MASS
32.0	236.9604	-18.5680	B1=18.9, B2=18.3, I=18.8, R1=17.9, R2=17.7	USNO-B1
32.3	236.9457	-18.5580	B2=21.3, R2=20.1	USNO-B1
34.0	236.9541	-18.5741	B1=16.9, B2=16.8, I=15.3, R1=15.8, R2=15.5	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 250 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.