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Swift Trigger: 684679

Presumed name: GRB 160501A

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BAT	19h 05m 30.48s, -17° 14′ 24.0″
position:	(286.377, -17.240 ± 180″)
XRT	19h 05m 32.03s, -17° 14′ 27.2″
position:	(286.38344, -17.24088 ± 3.7″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	9.88×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.193 mag

Best RA:	19h 05m 32.03s	= 286.38344 d
Best Dec:	-17° 14′ 27.2″	= -17.24088 d
Gal Lat:	-10.8
Gal Long:	18.97
Sun angle:	115.05°, 7.5 hr West

¹Sper #3 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 13 SPER messages, and 2 objects have been found

• • Object 1
  • RA (J2000) : 19 05 32.02 ( 286.38341)
  • Dec (J2000): -17 14 26.6 ( -17.24072)
  • Error (90%): 3.607"
  • Counts in Source: 119
• • Object 2
  • RA (J2000) : 19 05 16.13 ( 286.31719)
  • Dec (J2000): -17 18 51.1 ( -17.31420)
  • Error (90%): 4.347"
  • Counts in Source: 9

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
0.0′′	286.38344	-17.24088		GCN #19365	GRB 160501A: Swift detection of a burst
2.7′′	286.38400	-17.24139		GCN #19369	GRB 160501A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
32.4′′	286.38833	-17.24856		GCN #19376	GRB 160501A: 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
137.5	286.4087	-17.2113	TYC 6287-958-1	B=12.27, H=9.104, J=9.655, K=8.971, V=11.32

* 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
18.1	286.3868	-17.2370		B=21.5, R2=20.2	SSS
25.7	286.3761	-17.2425		B1=17.1, B2=17.0, I=15.3, R1=15.3, R2=15.7	USNO-B1
27.3	286.3767	-17.2369		B=19.6	SSS
31.0	286.3755	-17.2450		B1=19.2, B2=18.9, I=16.9, R1=17.0, R2=17.1	USNO-B1
37.7	286.3774	-17.2321		B=19.7, R2=18.9, i=18.4	SSS
42.4	286.3711	-17.2402		I=17.5, R2=16.8	USNO-B1
48.5	286.3902	-17.2290		B1=19.8, I=18.1	USNO-B1
48.7	286.3725	-17.2495		B2=19.9, I=16.3	USNO-B1
48.9	286.3778	-17.2534		B2=18.0, I=16.3, R1=17.6, R2=17.1	USNO-B1
49.1	286.3735	-17.2507		B2=20.4, I=16.9	USNO-B1

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

There are 314 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
4.3	286.3822	-17.2408	B2=19.9, I=17.5, R1=18.5	USNO-B1
9.2	286.3840	-17.2434	B2=19.6, R1=18.2, R2=18.9	USNO-B1
15.5	286.3807	-17.2443	B1=19.2, B2=18.9, I=17.1, R1=17.4, R2=17.8	USNO-B1
15.6	286.3808	-17.2444	h=15.8, j=16.2, k=15.1	2MASS
17.1	286.3811	-17.2451	B2=20.3, R2=17.6	USNO-B1
20.2	286.3856	-17.2357	B2=20.7, R2=18.6	USNO-B1
22.0	286.3880	-17.2452	B1=20.1, B2=19.8, R2=18.5	USNO-B1
25.1	286.3763	-17.2424	h=13.7, j=14.3, k=13.7	2MASS
30.2	286.3755	-17.2373	h=12.0, j=12.5, k=11.9	2MASS
30.4	286.3754	-17.2373	B1=15.9, B2=15.3, I=13.7, R1=14.1, R2=14.2	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 831 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.