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Swift Trigger: 709351

Presumed name: GRB 160821A

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BAT	11h 24m 59.52s, +42° 20′ 34.8″
position:	(171.248, +42.343 ± 180″)
XRT	No position available.
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	2.71×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.020 mag

Best RA:	11h 24m 59.52s	= 171.248 d
Best Dec:	+42° 20′ 34.8″	= +42.343 d
Gal Lat:	66.74
Gal Long:	166.51
Sun angle:	35.19°, -1.3 hr East of Sun

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GCN Notices for this burst.

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Observability of this burst for Swift.

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Sun angle for this burst.

UVOT data

No UVOT images are currently available.

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XRT SPER data

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Known transients within 5′ of the GRB

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Offset (′′)	RA	Dec	Date reported	Source	Misc	Query
0.0′′	171.24800	42.34300		GCN #19830	GRB 160821A: Swift detection of a bright burst
17.4′′	171.25375	42.34528		GCN #19840	GRB 160821A: Swift-BAT refined analysis
207.7′′	171.30000	42.30000		GCN #19836	GRB 160821A: Fermi-LAT refined analysis

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Catalogue Searches. Searched 3.33′ around BAT position

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SIMBAD

	RA*	Dec*	SIMBAD name		Query
140.1	171.1954	42.3414	TYC 3015-3-1	B=12.93, H=10.799, J=11.107, K=10.721, V=12.77
151.9	171.2545	42.3011	TYC 3015-14-1	B=12.95, H=10.761, J=11.067, K=10.69, V=12.11

* 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
10.6	171.2475	42.3458		Mag=24.9	NED
10.6	171.2476	42.3459		R=22.3, g=25.2, i=24.5, u=24.7, z=22.5	SDSS
17.1	171.2441	42.3468		R=18.1, g=19.2, i=17.6, u=20.9, z=17.3	SDSS
17.1	171.2442	42.3467		Mag=19.3	NED
17.2	171.2439	42.3467		B=19.7, R=17.2	APM-N
22.8	171.2398	42.3412		R=22.3, g=23.4, i=21.9, u=23.3, z=21.1	SDSS
22.9	171.2396	42.3411		Mag=20.4	NED
25.8	171.2558	42.3472		Mag=23.6	NED
25.8	171.2559	42.3472		R=21.9, g=23.5, i=20.4, u=24.8, z=19.8	SDSS
26.7	171.2400	42.3385		R=21.8, g=22.6, i=21.0, u=23.1, z=20.3	SDSS

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

There are 490 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
17.3	171.2440	42.3468	B1=18.6, B2=18.6, R1=18.0, R2=17.6	USNO-B1
17.4	171.2441	42.3469	h=16.0, j=16.9, k=15.5	2MASS
23.7	171.2410	42.3471	B2=21.3, I=18.9, R1=19.0	USNO-B1
27.3	171.2563	42.3386	I=23.5, R=24.6, g=25.9, u=22.0, z=22.5	SDSS
27.5	171.2552	42.3485	B1=18.7, B2=18.9, I=18.1, R1=18.2, R2=17.9	USNO-B1
28.8	171.2522	42.3504	B1=18.8, B2=21.6, R1=18.8, R2=20.4	USNO-B1
30.8	171.2532	42.3354	I=19.8, R=21.3, g=22.8, u=25.8, z=19.0	SDSS
49.5	171.2294	42.3427	B2=20.6, I=18.2, R1=19.1, R2=19.0	USNO-B1
54.6	171.2575	42.3564	h=16.3, j=16.9, k=15.7	2MASS
54.9	171.2576	42.3565	B2=19.3, I=17.6, R1=19.5, R2=18.4	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 162 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.