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Swift Trigger: 709765

Presumed name: GRB 160824A

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BAT	05h 20m 18.72s, +40° 02′ 24.0″
position:	(80.078, +40.040 ± 180″)
XRT	05h 20m 21.05s, +40° 01′ 43.0″
position:	(80.0877, 40.0286 ± 2.1″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	4.88×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.788 mag

Best RA:	05h 20m 21.05s	= 80.0877 d
Best Dec:	+40° 01′ 43.0″	= 40.0286 d
Gal Lat:	1.69
Gal Long:	167.87
Sun angle:	70.80°, 4.9 hr West

¹Sper #4 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 7 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

• • Object 1 - enhanced position.
  • RA (J2000) : 05 20 21.01 (40.0286)
  • Dec (J2000): +40 01 43.0 ( 40.02803)
  • Error (90%): 2.0
  • Counts in Source: 457

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′′	80.08770	40.02860		GCN #19855	GRB 160824A: Swift detection of a burst
1.3′′	80.08758	40.02826		GCN #19857	GRB 160824A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
1.6′′	80.08825	40.02875		GCN #19862	GRB 160824A: ISON/Terskol optical observations
37.5′′	80.08700	40.03900		GCN #19861	GRB 160824A: 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

* 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
23.9	80.0810	40.0329		B2=20.5, I=18.3, R1=19.7, R2=19.2	USNO-B1
32.2	80.0987	40.0257		R1=19.6, R2=19.5	USNO-B1
39.1	80.0735	40.0284		B1=19.7, I=18.6, R1=19.0	USNO-B1
43.9	80.0975	40.0190		I=17.7, R1=18.7, R2=18.4	USNO-B1
46.6	80.1001	40.0374		B2=19.9, I=17.9, R1=19.2, R2=19.0	USNO-B1
46.6	80.0887	40.0415		B1=20.1, B2=20.1, R1=19.1, R2=18.2	USNO-B1
46.9	80.0880	40.0416		B1=19.5, B2=19.0, I=17.2, R1=18.3, R2=17.7	USNO-B1
48.2	80.0784	40.0399		I=18.8, R1=19.6	USNO-B1
52.1	80.0776	40.0164		B2=20.4, I=17.5, R1=18.8, R2=18.5	USNO-B1
53.0	80.1010	40.0393		I=18.5, R1=19.8, R2=19.3	USNO-B1

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

There are 119 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
12.0	80.0893	40.0255	h=15.9, j=16.4, k=15.3	2MASS
12.3	80.0893	40.0254	B1=19.7, B2=19.2, I=17.1, R1=18.2, R2=17.5	USNO-B1
16.8	80.0843	40.0324	B2=20.3, I=18.4, R1=19.2, R2=19.4	USNO-B1
20.8	80.0848	40.0233	B1=19.2, B2=18.7, I=16.9, R1=17.9, R2=17.6	USNO-B1
20.8	80.0848	40.0233	h=15.3, j=15.7, k=15.1	2MASS
24.5	80.0938	40.0336	h=14.4, j=14.7, k=14.1	2MASS
24.6	80.0938	40.0336	B1=17.8, B2=17.3, I=15.5, R1=16.6, R2=16.3	USNO-B1
29.7	80.0808	40.0349	h=15.4, j=15.6, k=15.2	2MASS
29.8	80.0808	40.0349	B1=19.0, B2=18.3, I=16.7, R1=17.8, R2=17.2	USNO-B1
31.3	80.0990	40.0294	h=13.8, j=14.2, k=13.7	2MASS

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 466 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.