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Swift Trigger: 714404

Presumed name: GRB 161001A

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BAT	04h 47m 39.12s, -57° 16′ 58.8″
position:	(71.913, -57.283 ± 180″)
XRT	04h 47m 40.63s, -57° 15′ 37.4″
position:	(71.9193, -57.2604 ± 2.0″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	1.09×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.010 mag

Best RA:	04h 47m 40.63s	= 71.9193 d
Best Dec:	-57° 15′ 37.4″	= -57.2604 d
Gal Lat:	-39.13
Gal Long:	266.21
Sun angle:	100.68°, 7.7 hr West

¹Sper #6 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 8 SPER messages, and 1 objects have been found

• • Object 1 - enhanced position.
  • RA (J2000) : 04 47 40.64 (-57.2604)
  • Dec (J2000): -57 15 37.3 ( -57.26104)
  • Error (90%): 2.0
  • Counts in Source: 781

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
0.2′′	71.91940	-57.26040		GCN #19968	GRB 161001A: Prompt enhanced Swift-XRT position
0.9′′	71.91962	-57.26022		GCN #19971	GRB 161001A: X-shooter spectroscopy� candidate host galaxy and redshift
1.7′′	71.92012	-57.26058		GCN #19976	GRB 161001A: MASTER-OAFA and MASTER-SAAO early optical observations
2.3′′	71.91992	-57.26094		GCN #19969	GRB 161001A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
3.5′′	71.91848	-57.26127		GCN #19967	GRB 161001A: Swift detection of a burst
7.4′′	71.92292	-57.26106		GCN #19974	GRB 161001A� Swift-BAT refined analysis (likely a short GRB)

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

* 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
0.9	71.9197	-57.2603		B=21.8, R2=20.0, i=18.9	SSS
4.8	71.9211	-57.2595		B2=21.2, I=17.0	USNO-B1
30.4	71.9163	-57.2521		B2=20.1, I=16.5	USNO-B1
31.2	71.9160	-57.2519		B2=20.5, I=16.5	USNO-B1
41.5	71.9012	-57.2667			NED
42.1	71.9021	-57.2675		B=20.9, R2=19.6	SSS
42.8	71.9378	-57.2668		I=18.9, R2=20.5	USNO-B1
43.5	71.9129	-57.2489		Mag=19.7	NED
44.1	71.9130	-57.2486		B=21.5, R2=19.5, i=17.9	SSS
44.2	71.9127	-57.2487		I=18.4, R1=19.5, R2=19.3	USNO-B1

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

There are 187 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
0.7	71.9196	-57.2603	B2=21.1, R1=19.6, R2=20.1	USNO-B1
26.6	71.9315	-57.2637	B2=21.3, I=18.6, R1=19.6, R2=20.0	USNO-B1
35.0	71.9109	-57.2518	B2=19.9, R2=23.1	USNO-B1
35.4	71.9192	-57.2702	B2=21.4, I=18.4, R1=19.5, R2=19.6	USNO-B1
35.9	71.9374	-57.2585	I=18.4, R1=20.4, R2=20.6	USNO-B1
37.3	71.9384	-57.2593	B2=21.3, I=18.7, R2=21.0	USNO-B1
40.9	71.9018	-57.2667	B2=21.0, R1=19.6, R2=19.5	USNO-B1
41.8	71.9023	-57.2675	B2=20.5, R2=19.7	USNO-B1
42.4	71.9133	-57.2491	B2=20.6, I=17.7, R1=19.4, R2=19.7	USNO-B1
43.0	71.9019	-57.2677	B2=20.8, R1=19.4, R2=19.5	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 163 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.