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Swift Trigger: 718023

Presumed name: GRB 161017A

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BAT	09h 31m 03.60s, +43° 08′ 31.2″
position:	(142.765, +43.142 ± 180″)
XRT	09h 31m 04.34s, +43° 07′ 48.0″
position:	(142.7681, 43.1300 ± 4.9″)
UVOT	09h 31m 04.58s, +43° 07′ 36.1″
position:	(142.7691, +43.1267 ± 0.7″)
Galactic NHI:	1.73×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.019 mag

Best RA:	09h 31m 04.58s	= 142.7691 d
Best Dec:	+43° 07′ 36.1″	= +43.1267 d
Gal Lat:	46.76
Gal Long:	177.73
Sun angle:	75.70°, 4.0 hr West

¹Sper #0 auto processing.

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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

Blink images with DSS (link via GSFC)

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XRT SPER data

SPER results page for this trigger.

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Known transients within 5′ of the GRB

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Offset (′′)	RA	Dec	Date reported	Source	Misc	Query
0.2′′	142.76908	43.12675		GCN #20064	GRB 161017A: Swift detection of a burst with a bright optical afterglow
0.3′′	142.76917	43.12675		GCN #20079	GRB161017A optical R band observations with SARA-RM
0.3′′	142.76917	43.12675		GCN #20074	GRB 161017A: Swift/UVOT Detection
0.3′′	142.76917	43.12664		GCN #20063	GRB161017.74 MASTER-Net OT detection
1.4′′	142.76888	43.12633		GCN #20067	GRB 161017A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
6.6′′	142.77000	43.12500		GCN #20076	GRB 161017A: Swift-BAT refined analysis

There are 12 matches in total. See the full table for details.

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Catalogue Searches. Searched 3.33′ around UVOT position

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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
20.3	142.7750	43.1303		B=21.3, R=19.1	APM-N
20.3	142.7750	43.1303		Mag=20.2	NED
21.5	142.7652	43.1319		R=21.9, g=22.7, i=21.7, u=22.4, z=21.6	SDSS
21.5	142.7650	43.1319		Mag=22.9	NED
22.9	142.7617	43.1300		Mag=19.3	NED
26.2	142.7779	43.1232		R=21.9, g=23.2, i=21.1, u=22.3, z=20.2	SDSS
26.2	142.7779	43.1233		Mag=23.0	NED
32.9	142.7619	43.1192		R=20.9, g=21.9, i=20.5, u=23.1, z=20.6	SDSS
32.9	142.7617	43.1192		Mag=21.9	NED
33.5	142.7818	43.1259		R=21.6, g=23.3, i=20.4, u=25.7, z=19.8	SDSS

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

There are 384 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
20.3	142.7751	43.1302	I=19.0, R=19.4, g=20.2, u=22.1, z=18.7	SDSS
20.5	142.7751	43.1303	B1=20.8, B2=20.4, I=18.5, R1=18.9, R2=19.2	USNO-B1
22.7	142.7616	43.1299	h=15.0, j=15.7, k=14.9	2MASS
22.9	142.7616	43.1300	I=17.3, R=17.9, g=19.3, u=21.7, z=17.0	SDSS
23.1	142.7616	43.1300	B1=20.1, B2=19.3, I=16.9, R1=17.4, R2=17.4	USNO-B1
36.8	142.7750	43.1174	B2=21.4, R1=19.8	USNO-B1
37.9	142.7749	43.1171	I=20.2, R=21.4, g=22.7, u=25.4, z=19.7	SDSS
41.4	142.7696	43.1382	I=18.8, R=20.3, g=21.8, u=24.9, z=18.0	SDSS
41.4	142.7695	43.1382	h=16.0, j=16.4, k=15.2	2MASS
41.7	142.7696	43.1383	B2=21.4, I=18.1, R1=19.8, R2=20.0	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 126 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.