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Swift Trigger: 718655

Presumed name: GRB 161022A

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BAT	08h 35m 52.08s, +54° 21′ 54.0″
position:	(128.967, 54.365 ± 180″)
XRT	08h 36m 00.41s, +54° 20′ 55.0″
position:	(129.0017, 54.3486 ± 2.0″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	3.66×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.038 mag

Best RA:	08h 36m 00.41s	= 129.0017 d
Best Dec:	+54° 20′ 55.0″	= 54.3486 d
Gal Lat:	36.8
Gal Long:	163.74
Sun angle:	92.08°, 5.2 hr West

¹Sper #8 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
  • RA (J2000) : 08 36 00.20 ( 129.00085)
  • Dec (J2000): +54 20 55.4 ( 54.34873)
  • Error (90%): 3.540"
  • Counts in Source: 342

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
0.1′′	129.00167	54.34861		GCN #20092	GRB 161022A: Swift-XRT refined Analysis
1.2′′	129.00148	54.34828		GCN #20094	GRB 161022A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
1.4′′	129.00183	54.34897		GCN #20088	GRB 161022A: Prompt enhanced Swift-XRT position
2.1′′	129.00075	54.34875		GCN #20087	GRB 161022A: Swift detection of a burst
68.8′′	128.98833	54.36606		GCN #20100	GRB 161022A: Swift-BAT refined analysis

There are 11 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
145.9	129.0530	54.3212	SDSS J083612.71+541916.2	H=13.285, J=13.882, K=13.296, g=16.110, i=15.039, r=15.347, u=18.131, z=14.857
186.8	129.0354	54.3966	SDSS J083608.50+542347.7	H=13.683, J=14.129, K=13.669, g=15.940, i=15.195, r=15.396, u=17.188, z=15.102
195.7	128.9091	54.3420	SDSS J083538.18+542031.2	g=18.800, i=18.140, r=18.285, u=20.030, z=18.039

There are 3 SIMBAD objects within the position error. The full list is here.

* 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
7.4	128.9992	54.3500		Mag=24.5	NED
10.8	129.0058	54.3469		Mag=21.9	NED
13.3	129.0079	54.3492		Mag=19.0	NED
15.8	128.9969	54.3452		R=21.3, g=21.8, i=20.9, u=23.0, z=21.3	SDSS
19.4	129.0016	54.3432		R=21.1, g=28.0, i=19.0, u=28.6, z=20.7	SDSS
20.1	129.0077	54.3442		R=21.1, g=22.0, i=20.9, u=21.7, z=21.0	SDSS
20.2	129.0075	54.3442		Mag=22.2	NED
24.6	128.9921	54.3444		Mag=22.3	NED
24.6	128.9923	54.3445		R=21.5, g=22.6, i=21.1, u=24.4, z=21.1	SDSS
31.1	128.9982	54.3402		R=19.1, g=20.7, i=19.5, u=21.9, z=20.2	SDSS

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

There are 363 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
7.5	128.9992	54.3501	I=21.0, R=22.3, g=24.5, u=24.7, z=20.0	SDSS
10.8	129.0060	54.3470	I=20.0, R=20.6, g=21.9, u=24.0, z=19.6	SDSS
10.9	129.0060	54.3469	B2=20.9, R2=19.8	USNO-B1
13.2	129.0079	54.3492	B1=19.3, B2=19.2, I=18.3, R1=18.3, R2=18.5	USNO-B1
13.3	129.0080	54.3491	I=18.3, R=18.5, g=19.0, u=20.2, z=18.1	SDSS
33.8	128.9989	54.3393	B1=14.3, B2=13.9, I=12.2, R1=13.5, R2=13.2	USNO-B1
33.9	128.9989	54.3393	h=11.6, j=11.9, k=11.5	2MASS
34.0	128.9989	54.3393	I=13.4, R=15.5, g=15.1, u=15.5, z=13.5	SDSS
43.6	129.0129	54.3384	I=21.6, R=22.9, g=23.9, u=24.9, z=21.0	SDSS
45.6	129.0099	54.3603	I=21.2, R=21.6, g=22.4, u=22.7, z=21.0	SDSS

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 147 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.