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Swift Trigger: 722642

Presumed name: GRB 161117B

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BAT	19h 55m 25.20s, -67° 42′ 25.2″
position:	(298.855, -67.707 ± 180″)
XRT	19h 55m 17.86s, -67° 42′ 10.4″
position:	(298.8244, -67.7029 ± 2.1″)
UVOT	No position available.
Galactic NHI:	4.89×100 cm-2
Galactic E(B-V):	0.089 mag

Best RA:	19h 55m 17.86s	= 298.8244 d
Best Dec:	-67° 42′ 10.4″	= -67.7029 d
Gal Lat:	-30.98
Gal Long:	328.11
Sun angle:	63.36°, -4.4 hr East of Sun

¹Sper #2 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) : 19 55 17.98 (-67.7029)
  • Dec (J2000): -67 42 10.6 ( -67.70167)
  • Error (90%): 2.0
  • Counts in Source: 345

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′′	298.82440	-67.70290		GCN #20182	GRB 161117B: Swift detection of a burst
1.5′′	298.82508	-67.70256		GCN #20186	GRB 161117B: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
79.0′′	298.82958	-67.68106		GCN #20189	GRB 161117B: 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
193.6	298.7681	-67.7522	TYC 9306-125-1	B=12.58, H=10.541, J=10.766, K=10.484, V=12.08

* 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
21.1	298.8396	-67.7040		B=21.6, R2=19.6	SSS
23.2	298.8413	-67.7032		I=17.6, R1=19.1, R2=18.9	USNO-B1
38.0	298.8441	-67.7104		B2=20.9, R2=20.0	USNO-B1
54.5	298.8642	-67.7028			NED
54.8	298.8645	-67.7026		B=20.5, R2=20.6	SSS
58.7	298.8046	-67.6884		B2=18.5, I=17.8, R1=17.9, R2=17.9	USNO-B1
59.5	298.8580	-67.7134		B=20.9, R2=20.3	SSS
63.5	298.8089	-67.6863		B=20.3, R2=18.9, i=18.6	SSS
66.0	298.7933	-67.6889			NED
66.8	298.8351	-67.6848		B2=21.4, I=18.0	USNO-B1

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

There are 66 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
21.1	298.8396	-67.7039	B2=21.2, I=18.4, R1=19.3, R2=19.7	USNO-B1
24.0	298.8419	-67.7031	B2=20.5, I=17.7, R1=19.1, R2=19.1	USNO-B1
24.4	298.8422	-67.7031	h=15.8, j=16.3, k=15.3	2MASS
27.8	298.8173	-67.6957	I=18.3, R1=19.7, R2=20.0	USNO-B1
28.1	298.8168	-67.6957	I=18.5, R1=19.7, R2=20.1	USNO-B1
28.7	298.8261	-67.6950	B2=20.3, R1=19.7, R2=20.0	USNO-B1
30.9	298.8209	-67.7114	B2=19.0, I=17.6, R1=18.0, R2=17.9	USNO-B1
31.8	298.8208	-67.7116	h=15.6, j=16.2, k=15.6	2MASS
34.3	298.8472	-67.7069	B2=21.3, I=18.5, R1=19.5, R2=19.9	USNO-B1
40.2	298.8035	-67.6950	B2=20.0, I=18.4, R1=19.1, R2=19.1	USNO-B1

Queried USNO-B1, SDSS, 2MASS.

There are 247 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.