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Swift-XRT position for GRB 051117A

RA (J2000)	228.3913613636	15h 13m 33.93s
Dec (J2000)	30.8702342438	+30° 52′ 12.8′′
Error	3.5′′ (radius, 90% confidence).
Piled up?	Yes
	S_pileup	0.27
	l_pileup	2.37
	c_pileup	2.17
	τ_pileup	1.84
For details of the pile up model, see Evans et al. (2020) section 3.4

FITS image | FITS exposure map image

Image of the XRT field.