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Swift-XRT position for GRB 121209A

RA (J2000)	326.7870077248	21h 47m 08.88s
Dec (J2000)	-8.234725939	-08° 14′ 05.0′′
Error	3.5′′ (radius, 90% confidence).
Piled up?	Yes
	S_pileup	0.44
	l_pileup	3.91
	c_pileup	0.65
	τ_pileup	1.00
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.