[vsnet-grb-info 16064] GRB 150123A Tiled Swift observations

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  17346
SUBJECT: GRB 150123A Tiled Swift observations
DATE:    15/01/23 17:34:23 GMT
FROM:    Phil Evans at U of Leicester  <pae9 at leicester.ac.uk>

P. A. Evans (U. Leicester) reports on behalf of the Swift team:

Swift has initiated a series of observations, tiled on the sky, of the
MAXI GRB 150123A. Automated analysis of the XRT data will
be presented online at http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/TILED_GRB00038

Any uncatalogued X-ray sources detected in this analysis will be
reported on this website and via GCN COUNTERPART notices. The probability of finding
serendipitous sources, unrelated to the MAXI event is high: any X-ray source
considered to be a probable afterglow candidate will be reported via a GCN Circular
after manual consideration.

Details of the XRT automated analysis methods are detailed in Evans et
al. (2007, A&A, 469, 379; and 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177).

This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.