[vsnet-grb-info 16085] Swift Trigger 629206 is likely 1RXS J180408.9-342058
GCN Circulars
gcncirc at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Sun Feb 1 06:53:29 JST 2015
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 17367
SUBJECT: Swift Trigger 629206 is likely 1RXS J180408.9-342058
DATE: 15/01/31 21:53:21 GMT
FROM: Scott Barthelmy at NASA/GSFC <scott at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov>
S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), N. Gehrels (NASA/GSFC),
K. L. Page (U Leicester) and T. N. Ukwatta (LANL) report on behalf of
the Swift Team:
At 21:14:18 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered on
likely 1RXS J180408.9-342058 (trigger=629206). Swift did not slew
because of Sun observing constraint. The BAT on-board calculated location is
RA, Dec 271.033, -34.312 which is
RA(J2000) = 18h 04m 08s
Dec(J2000) = -34d 18' 42"
with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including
systematic uncertainty). As is typical for image triggers (20 mins),
the BAT light curve shows nothing in the TDRSS real-time light curve.
Due to a Sun observing constraint, Swift cannot slew to the BAT
position until 00:23 UT on 2015 February 06. There will thus be no XRT
or UVOT data for this trigger before this time.
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