[vsnet-grb-info 16827] GRB 150801B: Enhanced Swift-XRT position

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  18108
SUBJECT: GRB 150801B: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
DATE:    15/08/02 02:52:40 GMT
FROM:    Phil Evans at U of Leicester  <pae9 at leicester.ac.uk>

P.A. Evans, M.R. Goad, J.P. Osborne and A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester) 
report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team.

Using 1630 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 1 UVOT
images for GRB 150801B, we find an astrometrically corrected X-ray
position (using the XRT-UVOT alignment and matching UVOT field sources
to the USNO-B1 catalogue): RA, Dec = 82.96622, -5.38930 which is equivalent
to:

RA (J2000): 05h 31m 51.89s
Dec (J2000): -05d 23' 21.5"

with an uncertainty of 1.7 arcsec (radius, 90% confidence).

This position may be improved as more data are received. The latest
position can be viewed at http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_positions. Position
enhancement is described by Goad et al. (2007, A&A, 476, 1401) and Evans
et al. (2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177).

This circular was automatically generated, and is an official product of the
Swift-XRT team.