[vsnet-grb-info 1961] GRB 050814: Swift XRT Afterglow Localization
GCN Circulars
gcncirc at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Mon Aug 15 03:18:16 JST 2005
TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER: 3800
SUBJECT: GRB 050814: Swift XRT Afterglow Localization
DATE: 05/08/14 18:16:05 GMT
FROM: David Burrows at PSU/Swift <dxb15 at psu.edu>
D. C. Morris, D. N. Burrows, J. A. Kennea, J. L. Racusin (PSU), and N.
Gehrels (GSFC) report on behalf of the Swift XRT team:
The Swift BAT instrument detected GRB 050814 at 11:38:57 UT (Retter et al.
2005, GCN 3799). The observatory executed an automated slew to the BAT
position and the XRT began taking data at 11:41:15 UT (138 seconds after
the BAT trigger). In spite of the presence of a bright source in the
field, the XRT did not succeed in calculating an on-board centroid,
probably because of a high background level. In the ground-processed data,
we find a bright, uncataloged, rapidly fading X-ray source located at:
RA(J2000) = 17:36:45,
Dec(J2000) = +46:20:19.
We identify this as the afterglow of the GRB. We estimate an uncertainty
of about 7 arcseconds radius (90% containment). This source is located 44
arcseconds from the BAT position in GCN 3799.
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