[vsnet-grb-info 19884] GRB 171003A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
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Tue Oct 3 23:30:09 JST 2017
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 21965
SUBJECT: GRB 171003A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
DATE: 17/10/03 14:29:33 GMT
FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9 at leicester.ac.uk>
M.R. Goad, J.P. Osborne, A.P. Beardmore and P.A. Evans (U. Leicester)
report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team.
Using 1963 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 2 UVOT
images for GRB 171003A, 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 = 40.91793, +61.43411 which is equivalent
to:
RA (J2000): 02h 43m 40.30s
Dec (J2000): +61d 26' 02.8"
with an uncertainty of 1.5 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.
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