[vsnet-grb-info 20161] GRB 171216A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  22257
SUBJECT: GRB 171216A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
DATE:    17/12/16 11:41:49 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 3440 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 7 UVOT
images for GRB 171216A, 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 = 211.99069, -50.48474 which is equivalent
to:

RA (J2000): 14h 07m 57.77s
Dec (J2000): -50d 29' 05.1"

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.