[vsnet-grb-info 20381] Trigger 814090: Swift detection of MAXI J1820+070
GCN Circulars
gcncirc at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Wed Mar 14 03:06:14 JST 2018
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 22477
SUBJECT: Trigger 814090: Swift detection of MAXI J1820+070
DATE: 18/03/13 18:05:45 GMT
FROM: Jamie A. Kennea at PSU/Swift-XRT <kennea at swift.psu.edu>
P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), J. A. Kennea (PSU), A. Y. Lien (GSFC/UMBC),
A. Melandri (INAF-OAB), K. L. Page (U Leicester) and
A. Tohuvavohu (PSU) report on behalf of the Neil Gehrels Swift
Observatory Team:
At 17:48:54 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and
located MAXI J1820+070 (trigger=814090). Swift did not slew to the source
because Swift was already looking at this source.
The BAT on-board calculated location is
RA, Dec 275.091, +7.188, which is
RA(J2000) = 18h 20m 22s
Dec(J2000) = +07d 11' 17"
with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including
systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve shows a few peaks
with a duration of about 30 sec. The peak count rate
was ~1100 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~2 sec after the trigger.
Swift was observing MAXI J1820+070 when BAT triggered, at a higher merit
than the BAT trigger. As such no prompt XRT or UVOT data are available
for this trigger.
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