[vsnet-grb-info 20526] GRB 180410A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position

GCN Circulars gcncirc at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Tue Apr 10 20:10:10 JST 2018


TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  22622
SUBJECT: GRB 180410A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
DATE:    18/04/10 11:09:33 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 1707 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 1 UVOT
images for GRB 180410A, 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 = 95.95717, +12.81143 which is equivalent
to:

RA (J2000): 06h 23m 49.72s
Dec (J2000): +12d 48' 41.1"

with an uncertainty of 1.8 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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