[vsnet-grb-info 21372] GRB 180112A: likely Swift/XRT afterglow

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  23471
SUBJECT: GRB 180112A: likely Swift/XRT afterglow
DATE:    18/12/01 10:23:45 GMT
FROM:    Sandro Mereghetti at IASF-Milano/INAF  <sandro.mereghetti at inaf.it>

S.Mereghetti, F.Pintore (IASF-Milano), D.Gotz (CEA, Saclay),
C.Ferrigno, E.Bozzo,
V.Savchenko (ISDC, Versoix), L.Ducci (IAAT, Germany and ISDC, Versoix)
and J.Borkowski (CAMK, Torun) report:

The Swift XRT observed the position of GRB180112A starting 4 hr after the
INTEGRAL trigger time, from 6:33 UT to 7:06 UT.
A possibly fading X-ray source with count rate of 2.38+/-0.04 ct/s is
detected inside the IBAS error circle at coordinates
R.A. = 21 17 11
Dec.= -12 37 48


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