[vsnet-grb-info 21540] Trigger 882561: Swift detection of MAXI J1631-479
GCN Circulars
gcncirc at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Tue Jan 8 10:45:25 JST 2019
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 23639
SUBJECT: Trigger 882561: Swift detection of MAXI J1631-479
DATE: 19/01/08 01:44:16 GMT
FROM: David Palmer at LANL <palmer at lanl.gov>
S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), C. Gronwall (PSU), J. A. Kennea (PSU),
H. A. Krimm (NSF/USRA), D. M. Palmer (LANL) and A. Tohuvavohu (PSU)
report on behalf of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Team:
At 01:21:53 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and
located the new source MAXI J1631-479 (trigger=882561). Swift did not slew
due an observing constraint. The BAT on-board calculated location is
RA, Dec 247.810, -47.725, which is
RA(J2000) = 16h 31m 14s
Dec(J2000) = -47d 43' 28"
with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including
systematic uncertainty). As is typical for an image trigger, there is nothing
visible in the real-time light curve.
We confirm that Trigger 878548 on 2018-12-23 (D'Avanzo et al.
GCN #23550) was also due to MAXI J1631-479 as reported by
Miyasaka et al. (ATel #12340). BAT has been detecting this
source continuously since discovery.
XRT and UVOT observations are planned for when this
source comes out of Sun constraint around January 14.
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