[vsnet-grb-info 23751] GRB 190926A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position

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Fri Sep 27 04:44:38 JST 2019


TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  25850
SUBJECT: GRB 190926A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
DATE:    19/09/26 19:43:25 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 3630 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 3 UVOT
images for GRB 190926A, 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 = 100.57044, +59.52920 which is equivalent
to:

RA (J2000): 06h 42m 16.90s
Dec (J2000): +59d 31' 45.1"

with an uncertainty of 2.0 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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