[vsnet-grb-info 5688] GRB 080229: Enhanced Swift-XRT position

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  7343
SUBJECT: GRB 080229: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
DATE:    08/03/01 07:18:20 GMT
FROM:    Phil Evans at U of Leicester  <pae9 at star.le.ac.uk>

A.P. Beardmore, P.A. Evans, M.R. Goad and J.P. Osborne (U. Leicester) 
report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team.

Using 1276 s of overlapping XRT Photon Counting mode and UVOT
V-band data for GRB 080229, 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 = 228.21828, -14.70467 which is equivalent
to:

RA (J2000): 15h 12m 52.39s
Dec (J2000): -14d 42' 16.8"

with an uncertainty of 1.4 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
http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_positions/Goad.pdf).

This circular was automatically generated, and is an official product of the
Swift-XRT team.