[vsnet-grb-info 6224] GRB 080607: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
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Sat Jun 7 22:22:30 JST 2008
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 7853
SUBJECT: GRB 080607: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
DATE: 08/06/07 13:22:23 GMT
FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9 at star.le.ac.uk>
J.P. Osborne, A.P. Beardmore, P.A. Evans and M.R. Goad (U. Leicester)
report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team.
Using 818 s of overlapping XRT Photon Counting mode and UVOT
data for GRB 080607, 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 = 194.94644, +15.91935 which is equivalent
to:
RA (J2000): 12h 59m 47.15s
Dec (J2000): +15d 55' 09.7"
with an uncertainty of 1.7 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), the current algorithm is an
extension of this method.
This circular was automatically generated, and is an official product of the
Swift-XRT team.
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