[vsnet-grb 3303] GCN/SWIFT_XRT_POSITION

Bacodine vxw at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Thu Jul 21 13:33:03 JST 2005


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 21 Jul 05 04:32:57 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-XRT Position
TRIGGER_NUM:     146970,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          253.4364d {+16h 53m 44.7s} (J2000),
                 253.5235d {+16h 54m 05.6s} (current),
                 252.6522d {+16h 50m 36.5s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -28.3815d {-28d 22' 53.3"} (J2000),
                 -28.3903d {-28d 23' 25.0"} (current),
                 -28.3003d {-28d 18' 01.1"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       5.8 [arcsec radius, statistical plus systematic, 90% containment]
GRB_INTEN:       746.22 [arb]
GRB_SIGNIF:      7.74 [sigma]
GRB_DATE:        13572 TJD;   202 DOY;   05/07/21
GRB_TIME:        16340.45 SOD {04:32:20.45} UT     [Start of CCD integration]
TAM[0-3]:        327.61 237.16 261.21 242.94
AMPLIFIER:       2
WAVEFORM:        134
SUN_POSTN:       120.65d {+08h 02m 35s}  +20.45d {+20d 27' 16"}
SUN_DIST:        136.64 [deg]
MOON_POSTN:      297.47d {+19h 49m 53s}  -26.06d {-26d 03' 24"}
MOON_DIST:        38.93 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      100 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      353.95,  9.67 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst
ECL_COORDS:      255.40, -5.78 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-XRT Coordinates.  
COMMENTS:        WARNING: XRT alignment calibration is on-going, and there may be  
COMMENTS:        residual systematic offsets of several arcseconds not accounted for yet  
COMMENTS:        by our on-board position determination algorithm.  We have increased  
COMMENTS:        the estimated error circle radius to take this into account.  



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