[vsnet-grb 8853] GCN/SWIFT_XRT_POSITION

Bacodine vxw at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Sun Oct 16 14:26:08 JST 2005


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 16 Oct 05 05:26:03 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-XRT Position
TRIGGER_NUM:     159913,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          122.8181d {+08h 11m 16.3s} (J2000),
                 122.8833d {+08h 11m 31.9s} (current),
                 122.2548d {+08h 09m 01.1s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -18.2970d {-18d 17' 49.2"} (J2000),
                 -18.3145d {-18d 18' 52.1"} (current),
                 -18.1473d {-18d 08' 50.1"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       5.8 [arcsec radius, statistical plus systematic, 90% containment]
GRB_INTEN:       215.76 [arb]
GRB_SIGNIF:      4.69 [sigma]
GRB_DATE:        13659 TJD;   289 DOY;   05/10/16
GRB_TIME:        19523.50 SOD {05:25:23.50} UT     [Start of CCD integration]
TAM[0-3]:        327.64 237.21 261.19 243.29
AMPLIFIER:       2
WAVEFORM:        134
SUN_POSTN:       201.23d {+13h 24m 56s}   -8.92d {-08d 55' 22"}
SUN_DIST:         76.22 [deg]
MOON_POSTN:        5.61d {+00h 22m 27s}   +1.75d {+01d 44' 50"}
MOON_DIST:       116.38 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      98 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      238.51,  8.35 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst
ECL_COORDS:      130.28,-37.26 [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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