[vsnet-grb 8914] GCN/SWIFT_XRT_POSITION

Bacodine vxw at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Mon Oct 17 03:30:09 JST 2005


TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 16 Oct 05 18:30:06 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-XRT Position
TRIGGER_NUM:     159994,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          132.1150d {+08h 48m 27.6s} (J2000),
                 132.1950d {+08h 48m 46.8s} (current),
                 131.4237d {+08h 45m 41.6s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         +13.6571d {+13d 39' 25.5"} (J2000),
                 +13.6355d {+13d 38' 07.6"} (current),
                 +13.8426d {+13d 50' 33.2"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       5.8 [arcsec radius, statistical plus systematic, 90% containment]
GRB_INTEN:       262.03 [arb]
GRB_SIGNIF:      5.91 [sigma]
GRB_DATE:        13659 TJD;   289 DOY;   05/10/16
GRB_TIME:        66563.87 SOD {18:29:23.87} UT     [Start of CCD integration]
TAM[0-3]:        327.61 237.19 261.27 242.87
AMPLIFIER:       2
WAVEFORM:        134
SUN_POSTN:       201.74d {+13h 26m 58s}   -9.12d {-09d 07' 22"}
SUN_DIST:         72.67 [deg]
MOON_POSTN:       12.53d {+00h 50m 07s}   +5.46d {+05d 27' 46"}
MOON_DIST:       117.15 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      99 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      213.36, 32.03 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst
ECL_COORDS:      130.79, -4.02 [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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