[vsnet-grb-info 33600] GRB 240218A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 35748 SUBJECT: GRB 240218A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position DATE: 24/02/18 12:09:38 GMT FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9@star.le.ac.uk> P.A. Evans, M.R. Goad, J.P. Osborne and A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team. Using 75 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 1 UVOT images for GRB 240218A, 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 = 161.79682, +1.27634 which is equivalent to: RA (J2000): 10h 47m 11.24s Dec (J2000): +01d 16' 34.8" with an uncertainty of 4.2 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) and Evans et al. (2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177). This circular was automatically generated, and is an official product of the Swift-XRT team. View this GCN Circular online at https://gcn.nasa.gov/circulars/35748. --- To unsubscribe, open this link in a web browser: https://gcn.nasa.gov/unsubscribe/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJlbWFpbCI6InZzbmV0LW...
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