TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 16556 SUBJECT: GRB 140709B: Enhanced Swift-XRT position DATE: 14/07/09 21:16:08 GMT FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester M.R. Goad, J.P. Osborne, A.P. Beardmore and P.A. Evans (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team. Using 787 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 1 UVOT images for GRB 140709B, 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 = 146.05423, +63.52934 which is equivalent to: RA (J2000): 09h 44m 13.02s Dec (J2000): +63d 31' 45.6" with an uncertainty of 2.1 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.