TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 19335 SUBJECT: GRB 160424A: Swift detection of a burst DATE: 16/04/24 11:58:50 GMT FROM: David Palmer at LANL A. Y. Lien (GSFC/UMBC), A. D'Ai (INAF-IASFPA), J. A. Kennea (PSU), K. L. Page (U Leicester), D. M. Palmer (LANL), T. Sakamoto (AGU) and M. H. Siegel (PSU) report on behalf of the Swift Team: At 11:49:07 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located GRB 160424A (trigger=683906). Swift did not immediately slew to the burst due to an observing constraint. The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 319.481, -60.405 which is RA(J2000) = 21h 17m 55s Dec(J2000) = -60d 24' 18" with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve showed a single-peaked structure with a duration of about 5 sec. The peak count rate was ~5000 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~0 sec after the trigger. Due to an observing constraint, Swift will not slew until T0+48.7 minutes. There will be no XRT or UVOT data until this time. Burst Advocate for this burst is A. Y. Lien (amy.y.lien AT nasa.gov). Please contact the BA by email if you require additional information regarding Swift followup of this burst. In extremely urgent cases, after trying the Burst Advocate, you can contact the Swift PI by phone (see Swift TOO web site for information: http://www.swift.psu.edu/too.html.)