TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 4859 SUBJECT: GRB 060312: Swift detection of a burst DATE: 06/03/12 02:07:45 GMT FROM: David Palmer at LANL D. Grupe (PSU), S. Barthelmy (GSFC), D. Burrows (PSU), N. Gehrels (GSFC), S. Hunsberger (PSU), C. Pagani (PSU), D. Palmer (LANL) on behalf of the Swift team: At 01:36:12 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located GRB 060312 (trigger=201391). Swift slewed immediately to the burst. The BAT on-board calculated location is RA,Dec 45.768, +12.820 {03h 03m 04s, +12d 49' 12"} (J2000) with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve showed a multi-peaked structure with a duration of about 30 sec. The peak count rate was 1300 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~6 sec after the trigger. The XRT began observing the burst position at 01:37:03 UT (51 s after the BAT trigger). The XRT found a bright, uncataloged, fading source located at RA(J2000) = 3h 03m 06.1s Dec(J2000) = +12d 50' 04" with an uncertainty of 5.0 arcseconds (90% confidence radius). This is 58 arcseconds from the BAT position. The initial flux was 1.8E-9 ergs/cm2/s. The UVOT is currently in a state where it is unable to take data.