TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 6104 SUBJECT: GRB 070219: Swift detection of a burst DATE: 07/02/19 01:43:52 GMT FROM: Scott Barthelmy at NASA/GSFC T. Sakamoto (NASA/ORAU), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), D. N. Burrows (PSU), F. E. Marshall (NASA/GSFC), C. Pagani (PSU), K. L. Page (U Leicester), D. M. Palmer (LANL), P. Schady (MSSL-UCL), M. Stamatikos (NASA/ORAU), R. L. C. Starling (U Leicester) and E. Troja (INAF-IASFPA) report on behalf of the Swift Team: At 01:10:16 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located GRB 070219 (trigger=261132). Swift slewed immediately to the burst. The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 260.198, +69.364 which is RA(J2000) = 17h 20m 48s Dec(J2000) = +69d 21' 51" with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve shows a single peak with a duration of about 15 sec. The peak count rate was ~2000 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~1 sec after the trigger. The XRT began taking data at 01:11:38 UT, 82 seconds after the BAT trigger. From ground-based analysis we find a weak source at RA, Dec (J2000) = 260.190, +69.369 which is RA(J2000) = 17h 20m 45.5s Dec(J2000) = +69d 22' 10.7" with an error radius of 5 arcseconds. This is 21 arcseconds from the BAT position. UVOT took a finding chart exposure of 100 seconds with the White (160-650 nm) filter starting 87 seconds after the BAT trigger. No afterglow candidate has been found in the initial data products at the BAT or XRT position with a white band 3-sigma upper limit of 19.6 mag. The 2.7'x2.7' sub-image covers 25% of the BAT error circle and 100% of the XRT error circle. No correction has been made for the expected extinction corresponding to E(B-V) of 0.035