TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 16831 SUBJECT: GRB 140919A: Swift detection of a burst DATE: 14/09/19 15:38:25 GMT FROM: Jamie A. Kennea at PSU/Swift-XRT M.E. Gropp (PSU), S. B. Cenko (GSFC), C. Gronwall (PSU), J. A. Kennea (PSU), H. A. Krimm (CRESST/GSFC/USRA), N. P. M. Kuin (UCL-MSSL), A. Y. Lien (GSFC/UMBC), V. Mangano (PSU), C. B. Markwardt (NASA/GSFC), F. E. Marshall (NASA/GSFC), J. L. Racusin (NASA/GSFC) and B. Sbarufatti (INAF-OAB/PSU) report on behalf of the Swift Team: At 15:15:15 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located GRB 140919A (trigger=613160). The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 221.556, -32.154 which is RA(J2000) = 14h 46m 13s Dec(J2000) = -32d 09' 14" 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 100 sec. The peak count rate was ~2000 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~1 sec after the trigger. Due to an observing constraint, Swift will not slew until T0+48.2 minutes. There will be no XRT or UVOT data until this time. Burst Advocate for this burst is M.E. Gropp (mgropp742 AT gmail.com). 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.)