TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 17037 SUBJECT: GRB 141109A: Swift detection of a burst DATE: 14/11/09 06:05:41 GMT FROM: Scott Barthelmy at NASA/GSFC P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), M. G. Bernardini (INAF-OAB), M. M. Chester (PSU), A. Melandri (INAF-OAB), D. M. Palmer (LANL) and M. H. Siegel (PSU) report on behalf of the Swift Team: At 05:49:55 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located GRB 141109A (trigger=618024). Swift slewed immediately to the burst. The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 144.507, -0.602, which is RA(J2000) = 09h 38m 02s Dec(J2000) = -00d 36' 04" with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve shows a multi-peak structure with a duration of at least 170 sec. The peak count rate was ~3000 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~118 sec after the trigger. The XRT began observing the field at 05:52:04.3 UT, 129.2 seconds after the BAT trigger. XRT found a bright, uncatalogued X-ray source located at RA, Dec 144.5334, -0.6093 which is equivalent to: RA(J2000) = +09h 38m 8.02s Dec(J2000) = -00d 36' 33.5" with an uncertainty of 6.5 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This location is 98 arcseconds from the BAT onboard position, within the BAT error circle. No event data are yet available to determine the column density using X-ray spectroscopy. The initial flux in the 0.1 s image was 1.18e-08 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (0.2-10 keV). UVOT took a finding chart exposure of 150 seconds with the White filter starting 139 seconds after the BAT trigger. No credible afterglow candidate has been found in the initial data products. The 2.7'x2.7' sub-image covers 100% of the XRT error circle. The typical 3-sigma upper limit has been about 19.6 mag. The 8'x8' region for the list of sources generated on-board covers 100% of the XRT error circle. The list of sources is typically complete to about 18 mag. No correction has been made for the expected extinction corresponding to E(B-V) of 0.04. Burst Advocate for this burst is P. D'Avanzo (paolo.davanzo AT brera.inaf.it). 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.)