TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 26031 SUBJECT: GRB 191019A: Swift detection of a burst DATE: 19/10/19 15:21:47 GMT FROM: David Palmer at LANL K. K. Simpson (PSU), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), J.D. Gropp (PSU), A. Y. Lien (GSFC/UMBC), K. L. Page (U Leicester), D. M. Palmer (LANL) and A. Tohuvavohu (Toronto) report on behalf of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Team: At 15:12:33 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located GRB 191019A (trigger=930285). Swift did not slew due to an observing constraint. The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 340.038, -17.333, which is RA(J2000) = 22h 40m 09s Dec(J2000) = -17d 19' 59" with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve shows multiple peaks in a FRED envelope with a total duration of about 80 sec. The peak count rate was ~4500 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~4 sec after the trigger. Due to an observing constraint, Swift will not slew until T0+51.6 minutes. There will be no XRT or UVOT data until this time. Burst Advocate for this burst is K. K. Simpson (kira.simpson1984 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/)