TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 8378 SUBJECT: Swift detection of flare on CC Eri DATE: 08/10/16 11:40:50 GMT FROM: David Palmer at LANL P. A. Evans (U Leicester), A. P. Beardmore (U Leicester), S. Campana (INAF-OAB), P.A. Curran (MSSL-UCL), N. Gehrels (NASA/GSFC), S. T. Holland (CRESST/USRA/GSFC), H. A. Krimm (CRESST/GSFC/USRA), W.B Landsman (GSFC), J. Mao (INAF-OAB), F. E. Marshall (NASA/GSFC), P. T. O'Brien (U Leicester), J. P. Osborne (U Leicester), K. L. Page (U Leicester), D. M. Palmer (LANL), P. Romano (INAF-IASFPA), R. L. C. Starling (U Leicester), E. Troja (INAF-IASFPA) and T. N. Ukwatta (GSFC/GWU) report on behalf of the Swift Team: At 11:22:52 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located a flare from a position consistent with V* CC Eri (trigger=331821). Swift slewed immediately to the location. The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 38.602, -43.797 which is RA(J2000) = 02h 34m 25s Dec(J2000) = -43d 47' 47" with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including systematic uncertainty). As is usual with image triggers, the promptly available BAT light curve does not show significant structure. The XRT began observing the field at 11:25:20.0 UT, 147.2 seconds after the BAT trigger. XRT found a bright X-ray source located at RA, Dec 38.5904, -43.7971 which is equivalent to: RA(J2000) = 02h 34m 21.69s Dec(J2000) = -43d 47' 49.5" with an uncertainty of 5.5 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This location is 30 arcseconds from the BAT onboard position, within the BAT error circle. This position is consistent with the catalogued position of 2RXP J023422.2-434751 = CC Eri.