////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN/SWIFT NOTICE NOTICE_DATE: Thu 31 Mar 05 17:26:11 UT NOTICE_TYPE: Swift-BAT GRB Position TRIGGER_NUM: 112977, Seg_Num: 0 GRB_RA: 140.771d {+09h 23m 05s} (J2000), 140.822d {+09h 23m 17s} (current), 140.286d {+09h 21m 09s} (1950) GRB_DEC: -41.430d {-41d 25' 48"} (J2000), -41.453d {-41d 27' 10"} (current), -41.215d {-41d 12' 54"} (1950) GRB_ERROR: 4.00 [arcmin radius, statistical only] GRB_INTEN: 78885 [cnts] Peak=1093 [cnts/sec] TRIGGER_DUR: 16.384 [sec] TRIGGER_INDEX: 458 E_range: 15-50 keV BKG_INTEN: 292012 [cnts] BKG_TIME: 61816.00 SOD {17:10:16.00} UT BKG_DUR: 64 [sec] GRB_DATE: 13460 TJD; 90 DOY; 05/03/31 GRB_TIME: 61913.31 SOD {17:11:53.31} UT GRB_PHI: 178.33 [deg] GRB_THETA: 25.18 [deg] SOLN_STATUS: 0x3 RATE_SIGNIF: 12.84 [sigma] IMAGE_SIGNIF: 9.00 [sigma] MERIT_PARAMS: +1 +0 +0 +5 +1 +5 +0 +1 +53 +1 SUN_POSTN: 10.19d {+00h 40m 47s} +4.39d {+04d 23' 13"} SUN_DIST: 122.50 [deg] MOON_POSTN: 262.91d {+17h 31m 37s} -27.93d {-27d 55' 38"} MOON_DIST: 92.39 [deg] MOON_ILLUM: 65 [%] GAL_COORDS: 266.42, 6.22 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient) ECL_COORDS: 163.52,-52.72 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient) COMMENTS: SWIFT-BAT GRB Coordinates. COMMENTS: This is a rate trigger. COMMENTS: A point_source was found. COMMENTS: This does not match any source in the on-board catalog. COMMENTS: This does not match any source in the ground catalog. COMMENTS: This is a GRB. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN/SWIFT NOTICE NOTICE_DATE: Thu 31 Mar 05 20:41:04 UT NOTICE_TYPE: Swift-BAT GRB Position RETRACTION TRIGGER_NUM: 112977, Seg_Num: 0 GRB_RA: 140.771d {+09h 23m 05s} (J2000), 140.822d {+09h 23m 17s} (current), 140.286d {+09h 21m 09s} (1950) GRB_DEC: -41.430d {-41d 25' 47"} (J2000), -41.453d {-41d 27' 08"} (current), -41.215d {-41d 12' 53"} (1950) GRB_ERROR: 4.00 [arcmin radius, statistical only] GRB_INTEN: 78885 [cnts] Peak=1093 [cnts/sec] TRIGGER_DUR: 16.384 [sec] TRIGGER_INDEX: 458 E_range: 15-50 keV BKG_INTEN: 292012 [cnts] BKG_TIME: 61816.00 SOD {17:10:16.00} UT BKG_DUR: 64 [sec] GRB_DATE: 13460 TJD; 90 DOY; 05/03/31 GRB_TIME: 61913.30 SOD {17:11:53.30} UT GRB_PHI: 178.33 [deg] GRB_THETA: 25.18 [deg] SOLN_STATUS: 0x23 RATE_SIGNIF: 12.83 [sigma] IMAGE_SIGNIF: 9.00 [sigma] MERIT_PARAMS: +1 +0 +0 +5 +1 +5 +0 +1 +53 +1 SUN_POSTN: 10.19d {+00h 40m 47s} +4.39d {+04d 23' 13"} SUN_DIST: 122.50 [deg] MOON_POSTN: 262.91d {+17h 31m 37s} -27.93d {-27d 55' 38"} MOON_DIST: 92.39 [deg] MOON_ILLUM: 65 [%] GAL_COORDS: 266.42, 6.22 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient) ECL_COORDS: 163.52,-52.72 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient) COMMENTS: SWIFT-BAT GRB Coordinates. COMMENTS: This is a rate trigger. COMMENTS: A point_source was found. COMMENTS: This does not match any source in the on-board catalog. COMMENTS: This does not match any source in the ground catalog. COMMENTS: This is not a GRB. COMMENTS: This is a RETRACTION of a previous notice that identified this as a GRB -- it is NOT a GRB. COMMENTS: This Notice was ground-reprocessed from flight-data. COMMENTS: This is due to a Swift attitude error COMMENTS: This is NOT a GRB. COMMENTS: The notices today through at least trigger 112982 COMMENTS: are all due to this error. ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN/SWIFT NOTICE NOTICE_DATE: Thu 31 Mar 05 17:26:44 UT NOTICE_TYPE: Swift-XRT Position TRIGGER_NUM: 112977, Seg_Num: 0 GRB_RA: 140.7394d {+09h 22m 57s} (J2000), 140.7903d {+09h 23m 10s} (current), 140.2546d {+09h 21m 01s} (1950) GRB_DEC: -41.4386d {-41d 26' 18"} (J2000), -41.4612d {-41d 27' 39"} (current), -41.2238d {-41d 13' 25"} (1950) GRB_ERROR: 5.8 [arcsec radius, statistical plus systematic] GRB_INTEN: 5275.39 [arb] GRB_SIGNIF: 8.71 [sigma] GRB_DATE: 13460 TJD; 90 DOY; 05/03/31 GRB_TIME: 62044.55 SOD {17:14:04.55} UT TAM[0-3]: 327.64 237.19 261.31 242.55 AMPLIFIER: 2 WAVEFORM: 135 SUN_POSTN: 10.20d {+00h 40m 47s} +4.39d {+04d 23' 15"} SUN_DIST: 122.47 [deg] MOON_POSTN: 262.93d {+17h 31m 43s} -27.93d {-27d 55' 45"} MOON_DIST: 92.41 [deg] MOON_ILLUM: 65 [%] GAL_COORDS: 266.41, 6.19 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst ECL_COORDS: 163.49,-52.74 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst COMMENTS: SWIFT-XRT Coordinates. COMMENTS: WARNING: XRT alignment calibration is on-going, and there may be COMMENTS: residual systematic offsets of several arcseconds not accounted for yet COMMENTS: by our on-board position determination algorithm. We have increased COMMENTS: the estimated error circle radius to take this into account. COMMENTS: The 'object' found for this position is very likely a cosmic ray hit in the CCD; not a burst afterglow.