TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 17251 SUBJECT: GRB 141229A: Swift-XRT observations DATE: 14/12/30 00:34:12 GMT FROM: Maria Grazia Bernardini at INAF/Brera M.G. Bernardini, A. Melandri, P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB) & P. A. Evans (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team: Swift XRT has observed the error circle of GRB 141229A, detected by MAXI/GSC (Fujita et al., GCN 17246) and Fermi/GBM (Roberts, GCN 17249) in a series of observations tiled on the sky. The total exposure time is 6.6 ks spread over 7 fields. The observations started 11.7 ks after the Fermi/GBM trigger. Within these data we detect a possibly fading, uncatalogued X-ray source at RA, Dec=72.42830, -19.23282 which is equivalent to: RA (J2000.0) = 04h 49m 42.79s Dec (J2000.0) = -19° 13′ 58.1′′ with an uncertainty of 4.7 arcsec (radius, 90% confidence). The exposure at this location was 1.4 ks. With the present uncertainties, a secure identification of the afterglow is not possible. The results of the automatic processing for this source are available at http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/TILED_GRB00036/index_2.php This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.