TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 30020 SUBJECT: GRB 210515C: Swift detection of a burst DATE: 21/05/15 20:50:24 GMT FROM: Antonino D'Ai at IASF-PA A. D'Ai (INAF-IASFPA), E. Ambrosi (INAF-IASFPA), V. D'Elia (SSDC & INAF-OAR), J. A. Kennea (PSU), K. L. Page (U Leicester), B. Sbarufatti (PSU) and A. Tohuvavohu (U Toronto) report on behalf of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Team: At 20:02:01 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located a GRB 210515C (trigger=1048618). The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 1.050, -15.011 which is RA(J2000) = 00h 04m 12.00s, Dec(J2000) = -15d 00' 39.6" with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including systematic uncertainty). There is no lightcurve currently available to estimate the duration. Using promptly downlinked data we find an uncatalogued X-ray source located at RA, Dec 1.09221, -14.95325 which is equivalent to: RA(J2000) = 00h 04m 22.13s Dec(J2000) = -14d 57' 11.7" with an uncertainty of 4.9 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This position may be improved as more data are received; the latest position is available at https://www.swift.ac.uk/sper. No spectrum from the promptly downlinked event data is yet available to determine the column density. No UVOT data are available at this time. Burst Advocate for this burst is A. D'Ai (antonino.dai AT 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/)