From vxw@capella.gsfc.nasa.gov Mon May 8 19:28:07 2000 Received: from capella.gsfc.nasa.gov (capella.gsfc.nasa.gov [128.183.219.100]) by lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id TAA13236 for ; Mon, 8 May 2000 19:28:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: by capella.gsfc.nasa.gov (5.65/1.34) id AA07896; Mon, 8 May 00 19:28:06 -0400 Date: Mon, 8 May 00 19:28:06 -0400 From: vxw@capella.gsfc.nasa.gov (Bacodine) Message-Id: <10005082328.AA07896@capella.gsfc.nasa.gov> To: bacodine@lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov Subject: GCN/RXTE_ASM_GRB_POSITION TITLE: GCN/RXTE_ASM BURST POSITION NOTICE NOTICE_DATE: Mon 08 May 00 23:23:09 UT NOTICE_TYPE: RXTE-ASM Initial TRIGGER_NUM: 8098 GRB_DATE: 11672 TJD; 129 DOY; 00/05/08 GRB_TIME: 69050.88 SOD {19:10:50.88} UT POSITION_TYPE: Line GRB_RXTE_RA: 248.756d {+16h 35m 01s} (J2000), 248.761d {+16h 35m 03s} (current), 248.008d {+16h 32m 02s} (1950) GRB_RXTE_DEC: -22.672d {-22d 40' 18"} (J2000), -22.673d {-22d 40' 21"} (current), -22.569d {-22d 34' 09"} (1950) GRB_RXTE_ERROR: 10.000 [deg half-length (stat+sys),90%] GRB_RXTE_LINE_LENGTH: 11.500 [deg] GRB_RXTE_LINE_WIDTH: 0.077 [deg] GRB_RXTE_LINE_POS_ANGLE: 64.400 [deg] GRB_RXTE_INTEN: 330.00 [mCrab] SUN_POSTN: 46.03d {+03h 04m 06s} +17.33d {+17d 19' 43"} SUN_DIST: 158.01 [deg] MOON_POSTN: 113.38d {+07h 33m 31s} +21.09d {+21d 05' 18"} MOON_DIST: 138.72 [deg] COMMENTS: RXTE-ASM GRB Coordinates. COMMENTS: This GRB was only seen in one camera. COMMENTS: Due to missing anodes, we can poorly constrain the COMMENTS: position of the GRB along the long direction of the COMMENTS: error box. From the given position, the box should COMMENTS: extend 10 degrees to the north east, and 1.5 degrees COMMENTS: to the south west. COMMENTS: COMMENTS: This was a complex observation to analyze. It appears COMMENTS: that the GRB came out of earth-occult in progress COMMENTS: at around 19:13:40 UTC. The average flux over the COMMENTS: full 90-s observation was 330 mCrab (2-12 keV), but COMMENTS: we only observed the burst for around 20 s. The COMMENTS: maximum flux may have exceeded 2 Crab. COMMENTS: COMMENTS: The ASM position passes 5' outside the nominal 0.4deg COMMENTS: radius LOCBURST position reported by BATSE. From vxw@capella.gsfc.nasa.gov Tue May 9 15:11:21 2000 Received: from capella.gsfc.nasa.gov (capella.gsfc.nasa.gov [128.183.219.100]) by lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with SMTP id PAA19383 for ; Tue, 9 May 2000 15:11:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: by capella.gsfc.nasa.gov (5.65/1.34) id AA14887; Tue, 9 May 00 15:11:19 -0400 Date: Tue, 9 May 00 15:11:19 -0400 From: vxw@capella.gsfc.nasa.gov (Bacodine) Message-Id: <10005091911.AA14887@capella.gsfc.nasa.gov> To: bacodine@lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov Subject: GCN/RXTE_ASM_GRB_POSITION TITLE: GCN/RXTE_ASM BURST POSITION NOTICE NOTICE_DATE: Tue 09 May 00 19:05:10 UT NOTICE_TYPE: RXTE-ASM Update TRIGGER_NUM: 8098 GRB_DATE: 11672 TJD; 129 DOY; 00/05/08 GRB_TIME: 69050.88 SOD {19:10:50.88} UT POSITION_TYPE: Box GRB_RXTE_RA: 253.498d {+16h 53m 60s} (J2000), 253.503d {+16h 54m 01s} (current), 252.758d {+16h 51m 02s} (1950) GRB_RXTE_DEC: -20.504d {-20d 30' 13"} (J2000), -20.505d {-20d 30' 15"} (current), -20.423d {-20d 25' 22"} (1950) GRB_ERROR_RA1: 254.326d {+16h 57m 18s} (J2000) GRB_ERROR_DEC1: -20.130d {-20d 07' 47"} (J2000) GRB_ERROR_RA2: 256.674d {+17h 06m 42s} (J2000) GRB_ERROR_DEC2: -20.362d {-20d 21' 42"} (J2000) GRB_ERROR_RA3: 252.669d {+16h 50m 41s} (J2000) GRB_ERROR_DEC3: -20.850d {-20d 51' 00"} (J2000) GRB_ERROR_RA4: 253.313d {+16h 53m 15s} (J2000) GRB_ERROR_DEC4: -20.618d {-20d 37' 04"} (J2000) GRB_RXTE_ERROR: 0.900 [deg radius (stat+sys), 90%] GRB_RXTE_INTEN: 300.00 [mCrab] SUN_POSTN: 46.03d {+03h 04m 06s} +17.33d {+17d 19' 43"} SUN_DIST: 153.85 [deg] MOON_POSTN: 113.38d {+07h 33m 31s} +21.09d {+21d 05' 18"} MOON_DIST: 142.82 [deg] COMMENTS: RXTE-ASM GRB Coordinates. COMMENTS: Further analysis has revealed a detection of this COMMENTS: GRB in the second dwell after its emergence from COMMENTS: behind the Earth. We report here the joint position COMMENTS: of these two lines of position.