GRB January 17, 2005 - GRB050117

by SevenSeals, Tuesday, January 18, 2005, 02:26

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January 17, 2005 - GRB050117

TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER: 2951
SUBJECT: GRB050117: Swift XRT Position
DATE: 05/01/17 13:42:00 GMT
FROM: David Burrows at PSU/Swift

D. N. Burrows, J. E. Hill, G. Chincarini, J. Nousek, N. Gehrels, and P. Schady
report on behalf of the Swift XRT team:

The Swift XRT reported a prompt position for GRB050117. The burst was
discovered by the BAT and the Swift spacecraft performed a prompt slew. The
XRT found a bright source in the field and imaged it at
IMG_START_DATE: 13387 TJD; 17 DOY; 05/01/17
IMG_START_TIME: 46548.64 SOD {12:55:48.64} UT

The XRT position is
GRB_RA: 358.4644d {+23h 53m 51s} (J2000),
358.5274d {+23h 54m 07s} (current),
357.8439d {+23h 51m 23s} (1950)
GRB_DEC: +65.9418d {+65d 56' 30"} (J2000),
+65.9699d {+65d 58' 12"} (current),
+65.6635d {+65d 39' 49"} (1950)

last one was dec 21st. Then the Sumantra quake occured dec 26th.

large quake possible from now to 7 days

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