GAMMA RAY BURST

by Kent, Monday, March 28, 2005, 20:48

Delivered on Sat Mar 26 08:53:34 2005.

TITLE: GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE: Sat 26 Mar 05 13:51:28 UT
NOTICE_TYPE: Swift-BAT GRB Position
TRIGGER_NUM: 112453, Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA: 6.857d {+00h 27m 26s} (J2000),

6.914d {+00h 27m 39s} (current),

6.312d {+00h 25m 15s} (1950)
GRB_DEC: -71.375d {-71d 22' 29"} (J2000),

-71.346d {-71d 20' 45"} (current),

-71.652d {-71d 39' 05"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR: 4.00 [arcmin radius, statistical only]
GRB_INTEN: 9418 [cnts] Peak=18395 [cnts/sec]
TRIGGER_DUR: 0.512 [sec]
TRIGGER_INDEX: 127 E_range: unknown_E_range keV
BKG_INTEN: 45757 [cnts]
BKG_TIME: 35624.00 SOD {09:53:44.00} UT
BKG_DUR: 8 [sec]
GRB_DATE: 13455 TJD; 85 DOY; 05/03/26
GRB_TIME: 35635.58 SOD {09:53:55.58} UT
GRB_PHI: -71.37 [deg]
GRB_THETA: 26.55 [deg]
SOLN_STATUS: 0x3
RATE_SIGNIF: 116.09 [sigma]
IMAGE_SIGNIF: 21.00 [sigma]
MERIT_PARAMS: +0 +1 +0 +0 -1 +3 +24 +0 +0 -28
SUN_POSTN: 5.36d {+00h 21m 28s} +2.32d {+02d 19' 15"}
SUN_DIST: 73.67 [deg]
MOON_POSTN: 191.70d {+12h 46m 48s} -3.89d {-03d 53' 30"}
MOON_DIST: 104.70 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM: 100 [%]
GAL_COORDS: 305.67,-45.63 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS: 312.84,-62.20 [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.
COMMENTS: This Notice was ground-reprocessed from flight-data.
COMMENTS: This is a bright burst with 5 peaks, ~20,000 cnts/sec.