GCN Circular 12630
Subject
GRB 111205A: Swift XRT Observations
Date
2011-12-08T19:40:46Z (13 years ago)
From
Erik Hoversten at Swift/Penn State <hoversten@astro.psu.edu>
C. A. Wolf (PSU) and E. A. Hoversten (PSU) report on behalf of the
Swift team:
We have analysed 5.0 ks of XRT data for the IPN-detected burst: GRB
111205A
(Hurley et al. GCN Circ. 12626), from 198.4 ks to 210.7 ks after the
IPN trigger.
The data are entirely in Photon Counting (PC) mode. The XRT field-of-
view does
not cover the entire IPN error region. However, an uncataloged X-ray
source is
detected within the observed XRT field which is potentially the
afterglow of
GRB 111205A. The refined XRT position is RA, Dec = 134.6793, -31.94327
which is equivalent to:
RA (J2000): 08 58 43.03
Dec(J2000): -31 56 35.8
with an uncertainty of 4.3 arcsec (radius, 90% confidence). This
position is inside
the IPN error box. We cannot determine at the present time whether the
source is
fading. A follow-up Swift observation is planned in several days to
confirm fading
of the source. The XRT position is outside of the UVOT field of
view. However,
archival DSS imaging reveals a faint optical source within the XRT
error circle.
The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis are available at
http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/00020189.