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GCN Circular 16696

Subject
GRB 140817A: Swift-XRT position
Date
2014-08-17T08:22:47Z (10 years ago)
From
Boris Sbarufatti at INAF-OAB/IASFPA <boris.sbarufatti@brera.inaf.it>
B. Sbarufatti (INAF-OAB/PSU) reports on behalf of the Swift-XRT team

Using promptly downlinked data we find a bright, fading X-ray
source with an enhanced position: RA,Dec = 127.2646, 58.1901
(degrees) which is equivalent to:

RA  (J2000.0) = 08 29 03.51
DEC (J2000.0) = +58 11 24.4

with an uncertainty of 2.2 arcsec (radius, 90% containment).
This location is 16.8 arcseconds from the BAT onboard position, inside the BAT
error circle.
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