{
  "bibcode": "2015GCN.18578....1M",
  "body": "L. M. McCauley (PSU), P. A. Evans (U Leicester),\nH. A. Krimm (CRESST/GSFC/USRA), K. L. Page (U Leicester) and\nB. Sbarufatti (INAF-OAB/PSU) report on behalf of the Swift Team:\n\nAt 08:33:23 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and\nlocated GRB 151111A (trigger=663074).  Swift slewed immediately to the burst. \nThe BAT on-board calculated location is \nRA, Dec 56.828, -44.164 which is \n   RA(J2000) = 03h 47m 19s\n   Dec(J2000) = -44d 09' 49\"\nwith an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including \nsystematic uncertainty).  The BAT light curve showed a single FRED-like\nstructure with a duration of about 40 sec.  The peak count rate\nwas ~2000 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~0 sec after the trigger. \n\nThe XRT began observing the field at 08:34:35.8 UT, 72.5 seconds after\nthe BAT trigger. Using promptly downlinked data we find a bright,\nfading, uncatalogued X-ray source with an enhanced position: RA, Dec\n56.8452, -44.1615 which is equivalent to:\n   RA(J2000)  = 03h 47m 22.86s\n   Dec(J2000) = -44d 09' 41.3\"\nwith an uncertainty of 2.1 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This\nlocation is 45 arcseconds from the BAT onboard position, within the BAT\nerror circle. This position may be improved as more data are received;\nthe latest position is available at http://www.swift.ac.uk/sper. \n\nA power-law fit to a spectrum formed from promptly downlinked event\ndata gives a column density in excess of the Galactic value (1.07 x\n10^20 cm^-2, Willingale et al. 2013), with an excess column of 2.6\n(+1.82/-1.61) x 10^21 cm^-2 (90% confidence). \n\nThe initial flux in the 2.5 s image was 1.85e-09 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (0.2-10\nkeV). \n\nUVOT took a finding chart exposure of 150 seconds with the White filter\nstarting 81 seconds after the BAT trigger. No credible afterglow candidate has\nbeen found in the initial data products. The 2.7'x2.7' sub-image covers 100% of\nthe XRT error circle. The typical 3-sigma upper limit has been about 19.6 mag. \nThe 8'x8' region for the list of sources generated on-board covers 100% of the\nXRT error circle. The list of sources is typically complete to about 18 mag. No\ncorrection has been made for the expected extinction corresponding to E(B-V) of\n0.01. \n\nBurst Advocate for this burst is L. M. McCauley (marissamc AT swift.psu.edu). \nPlease contact the BA by email if you require additional information\nregarding Swift followup of this burst. In extremely urgent cases, after\ntrying the Burst Advocate, you can contact the Swift PI by phone (see\nSwift TOO web site for information: http://www.swift.psu.edu/too.html.)",
  "circularId": 18578,
  "createdOn": 1447232038000,
  "email": "klp5@leicester.ac.uk",
  "subject": "GRB 151111A: Swift detection of a burst",
  "submitter": "Kim Page at U.of Leicester  <klp5@leicester.ac.uk>",
  "eventId": "GRB 151111A"
}