GCN Circular 32154
Subject
Trigger 1108538: Swift detection of a burst from SGR J1935+2154
Date
2022-05-30T20:49:17Z (3 years ago)
From
David Palmer at LANL <palmer@lanl.gov>
A. Y. Lien (U Tampa), K. L. Page (U Leicester) and D. M. Palmer (LANL)
report on behalf of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Team:
At 20:32:26 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and
located SGR J1935+2154 (trigger=1108538).
The BAT on-board calculated location is
RA, Dec 293.714, +21.901 which is
RA(J2000) = 19h 34m 51s
Dec(J2000) = +21d 54' 04"
with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including
systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve showed a single-peaked
structure with a duration of about 0.3 sec. The peak count rate
was ~110,000 counts/sec (on a 64 ms timescale, 15-350 keV), at
~0 sec after the trigger.
An XRT and UVOT observation of SGR J1935+2154 is scheduled for
21:50-22:18 UT (target ID 33349).
This source was last seen to be active by BAT in a series of
at least 36 bursts during the period Jan 9-18, 2022.