GCN Circular 37333

S. Laha (GSFC/UMBC), K. L. Page (U Leicester), D. M. Palmer (LANL) and
A. Tohuvavohu (U Toronto) report on behalf of the Neil Gehrels Swift
Observatory Team:

At 03:56:28 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and
located GRB 240829A (trigger=1251252).  Swift did not slew to
the burst due to an observing constraint. 
The BAT on-board calculated location is 
RA, Dec 143.059, -18.728 which is 
   RA(J2000) = 09h 32m 14s
   Dec(J2000) = -18d 43' 40"
with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including 
systematic uncertainty).  The BAT light curve showed a complex peak
structure with a duration of about 40 sec.  The peak count rate
was ~1500 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~1 sec after the trigger. 

Due to a Sun observing constraint, Swift cannot slew to the BAT
position until 12:04 UT on 2024 October 02. There will thus be no XRT
or UVOT data for this trigger before this time. 

Burst Advocate for this burst is S. Laha (sib.laha AT gmail.com). 
Please contact the BA by email if you require additional information
regarding Swift followup of this burst. In extremely urgent cases, after
trying the Burst Advocate, you can contact the Swift PI by phone (see
Swift TOO web site for information: http://www.swift.psu.edu/)