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GCN Circular 38368

Subject
GRB 241128A: Swift-XRT afterglow detection
Date
2024-11-28T18:34:25Z (a month ago)
From
K.L. Page at U Leicester <klp5@leicester.ac.uk>
Via
email
K.L. Page (U. Leicester) reports on behalf of the Swift-XRT team:

Immediately following the BAT trigger on GRB 241128A, Swift entered the
South Atlantic Anomaly, during which time no XRT data were taken. The
field of the GRB became visible to the XRT at 17:16 UT, 3.9 ks after the
trigger, at which point the XRT afterglow of the burst was detected at a
position of RA, Dec = 273.72454, 33.43853 which is equivalent to:

RA (J2000): 18:14:53.89
Dec(J2000): +33:26:18.9

with an uncertainty of 3.5 arcsec (radius, 90% confidence).

This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.

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