GCN Circular 38699

A. D'Ai (INAF-IASFPA), S. Dichiara (PSU), R. Gupta (NASA GSFC),
H. A. Krimm (NSF), N. P. M. Kuin (UCL-MSSL), A. Y. Lien (U Tampa) and
T. M. Parsotan (GSFC) report on behalf of the Neil Gehrels Swift
Observatory Team:

At 01:36:15 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and
located GRB 241229B (trigger=1277428).  Swift did not slew immediately to the burst.
The BAT on-board calculated location is 
RA, Dec 274.149, +74.714 which is 
   RA(J2000) = 18h 16m 36s
   Dec(J2000) = +74d 42' 50"
with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including 
systematic uncertainty).  The BAT light curve showed a multi-peaked
structure with a duration of about 10 sec.  The peak count rate
was ~3000 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~0 sec after the trigger.

Due to an observing constraint, Swift cannot slew to the BAT position.
There will thus be no XRT or UVOT data for this trigger.

Burst Advocate for this burst is A. D'Ai (antonino.dai AT inaf.it).
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/)