GCN Circular 40825

M. Ferro (INAF-OAB), R. Brivio (INAF-OAB), J. J. DeLaunay (PSU),
R. Gupta (NASA GSFC), J. A. Kennea (PSU), D. M. Palmer (LANL),
B. Sbarufatti (INAF-OAB) and M. H. Siegel (PSU) report on behalf of
the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Team:

At 16:04:56 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and
located GRB 250625A (trigger=1327910).  Swift slewed immediately to the burst.
The BAT on-board calculated location is 
RA, Dec 261.519, +22.265 which is 
   RA(J2000) = 17h 26m 04s
   Dec(J2000) = +22d 15' 55"
with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including 
systematic uncertainty).  The BAT light curve showed a complex
structure with a duration of about 8 sec.  The peak count rate
was ~2200 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~2 sec after the trigger.

The XRT began observing the field at 16:06:56.2 UT, 119.8 seconds after
the BAT trigger. Using promptly downlinked data we find an uncatalogued
X-ray source with an enhanced position: RA, Dec 261.50871, 22.26763
which is equivalent to:
   RA(J2000)  = 17h 26m 02.09s
   Dec(J2000) = +22d 16' 03.5"
with an uncertainty of 1.9 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This
location is 35 arcseconds from the BAT onboard position, within the BAT
error circle. This position may be improved as more data are received;
the latest position is available at https://www.swift.ac.uk/sper.  We
cannot determine whether the source is fading at the present time. 

A power-law fit to a spectrum formed from promptly downlinked event
data gives a column density in excess of the Galactic value (5.47 x
10^20 cm^-2, Willingale et al. 2013), with an excess column of 8
(+10.81/-7.26) x 10^21 cm^-2 (90% confidence).

UVOT took a finding chart exposure of 150 seconds with the White filter
starting 124 seconds after the BAT trigger. No credible afterglow candidate has
been found in the initial data products. The 2.7'x2.7' sub-image covers 100% of
the XRT error circle. The typical 3-sigma upper limit has been about 19.6 mag.
The 8'x8' region for the list of sources generated on-board covers 100% of the
XRT error circle. The list of sources is typically complete to about 18 mag. No
correction has been made for the expected extinction corresponding to E(B-V) of
0.055.

This is co-detection with Fermi/GBM (GCN #40824
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Burst Advocate for this burst is M. Ferro (matteo.ferro 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/)