GCN Circular 4781
Subject
GRB060218: Swift/XRT refined position of a possible burst
Date
2006-02-18T23:18:46Z (18 years ago)
From
Giancarlo Cusumano at INAF-IASFA <cusumano@pa.iasf.cnr.it>
G. Cusumano (IASF-Pa INAF), A. Moretti (INAF-OAB), G. Tagliaferri
(INAF-OAB), J. Kennea (PSU) and D. Burrows (PSU), report on behalf of
the Swift/XRT Team:
We have performed a preliminary analysis of Swift/XRT ground-linked data
associated to the possible burst GRB060218 (trigger=191157; Cusumano et
al., GCN 4775, Kennea et al. 4776). We confirm the presence of a bright
X-ray source at the following location:
RA(J2000): 3h 21m 39.9s
Dec(J2000): 16d 52m 03.7s
with an estimated uncertainty of 7 arcseconds (90% containment). Note
that this position lies 3.7" from the previous XRT position (GCN 4775),
3' from the BAT position reported in GCN 4780 and 2.9" from the UVOT
position. A full analysis of the XRT data will follow.
This circular is an official product of the Swift XRT Team.