GCN Circular 5114
Subject
GRB 060505: X-ray afterglow
Event
Date
2006-05-11T15:35:56Z (20 years ago)
From
Maria Laura Conciatore at ASDC <conciatore@asdc.asi.it>
M.L. Conciatore, M. Capalbi, L. Vetere (ASDC), D. Palmer (LANL),
D. Burrows (PSU) report on behalf of the Swift/XRT team:
The Swift X-Ray Telescope observed the field of GRB 060505 (GCN 5076)
for a second time on 2006-05-10 from 00:43:58 UT for a total
exposure of 11.7 ks.
The source identified in the first observation (GCN 5078) located at:
RA(J2000) = 22h 07m 03.2s
Dec(J2000) = -27d 48' 57
has faded from (1.1 +/- 0.1)e-2 counts/s to
(8.6 +/- 4.0)e-4 cts/s.
The other source reported in GCN 5081, located at:
RA(J2000) = 22h 07m 4.5s,
Dec(J2000) =-27d 49m 57.8s
shows a constant behavior of the light curve, with a count rate of
about 2e-2 cts/s.
We conclude that the first source is the likely X-ray afterglow
of GRB 060505.
This Circular is an official product of the Swift XRT Team.