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GCN Circular 5305

Subject
GRB 060712: XRT refined position
Date
2006-07-13T02:03:40Z (18 years ago)
From
Loredana Vetere at ASDC <vetere@asdc.asi.it>
L. Vetere (ADSC), M.L.Conciatore (ASDC), J. R. Cummings (NASA/ORAU)
report on behalf of the Swift/XRT team:

XRT started observing the field of GRB060712 193 s after BAT trigger
in PC mode. The 2.2 ks analysis of the first two orbits provides the
refined XRT position:

RA(J2000)  =  12h 16m 16.3s,
Dec(J2000) = +35d 32m 17.8s

with an uncertainty of 3.8 arcsec (90% containment). This position is
0.1 arcsec away from the XRT position quoted in Cummings et al.
(GCN5301) and 8.2" arcseconds from the refined BAT position (GCN5304).

The light curve shows a fast initial decay.
Further osbervations are ongoing.

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