GCN Circular 6906
Subject
GRB 071010C Swift-BAT detection of a burst
Date
2007-10-13T02:59:07Z (17 years ago)
From
Jay R. Cummings at NASA/GSFC/Swift <jayc@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov>
J. R. Cummings (CRESST/NASA/GSFC) for the Swift-BAT team
At 22:20:22 UT on October 10, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT)
triggered on GRB 071010C (trigger #293804). The burst was on the edge
of the field of view (3.5% coded) and no source was found automatically
onboard. A source was found during later ground analysis at a location
RA, Dec 338.054, +66.159 which is
RA(J2000) = 22h 32m 13s
Dec(J2000) = +66d 09' 32"
with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including
systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve shows a single
slow-rise slow-decay peak about 12 seconds long. The peak count
rate was about 1000 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~1 sec after the trigger.
Because the burst was detected on the ground, there are no prompt
XRT or UVOT data.