{
  "bibcode": "2007GCN..7098....1U",
  "body": "T. N. Ukwatta (GSFC/GWU), W. H. Baumgartner (GSFC/UMBC),\nD. N. Burrows (PSU), J. R. Cummings (NASA/UMBC),\nG. Cusumano (INAF-IASFPA), N. Gehrels (NASA/GSFC),\nC. Guidorzi (Univ Bicocca&INAF-OAB),\nS. T. Holland (CRESST/USRA/GSFC), F. E. Marshall (NASA/GSFC),\nP. T. O'Brien (U Leicester), D. M. Palmer (LANL),\nP. Romano (Univ. Bicocca & INAF-OAB) and D. E. Vanden Berk (PSU)\nreport on behalf of the Swift Team:\n\nAt 14:50:06 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and\nlocated GRB 071117 (trigger=296805).  Swift did not slew immediately \nto the burst due to an Earth constraint.  The BAT on-board calculated \nlocation is RA, Dec 335.020, -63.441 which is \n   RA(J2000) = 22h 20m 05s\n   Dec(J2000) = -63d 26' 27\"\nwith an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including \nsystematic uncertainty).  The BAT light curve showed a single FRED\npeak with a duration of about 5 sec.  The peak count rate\nwas ~16000 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~0 sec after the trigger. \n\nBecause of an Earth limb constraint, the spacecraft did not slew promptly\nto the BAT position, and so there are no immediate XRT data products\nto analyze.  NFI observations are expected at T+43 minutes, when it comes\nout of constraint. \n\nBurst Advocate for this burst is T. N. Ukwatta (tilan.ukwatta AT gmail.com). \nPlease contact the BA by email if you require additional information\nregarding Swift followup of this burst. In extremely urgent cases, after\ntrying the Burst Advocate, you can contact the Swift PI by phone (see\nSwift TOO web site for information: http://www.swift.psu.edu/too.html.)",
  "circularId": 7098,
  "createdOn": 1195311750000,
  "email": "palmer@lanl.gov",
  "subject": "GRB 071117: Swift detection of a bright burst",
  "submitter": "David Palmer at LANL  <palmer@lanl.gov>",
  "eventId": "GRB 071117"
}