GCN Circular 8253
Subject
GRB 080916C: Swift/XRT detection of possible afterglow
Event
Date
2008-09-17T04:41:53Z (18 years ago)
From
Jamie A. Kennea at PSU/Swift-XRT <kennea@astro.psu.edu>
Jamie A. Kennea reports on behalf of the Swift Team:
At 17:08 UT, September 16th 2008 Swift began TOO observations of the Fermi
GBM and LAT detected GRB 080916C (GCN 8245,8246). Preliminary analysis of
downlinked data from this observation reveals a single point source
detected in the field of view at RA, Dec = 119.8459, -56.63891 which is
equivalent to:
RA (J2000): 07h 59m 23.0s
Dec (J2000): -56d 38' 20.1"
with an estimated uncertainty of 8 arcsec (radius, 90% confidence). We
note that this point source is uncatalogued and 189 arcseconds from the
center of the Fermi LAT error circle (GCN 8246), within the LAT 90%
confidence error circle. Currently we cannot determine if this source is
fading, and therefore cannot confirm if this source is associated with GRB
080916C. Observations of this source are on-going.