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GRB 050408

Time: 16:22:51
Trigger Number: HETE
Burst Advocate:

BAT Data:

RA: a 180.563
12:02:15.1
Dec: a 10.867
10:52:01.2
90% Error Radius: b n/a
T90: c n/a
Fluence: d n/a (n/a)
1s Peak Photon Flux: e n/a (n/a)
Photon Index: f n/a (n/a)

90% error in parentheses,
a J2000; b arcmin; c seconds; d 10-7 erg/cm2 (15-150 keV); e ph/cm2/sec (15-150 keV); f PL = simple power-law, CPL = cutoff power-law (15-150 keV)

XRT Data:

RA: a 12:02:17.33
Dec: a 10:51:10.0
90% Error Radius: b 1.4
Time to First Observation: c n/a
Early Flux: d n/a
11 Hour Flux: d 0.17123295
24 Hour Flux: d 0.0898877
Initial Temporal Index: -0.8261
Spectral Index (Gamma): 2.13897
Column Density (NH): e 12.2543

Note: Please be aware that only the very basic temporal and spectral quantities are reported here. You are strongly encouraged to see the referenced GCN circulars for full details.
a J2000; b arcsec; c seconds; d 10-11 erg/cm2/s (0.3-10 keV); e 1021 cm-2

UVOT Data:

RA: a n/a
Dec: a n/a
90% Error Radius: b n/a
Time to First Observation: c 2657
V Magnitude: V>21.3
Other Filter Magnitudes: B>22.2
U=21.30
UVW1>17.8
UVM2>17.6
UVW2>17.82

a J2000; b arcsec; c seconds

Other Burst Info:

Redshift:
1.236 (Magellan: absorption)
1.2357 (GMOS absorption)
Host Galaxy:
Other Observatory Detections:
many optical

Comments:

HETE: GCN 3189
HETE: XRF
TOO at 42 min

References:

BAT:
XRT: GCN 3191; GCN 3209; Evans et al., 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177
UVOT: GCN 3227
Radio:
Redshift: GCN 3201 (Magellan); GCN 3204 (GMOS)
Host:
Other: