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GRB 050820A

Time: 06:34:53
Trigger Number: 151207
Burst Advocate: Mat Page

BAT Data:

RA: a 337.416
22:29:39.8
Dec: a 19.560
19:33:36.0
90% Error Radius: b 1.1
T90: c 26
Fluence: d 34.40 (2.42)
1s Peak Photon Flux: e 2.45 (0.23)
Photon Index: f 1.25, PL (0.12)

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)

BAT Light Curve:

BAT Light Curve for GRB 050820A

XRT Data:

RA: a 22:29:38.12
Dec: a 19:33:37.0
90% Error Radius: b 1.4
Time to First Observation: c n/a
Early Flux: d n/a
11 Hour Flux: d 0.9154947
24 Hour Flux: d 0.36135421
Initial Temporal Index: -2.206
Spectral Index (Gamma): 1.96878
Column Density (NH): e 4.16529

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

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UVOT Data:

RA: a n/a
Dec: a n/a
90% Error Radius: b n/a
Time to First Observation: c 80
V Magnitude: V=18.2
Other Filter Magnitudes: B=19.0
U=18.3
UVW1=20.4
UVW2>21.0

a J2000; b arcsec; c seconds

Other Burst Info:

Redshift:
2.612 (Keck: absorption)
2.6147 (VLT: absorption)
Host Galaxy:
Other Observatory Detections:
Palomar (60"), Keck, RAPTOR, WIRO, RTT150, VLT, PROMPT, Konus-Wind, VLA @ 8.46 GHz

Comments:

BAT: second, larger, harder episode of emission seen

References:

BAT: GCN 3830; GCN 3835; GCN 3858; TS table 9/13/05, 9/24/05; arXiv:0707.4626
XRT: GCN 3830; GCN 3837; Evans et al., 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177
UVOT: GCN 3830; GCN 3838
Radio: GCN 3847
Redshift: GCN 3833 (Keck); GCN 3860 (VLT)
Host:
Other: