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GRB 070508

Time: 04:18:18
Trigger Number: 278854
Burst Advocate: Dirk Grupe

BAT Data:

RA: a 312.832
20:51:19.7
Dec: a -78.382
-78:22:55.2
90% Error Radius: b 1.0
T90: c 20.900
Fluence: d 196.00 (2.73)
1s Peak Photon Flux: e 24.10 (0.61)
Photon Index: f 1.1, CPL (-0.1/0.1)

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 070508

XRT Data:

RA: a 20:51:11.81
Dec: a -78:23:04.9
90% Error Radius: b 1.4
Time to First Observation: c 75.92
Early Flux: d 159
11 Hour Flux: d 0.27251023
24 Hour Flux: d 0.07554639
Initial Temporal Index: -0.2628
Spectral Index (Gamma): 1.82568
Column Density (NH): e 7.81747

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 20:51:11.68
Dec: a -78:23:05.0
90% Error Radius: b 0.5
Time to First Observation: c 68
V Magnitude: V=19.7
Other Filter Magnitudes: B>19.6
U>18.4
UVW1>18.2
UVM2>17.8
UVW2>18.6
White=19.8

a J2000; b arcsec; c seconds

Other Burst Info:

Redshift:
0.82 (VLT: emission, tentative)
Host Galaxy:
Other Observatory Detections:
REM (60cm), Magellan/Clay (6.5m), La Silla (Danish 1.54m), CTIO (1.3m), Suzaku, RHESSI, Konus-Wind

Comments:

References:

BAT: GCN 6383; GCN 6390; arXiv:0707.4626
XRT: GCN 6383; GCN 6388; Evans et al., 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177
UVOT: GCN 6383; GCN 6392
Radio:
Redshift: GCN 6398 (VLT)
Host:
Other: GCN Report 54.1
GCN Report 54.2