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GRB 071028A

Time: 17:41:01
Trigger Number: 295527
Burst Advocate: Judy Racusin

BAT Data:

RA: a 119.828
07:59:18.7
Dec: a 21.473
21:28:22.8
90% Error Radius: b 2.2
T90: c 27.0
Fluence: d 3.0 (0.5)
1s Peak Photon Flux: e 0.3 (0.1)
Photon Index: f 1.87, PL (0.26)

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 071028A

XRT Data:

RA: a 07:59:16.64
Dec: a 21:29:05.0
90% Error Radius: b 1.5
Time to First Observation: c 118.05
Early Flux: d 72.4
11 Hour Flux: d 0.015206126
24 Hour Flux: d 0.00949076
Initial Temporal Index: -3.258
Spectral Index (Gamma): 2.07633
Column Density (NH): e 0.690423

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 128
V Magnitude: V>11.46
Other Filter Magnitudes: B>12.68
U>11.91
UVW1>19.89
UVM2>20.32
UVW2>19.67

a J2000; b arcsec; c seconds

Other Burst Info:

Redshift:
Host Galaxy:
Other Observatory Detections:

Comments:

UVOT: no detection, there is a bright (12th mag) star in the XRT error circle which severely limits the ability to detect a possible afterglow

References:

BAT: GCN 7012; GCN 7013
XRT: GCN 7012; GCN 7014; Evans et al., 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177
UVOT: GCN 7012; GCN 7016
Radio:
Redshift:
Host:
Other: GCN Report 98.1
GCN Report 98.2