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GRB 081221

Time: 16:21:11
Trigger Number: 337889
Burst Advocate: Erik Hoversten

BAT Data:

RA: a 15.801
01:03:12.2
Dec: a -24.542
-24:32:31.2
90% Error Radius: b 1.0
T90: c 34
Fluence: d 181 (3)
1s Peak Photon Flux: e 18.2 (0.5)
Photon Index: f 1.21, CPL (0.13)

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 081221

XRT Data:

RA: a 01:03:10.25
Dec: a -24:32:53.3
90% Error Radius: b 1.4
Time to First Observation: c 68.40
Early Flux: d 7360
11 Hour Flux: d 0.1717238
24 Hour Flux: d 0.06286634
Initial Temporal Index: -1.403
Spectral Index (Gamma): 2.4947
Column Density (NH): e 3.74385

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 78
V Magnitude: V>20.74
Other Filter Magnitudes: B>21.55
U>21.69
UVW1>21.57
UVM2>21.55
UVW2>21.35
White>21.41

a J2000; b arcsec; c seconds

Other Burst Info:

Redshift:
2.26 (Salvaterra)
Host Galaxy:
B~25.4, I~24.5 (Keck I)
Other Observatory Detections:
Gemini-North, Fermi (GBM), ESO/MPI (2.2m), VLA @ 8.46 GHz

Comments:

Note that this burst is coincident with a Fermi GBM burst (trigger 251569273)
UVOT: no detection

References:

BAT: GCN 8687; GCN 8708
XRT: GCN 8687; GCN 8690; GCN 8701; Evans et al., 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177
UVOT: GCN 8687; GCN 8703
Radio: GCN 8748 (VLA)
Redshift: Salvaterra et al. 2012
Host: GCN 8711 (Keck I)
Other: