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GRB 130215A

Redshift:

0.597 (Lick Shane: absorption)
0.58 (GTC: derived)

Host Galaxy:

Other Observatory Detections:

ROTSE-IIIb, Skynet, Lick Shane (3m), Palomar (60"), CARMA @ 93 GHz, REM, Harold Johnson Telescope (1.5m), TAROT, Xinglong (2.16m), iTelescope T11, GMG (2.4m), RAPTOR, Fermi (GBM), MITSuME (50cm), MPG/ESO (2.2m), Palomar (200"), Palomar (48"), Suzaku, GTC (10.4)

Time: 01:31:30
Trigger Number: 548760
Burst Advocate: Valerio D'Elia

Burst Alert Telescope (BAT):

RA (J2000)	Dec (J2000)	90% Error ^a Radius	T90 ^b	Fluence ^c (15-150 keV)	1-sec Peak ^d Photon Flux (15-150 keV)	Photon Index ^e (15-150 keV)
43.486 02:53:56.6	13.387 13:23:13.2	1.5	65.7	54 (5)	2.5 (0.7)	1.59, PL (0.14)

90% error in parentheses,
^a arcmin; ^b seconds; ^c 10^-7 erg/cm²; ^d ph/cm²/sec; ^e PL = simple power-law, CPL = cutoff power-law

X-Ray Telescope (XRT):

RA (J2000)	Dec (J2000)	90% Error ^a Radius	Time to First ^b Observation	Early Flux ^c (0.3-10 keV)	11 Hour Flux ^c (0.3-10 keV)	24 Hour Flux ^c (0.3-10 keV)	Initial ^d LC Index	Spectral Index (Gamma)	Column ^e Density (NH)
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

^a arcsec; ^b seconds; ^c 10^-11 erg/cm²/s; ^d temporal; ^e 10²¹ cm^-2

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.

» XRT GRB Live Catalogue
» XRT Light Curves
» XRT Spectra

UltraViolet/Optical Telescope (UVOT):

RA (J2000)	Dec (J2000)	90% Error ^a Radius	Time to First ^b Observation	Magnitude	Other Filter Magnitudes
n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

^a arcsec; ^b seconds

Comments:

Due to a Moon observing constraint, Swift could not slew to the BAT position, thus there are no XRT or UVOT data for this trigger.

References:

BAT: GCN 14204; GCN 14214
XRT:
UVOT:
Radio: GCN 14210 (CARMA)
Redshift: GCN 14207 (Lick Shane); GCN 14303 (GTC)
Host:
Other: GCN Report 420.1