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GRB 050406

Time: 15:58:48
Trigger Number: 113872
Burst Advocate: Patrizia Romano

BAT Data:

RA: a 34.410
02:17:38.4
Dec: a -50.180
-50:10:48.0
90% Error Radius: b 2.5
T90: c 5.400
Fluence: d 0.68 (0.14)
1s Peak Photon Flux: e 0.36 (0.10)
Photon Index: f 2.43, PL (0.35)

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 050406

XRT Data:

RA: a 02:17:52.09
Dec: a -50:11:17.1
90% Error Radius: b 1.9
Time to First Observation: c n/a
Early Flux: d n/a
11 Hour Flux: d 0.004251393
24 Hour Flux: d 0.0019132821
Initial Temporal Index: -1.023
Spectral Index (Gamma): 2.32091
Column Density (NH): e 0.1860000119856

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 02:17:52.2
Dec: a -50:11:15.8
90% Error Radius: b n/a
Time to First Observation: c 88
V Magnitude: V=19.0
Other Filter Magnitudes: n/a

a J2000; b arcsec; c seconds

Other Burst Info:

Redshift:
2.44 (UVOT: photometric)
Host Galaxy:
Other Observatory Detections:
Magellan

Comments:

BAT: faint XRF, Epeak~30 keV
XRT: faint afterglow

References:

BAT: GCN 3180; GCN 3183; TS table 9/13/05, 9/24/05; arXiv:0707.4626
XRT: GCN 3181; GCN 3184; Evans et al., 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177
UVOT: GCN 3182; GCN 3186
Radio:
Redshift: ApJ, 643, 276, 2006
Host:
Other: Science, 309, 1833, 2005
ApJ, 643, 276, 2006