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GRB 051221A

Time: 01:51:16
Trigger Number: 173780
Burst Advocate: Ann Parsons

BAT Data:

RA: a 328.715
21:54:51.6
Dec: a 16.888
16:53:16.8
90% Error Radius: b 1.0
T90: c 1.400
Fluence: d 11.50 (0.35)
1s Peak Photon Flux: e 12.00 (0.39)
Photon Index: f 1.39, PL (0.06)

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 051221A

XRT Data:

RA: a 21:54:48.62
Dec: a 16:53:26.5
90% Error Radius: b 1.4
Time to First Observation: c 88.00
Early Flux: d n/a
11 Hour Flux: d 0.078128
24 Hour Flux: d 0.025704872
Initial Temporal Index: -1.501
Spectral Index (Gamma): 2.0589
Column Density (NH): e 1.87909

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 73
V Magnitude: V>19.2
Other Filter Magnitudes: B>20.8
U>20.2
UVW1=20.2
UVM2>20.7
UVW2>20.7
White>19.2

a J2000; b arcsec; c seconds

Other Burst Info:

Redshift:
0.547 (Gemini: emission)
Host Galaxy:
Other Observatory Detections:
PAIRITEL, Gemini, RAPTOR, Chandra, MDM (1.3m), Suzaku (WAM), Konus-Wind, VLA @ 8.5 GHz, Maidanak

Comments:

short hard burst
UVOT: summed image UVW1 detection at 4.8-σ

References:

BAT: GCN 4363; GCN 4365; arXiv:0707.4626
XRT: GCN 4363; GCN 4366; GCN 4374; Evans et al., 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177
UVOT: GCN 4363; GCN 4373; GCN 4390
Radio: GCN 4416
Redshift: GCN 4384
Host: GCN 4375
Other: