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GRB 060908

Time: 08:57:22
Trigger Number: 228581
Burst Advocate: Phil Evans

BAT Data:

RA: a 31.828
02:07:18.7
Dec: a 0.335
00:20:06.0
90% Error Radius: b 1.1
T90: c 19.300
Fluence: d 28.00 (1.11)
1s Peak Photon Flux: e 3.03 (0.25)
Photon Index: f 1.0, CPL (-0.3/0.3)

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 060908

XRT Data:

RA: a 02:07:18.42
Dec: a 00:20:32.2
90% Error Radius: b 1.4
Time to First Observation: c 71.68
Early Flux: d 49.8
11 Hour Flux: d 0.02019787
24 Hour Flux: d 0.00606949
Initial Temporal Index: -0.5268
Spectral Index (Gamma): 2.13395
Column Density (NH): e 6.44944

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 02:07:18.36
Dec: a 00:20:31.2
90% Error Radius: b 0.7
Time to First Observation: c 80
V Magnitude: V=16.85
Other Filter Magnitudes: B=18.41
U=17.01
UVW1=18.61
UVM2>18.57
UVW2>19.07
White=15.06

a J2000; b arcsec; c seconds

Other Burst Info:

Redshift:
1.8836 (Fynbo)
Host Galaxy:
Possible host, V=24.9, R=25.12 (NOT)
Other Observatory Detections:
PROMPT, REM (60cm), Danish (1.5m), Gemini-North, Terskol Observatory (2m)

Comments:

Gemini-North redshift removed and replaced with Fynbo reported redshift. See references.

References:

BAT: GCN 5544; GCN 5551; arXiv:0707.4626
XRT: GCN 5544; GCN 5554; Evans et al., 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177
UVOT: GCN 5544; GCN 5553
Radio:
Redshift: GCN 5555 (Gemini-North); Fynbo et al. 2009
Host: GCN 5674 (NOT)
Other: