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GRB 080506

Time: 17:46:21
Trigger Number: 311159
Burst Advocate: Wayne Baumgartner

BAT Data:

RA: a 329.467
21:57:52.1
Dec: a 38.961
38:57:39.6
90% Error Radius: b 2.5
T90: c 150
Fluence: d 13 (2)
1s Peak Photon Flux: e 0.4 (0.1)
Photon Index: f 1.87, PL (0.19)

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 080506

XRT Data:

RA: a 21:57:41.75
Dec: a 38:59:06.3
90% Error Radius: b 1.4
Time to First Observation: c 140.09
Early Flux: d 550
11 Hour Flux: d 0.05293314
24 Hour Flux: d 0.032725173
Initial Temporal Index: -4.183
Spectral Index (Gamma): 1.92895
Column Density (NH): e 1.660000229885

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 21:57:41.84
Dec: a 38:59:06.1
90% Error Radius: b 0.5
Time to First Observation: c 143
V Magnitude: V=18.35
Other Filter Magnitudes: B=19.84
U>20.29
UVW1>20.44
UVM2>20.69
UVW2>20.46

a J2000; b arcsec; c seconds

Other Burst Info:

Redshift:
Host Galaxy:
Other Observatory Detections:
KANATA (1.5m), Tautenburg (1.34m), ASU Ondrejov (0.5m), NOT (2.5m), Himalayan Chandra Telescope (2m), NAYUTA (2.0m)

Comments:

BAT: This burst satisfies Sakamoto/Ukwatta Swift-BAT possible high-z criteria (85% chance it has a z > 3.5).

References:

BAT: GCN 7685; GCN 7692
XRT: GCN 7685; GCN 7687; GCN 7694; Evans et al., 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177
UVOT: GCN 7685; GCN 7693
Radio:
Redshift:
Host:
Other: