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GRB 090426

Time: 12:48:47
Trigger Number: 350479
Burst Advocate: Jay Cummings

BAT Data:

RA: a 189.082
12:36:19.7
Dec: a 32.978
32:58:40.8
90% Error Radius: b 1.7
T90: c 1.2
Fluence: d 1.8 (0.3)
1s Peak Photon Flux: e 2.4 (0.3)
Photon Index: f 1.93, PL (0.22)

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 090426

XRT Data:

RA: a 12:36:18.07
Dec: a 32:59:08.8
90% Error Radius: b 1.4
Time to First Observation: c 84.62
Early Flux: d n/a
11 Hour Flux: d 0.024033444
24 Hour Flux: d 0.01149863
Initial Temporal Index: -0.945
Spectral Index (Gamma): 2.03664
Column Density (NH): e 2.04663

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 12:36:18.07
Dec: a 32:59:09.6
90% Error Radius: b 0.5
Time to First Observation: c 89
V Magnitude: V=19.04
Other Filter Magnitudes: U=18.11
B=18.92
UVW1>19.92
UVM2>19.63
UVW2>19.82
White=17.52

a J2000; b arcsec; c seconds

Other Burst Info:

Redshift:
2.609 (Keck-I: absorption)
2.609 (VLT: absorption)
Host Galaxy:
Other Observatory Detections:
TNT, Keck-I, MITSuME (50cm), Okayama Astrophysical Observatory (188cm), ESO/MPI (2.2m), VLT, Gao-Mei-GU (2.4m), Gunma Astronomical Observatory (150cm), AZT-11

Comments:

References:

BAT: GCN 9254; GCN 9263; GCN 9272
XRT: GCN 9254; GCN 9259; GCN 9262; Evans et al., 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177
UVOT: GCN 9254; GCN 9265
Radio:
Redshift: GCN 9264 (Keck-I); GCN 9269 (VLT)
Host:
Other: