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GRB 090915

Time: 15:35:36
Trigger Number: Ground Analysis
20112
Burst Advocate: Taka Sakamoto

BAT Data:

RA: a 237.990
15:51:57.6
Dec: a 15.480
15:28:48.0
90% Error Radius: b 3
T90: c 8
Fluence: d 5 (2)
1s Peak Photon Flux: e 0.8 (0.3)
Photon Index: f 1.0, PL (0.2)

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 090915

XRT Data:

RA: a 15:52:04.87
Dec: a 15:29:15.4
90% Error Radius: b 3.4
Time to First Observation: c n/a
Early Flux: d n/a
11 Hour Flux: d 0.05145459
24 Hour Flux: d 0.023744292
Initial Temporal Index: n/a
Spectral Index (Gamma): 1.22457
Column Density (NH): e 0.322000186153

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

UVOT Data:

RA: a 15:52:04.84
Dec: a 15:29:15.8
90% Error Radius: b 0.8
Time to First Observation: c 44647
V Magnitude: V=21.08
Other Filter Magnitudes: U=21.40
White=22.15

a J2000; b arcsec; c seconds

Other Burst Info:

Redshift:
Host Galaxy:
Other Observatory Detections:
SARA (0.9m)

Comments:

This was probably the same event as Fermi-GBM trigger 274721737. A Swift TOO has been requested and approved. The narrow-field instruments will observe the location approximately 13 hours after the burst.

References:

BAT: GCN 9912
XRT: GCN 9914; Evans et al., 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177
UVOT: GCN 9918
Radio:
Redshift:
Host:
Other: