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GRB 121202A

Time: 04:20:05
Trigger Number: 540255
Burst Advocate: Sam Oates

BAT Data:

RA: a 256.790
17:07:09.6
Dec: a 23.942
23:56:31.2
90% Error Radius: b 1.2
T90: c 20.1
Fluence: d 12 (1)
1s Peak Photon Flux: e 1.2 (0.2)
Photon Index: f 1.59, PL (0.11)

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 121202A

XRT Data:

RA: a 17:07:11.26
Dec: a 23:56:53.6
90% Error Radius: b 1.4
Time to First Observation: c 2824.70
Early Flux: d n/a
11 Hour Flux: d 0.05065776
24 Hour Flux: d 0.04761756
Initial Temporal Index: -0.486
Spectral Index (Gamma): 2.1302
Column Density (NH): e 1.75198

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 2828
V Magnitude: V>20.2
Other Filter Magnitudes: B>20.9
U>21.2
UVW1>21.4
UVM2>21.5
UVW2>21.2
White>21.0

a J2000; b arcsec; c seconds

Other Burst Info:

Redshift:
Host Galaxy:
Other Observatory Detections:
Fermi (GBM)

Comments:

Due to an observing constraint, Swift did not slew until T0+44.1 minutes.
UVOT: no detection

References:

BAT: GCN 14032; GCN 14037
XRT: GCN 14036; GCN 14038; GCN 14040; Evans et al., 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177
UVOT: GCN 14034; GCN 14041
Radio:
Redshift:
Host:
Other: GCN Report 407.1