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GRB 121209A

Time: 21:59:11
Trigger Number: 540964
Burst Advocate: Alessandro Maselli

BAT Data:

RA: a 326.800
21:47:12.0
Dec: a -8.232
-08:13:55.2
90% Error Radius: b 1.7
T90: c 42.7
Fluence: d 29 (1)
1s Peak Photon Flux: e 3.4 (0.3)
Photon Index: f 1.43, PL (0.08)

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 121209A

XRT Data:

RA: a 21:47:08.93
Dec: a -08:14:07.1
90% Error Radius: b 1.4
Time to First Observation: c 91.98
Early Flux: d n/a
11 Hour Flux: d 0.1448368
24 Hour Flux: d 0.0564024
Initial Temporal Index: 0.6089
Spectral Index (Gamma): 2.29895
Column Density (NH): e 5.22617

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 96
V Magnitude: V>20.3
Other Filter Magnitudes: B>21.1
U>21.6
UVW1>21.5
UVM2>22.3
UVW2>21.8
White>21.7

a J2000; b arcsec; c seconds

Other Burst Info:

Redshift:
Host Galaxy:
I = 23.2 (Keck I, possible host)
Other Observatory Detections:
MPG/ESO (2.2m), MAXI/GSC

Comments:

UVOT: no detection

References:

BAT: GCN 14045; GCN 14052
XRT: GCN 14045; GCN 14051; GCN 14053; Evans et al., 2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177
UVOT: GCN 14046; GCN 14086
Radio:
Redshift:
Host: GCN 14056 (Keck I)
Other: GCN Report 422.1