TDRSS lightcurve for Trigger=1500148
Notes:
- 1) None of the TDRSS light curves are background subtracted.
GCN BAT Position Notice
TITLE: GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE: Thu 12 Mar 26 10:35:18 UT
NOTICE_TYPE: Swift-BAT GRB Position
TRIGGER_NUM: 1500148, Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA: 351.953d {+23h 27m 49s} (J2000),
352.290d {+23h 29m 09s} (current),
351.310d {+23h 25m 14s} (1950)
GRB_DEC: -3.407d {-03d 24' 23"} (J2000),
-3.262d {-03d 15' 43"} (current),
-3.682d {-03d 40' 54"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR: 3.00 [arcmin radius, statistical only]
GRB_INTEN: 0 [cnts] Image_Peak=3299 [image_cnts]
TRIGGER_DUR: 64.000 [sec]
TRIGGER_INDEX: 20000 E_range: 15-50 keV
BKG_INTEN: 0 [cnts]
BKG_TIME: 0.00 SOD {00:00:00.00} UT
BKG_DUR: 0 [sec]
GRB_DATE: 21111 TJD; 71 DOY; 26/03/12
GRB_TIME: 38042.62 SOD {10:34:02.62} UT
GRB_PHI: -147.31 [deg]
GRB_THETA: 48.46 [deg]
SOLN_STATUS: 0x13
RATE_SIGNIF: 0.00 [sigma]
IMAGE_SIGNIF: 13.31 [sigma]
MERIT_PARAMS: +1 +0 +0 +6 +1 +2 -100 +0 -99 +0
SUN_POSTN: 352.53d {+23h 30m 06s} -3.23d {-03d 13' 34"}
SUN_DIST: 0.24 [deg] Sun_angle= 0.0 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN: 273.54d {+18h 14m 10s} -28.23d {-28d 13' 51"}
MOON_DIST: 78.55 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM: 40 [%]
GAL_COORDS: 79.20,-58.98 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS: 351.27, 0.06 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
COMMENTS: SWIFT-BAT GRB Coordinates.
COMMENTS: This is an image trigger. (The RATE_SIGNIF & BKG_{INTEN, TIME, DUR} are undefined.)
COMMENTS: A point_source was found.
COMMENTS: This does not match any source in the on-board catalog.
COMMENTS: This does not match any source in the ground catalog.
COMMENTS: This is a GRB.
COMMENTS: This trigger occurred at longitude,latitude = 333.20,20.34 [deg].
GCN BAT Lightcurve Notice
TITLE: GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE: Thu 12 Mar 26 11:00:16 UT
NOTICE_TYPE: Swift-BAT GRB Lightcurve
TRIGGER_NUM: 1500148, Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA: 351.953d {+23h 27m 49s} (J2000),
352.290d {+23h 29m 09s} (current),
351.310d {+23h 25m 14s} (1950)
GRB_DEC: -3.407d {-03d 24' 23"} (J2000),
-3.262d {-03d 15' 43"} (current),
-3.682d {-03d 40' 54"} (1950)
GRB_DATE: 21111 TJD; 71 DOY; 26/03/12
GRB_TIME: 38042.62 SOD {10:34:02.62} UT
TRIGGER_INDEX: 20000
GRB_PHI: -147.31 [deg]
GRB_THETA: 48.46 [deg]
DELTA_TIME: 0.00 [sec]
TRIGGER_DUR: 64.000 [sec]
SOLN_STATUS: 0x13
RATE_SIGNIF: 0.00 [sigma]
IMAGE_SIGNIF: 13.31 [sigma]
LC_URL: sw01500148000msb.lc
GCN template for BAT paragraph
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At 10:34:02 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and
located GRB 260312 ***A*** (trigger=1500148). Swift slewed immediately to the burst.
The BAT on-board calculated location is
RA, Dec 351.953, -3.407 which is
RA(J2000) = 23h 27m 49s
Dec(J2000) = -03d 24' 23"
with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including
systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve showed a [**double-peaked**]
structure with a duration of about TTT sec. The peak count rate
was ~1470 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~110 sec after the trigger.
Test version of draft template
Initial TDRSS lightcurve and spacecraft attitude plot
TDRSS lightcurve from T0-30 to T0+50 (zoom in)
TDRSS light curve from T0-1 to T0+2 (More zoom in)
1.6s binned TDRSS light curve
Tilan's background subtracted TDRSS light curves
Extended TDRSS light curve and spacecraft attitude plot(s)
Extended TDRSS lc No.1
Extended TDRSS lc No.2
Extended TDRSS lc No.3
TDRSS extended lightcurve from T0-1 to T0+2
T50 and T90 calculation
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battblocks v1.18
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Input Data: bat_raw_lc.fits
Output GTI: bb.gti
Events to Skip: 128 Changepoint log(prob) Prior: 6.000000
Internal Tick: 1.000000e-04 s
Lookback time: 0 s
Bkg. Subtract?: yes (for fluence/T50/T90 calculations)
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Estimated T90 duration: 102.4 s +/- 4.096 s
Estimated T50 duration: 24.576 s +/- 4.096 s
Estimated Peak Interval: MET 795004590.14399993 +/- 0.500000 s
Estimated background rate 1: 3777.087 near MET 795004485.184000 s
Estimated background rate 2: 4314.423 near MET 795004649.536000 s
Estimated total duration: 118.784 s (for data selection)
(from MET 795004514.368000 to MET 795004633.152000)
Estimated total fluence: 25722.710422 count
Created GTI with 7 entries
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Search for this GRB position to the previously BAT detected GRB positions (search radius within 5 arcmin)
bat_grb_pos_cat.sh 351.953 -3.407 0.083
No match
Search for this GRB position to the source locations in BAT transient monitor (search radius within 12 arcmin)
python compare_catalog.py 351.953 -3.407
No match
Link to SIMBAD
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Frank's UVOT result
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Frank's UVOT Blinking images
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Elevation angle of GRB/Sun at the ground telescope locations
GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland
TimeUT Azimuth Elevation
Sun: 2026 3 12 11 269.473255 -5.803712
Obj: 2026 3 12 11 269.671178 -5.630360
the object visibility at GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland
MMT Observatory, Mt. Hopkins, Arizona
TimeUT Azimuth Elevation
Sun: 2026 3 12 11 250.141095 -34.227711
Obj: 2026 3 12 11 250.370627 -34.046875
the object visibility at MMT, Mt. Hopkins, Arizona
Hale Telescope, Palomar Mountain, California
TimeUT Azimuth Elevation
Sun: 2026 3 12 11 244.368365 -38.237117
Obj: 2026 3 12 11 244.626534 -38.071056
the object visibility at Hale Telescope, Palomar Mt., California
Mauna Kea, Hawaii
TimeUT Azimuth Elevation
Sun: 2026 3 12 11 202.018326 -72.189448
Obj: 2026 3 12 11 202.857770 -72.137959
the object visibility at Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Siding Spring Obs., Australia
TimeUT Azimuth Elevation
Sun: 2026 3 12 11 62.645584 -32.178931
Obj: 2026 3 12 11 62.406792 -32.346335
the object visibility at Siding Spring Obs., Australia
Tokyo, Japan
TimeUT Azimuth Elevation
Sun: 2026 3 12 11 101.678148 -21.968101
Obj: 2026 3 12 11 101.803301 -22.203393
the object visibility at Tokyo, Japan
William Herschel Telescope, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
TimeUT Azimuth Elevation
Sun: 2026 3 12 11 306.898213 43.034669
Obj: 2026 3 12 11 307.193668 43.184266
the object visibility at William Hershel Telescope, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
Gemini South, Cerro Pachon, Chile
TimeUT Azimuth Elevation
Sun: 2026 3 12 11 272.232938 2.521682
Obj: 2026 3 12 11 272.140959 2.767458
the object visibility at Gemini South, Cerro Pachon, Chile
The data/results are in /local/data/bat1/prebascript/trigger1500148/tdrss_ql/
bat_raw_lc.fits : TDRSS FITS light curve from GCN
gcn_position.txt : GCN BAT position notice
ratelc_tdrss.qdp : QDP file of the TDRSS light curve
tdrss_lc.gif : GIF TDRSS light curve
sc_att.qdp : QDP file of the spacecraft attitude
sc_att.gif : GIF spacecraft attitude
bb.gti : Bayesian block GTI file (battblocks)
dur.gti : Duration GTI file (battblocks)
battblocks.log : Output log of battblocks
Plot creation:
Thu Mar 12 07:01:05 EDT 2026