TDRSS lightcurve for Trigger=592916

Notes:

GCN BAT Position Notice

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 23 Mar 14 10:26:10 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-BAT GRB Position
TRIGGER_NUM:     592916,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          356.888d {+23h 47m 33s} (J2000),
                 357.094d {+23h 48m 22s} (current),
                 356.151d {+23h 44m 36s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -79.917d {-79d 55' 00"} (J2000),
                 -79.838d {-79d 50' 14"} (current),
                 -80.195d {-80d 11' 40"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       3.00 [arcmin radius, statistical only]
GRB_INTEN:       5659 [cnts]    Image_Peak=141 [image_cnts]
TRIGGER_DUR:     1.024 [sec] 
TRIGGER_INDEX:   155     E_range: 50-350 keV
BKG_INTEN:       26981 [cnts]
BKG_TIME:        37380.20 SOD {10:23:00.20} UT
BKG_DUR:         8 [sec]
GRB_DATE:        16739 TJD;    82 DOY;   14/03/23
GRB_TIME:        37391.91 SOD {10:23:11.91} UT
GRB_PHI:         159.11 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        49.08 [deg]
SOLN_STATUS:     0x20000003
RATE_SIGNIF:     35.25 [sigma]
IMAGE_SIGNIF:    7.58 [sigma]
MERIT_PARAMS:     +1  +0  +0  +0  +3  -2  +0  +0 -15  +0 
SUN_POSTN:         2.49d {+00h 09m 58s}   +1.08d {+01d 04' 44"}
SUN_DIST:         80.96 [deg]   Sun_angle= 0.4 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      264.03d {+17h 36m 07s}  -18.94d {-18d 56' 14"}
MOON_DIST:        71.91 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      57 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      306.38,-36.78 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      293.59,-64.10 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-BAT GRB Coordinates.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was delayed by more than 60 sec past the end of the trigger integration interval;  
COMMENTS:        probably due to it occurring during a Malindi downlink session.  
COMMENTS:        This is a rate trigger.  
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 = 18.76,-20.40 [deg].  

GCN BAT Lightcurve Notice

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 23 Mar 14 10:43:11 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-BAT GRB Lightcurve
TRIGGER_NUM:     592916,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          356.888d {+23h 47m 33s} (J2000),
                 357.094d {+23h 48m 22s} (current),
                 356.151d {+23h 44m 36s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -79.917d {-79d 55' 00"} (J2000),
                 -79.838d {-79d 50' 14"} (current),
                 -80.195d {-80d 11' 40"} (1950)
GRB_DATE:        16739 TJD;    82 DOY;   14/03/23
GRB_TIME:        37391.91 SOD {10:23:11.91} UT
TRIGGER_INDEX:   155
GRB_PHI:         159.11 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        49.08 [deg]
DELTA_TIME:      -50.00 [sec]
TRIGGER_DUR:     1.024 [sec] 
SOLN_STATUS:     0x3
RATE_SIGNIF:     35.25 [sigma]
IMAGE_SIGNIF:    7.58 [sigma]
LC_URL:          sw00592916000msb.lc

GCN template for BAT paragraph

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    At 10:23:11 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and
    located GRB 140323 ***A*** (trigger=592916).  Swift slewed immediately to the burst.
    The BAT on-board calculated location is 
    RA, Dec 356.888, -79.917 which is 
       RA(J2000) = 23h 47m 33s
       Dec(J2000) = -79d 55' 00"
    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 ~6671 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~89 sec after the trigger.
    

    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

    T50 and T90 calculation

    ******************************************
             battblocks v1.18
    ------------------------------------------
         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)
    ------------------------------------------
      Estimated T90 duration: 106.624 s +/- 2.89772 s
      Estimated T50 duration: 59.392 s +/- 2.98545 s
      Estimated Peak Interval: MET   417263092.86399996 +/- 0.500000 s
      Estimated background rate 1:     6934.167 near MET 417262981.600000 s
      Estimated background rate 2:     6716.512 near MET 417263176.832000 s
      Estimated total duration: 180.544 s (for data selection)
           (from MET 417262984.000000 to MET 417263164.544000)
      Estimated total fluence: 207034.212072 count
      Created GTI with 37 entries
    ------------------------------------------
     
    

    Search for this GRB position to the previously BAT detected GRB positions (search radius within 5 arcmin)

    bat_grb_pos_cat.sh 356.888 -79.917 0.083
    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: 2014 3 23 10 256.905644  -14.018677
     Obj: 2014 3 23 10 346.933503  -40.709360
    
  • the object visibility at GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland
     
    MMT Observatory, Mt. Hopkins, Arizona
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2014 3 23 10 234.073703  -42.090607
     Obj: 2014 3 23 10 351.215584  -38.930384
    
  • the object visibility at MMT, Mt. Hopkins, Arizona
     
    Hale Telescope, Palomar Mountain, California
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2014 3 23 10 226.581957  -44.912841
     Obj: 2014 3 23 10 351.997462  -41.315790
    
  • the object visibility at Hale Telescope, Palomar Mt., California
     
    Mauna Kea, Hawaii
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2014 3 23 10 159.459731  -67.807691
     Obj: 2014 3 23 10 0.455556  -30.020787
    
  • the object visibility at Mauna Kea, Hawaii
     
    Siding Spring Obs., Australia
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2014 3 23 10 76.200519  -23.391573
     Obj: 2014 3 23 10 9.511334  25.473168
    
  • the object visibility at Siding Spring Obs., Australia
     
    Tokyo, Japan
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2014 3 23 10 96.750530  -7.900664
     Obj: 2014 3 23 10 12.207103  -36.576961
    
  • the object visibility at Tokyo, Japan
     
    William Herschel Telescope, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2014 3 23 10 290.888051  34.860724
     Obj: 2014 3 23 10 352.351067  -21.346335
    
  • the object visibility at William Hershel Telescope, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
     
    Gemini South, Cerro Pachon, Chile
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2014 3 23 10 275.781935  -11.901488
     Obj: 2014 3 23 10 348.529760  28.431889
    
  • the object visibility at Gemini South, Cerro Pachon, Chile
     
     
     
    The data/results are in /local/data/raid2/prebascript/trigger592916/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:
    Sun Mar 23 06:43:44 EDT 2014