TDRSS lightcurve for Trigger=607399

Notes:

GCN BAT Position Notice

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 29 Jul 14 02:41:37 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-BAT GRB Position
TRIGGER_NUM:     607399,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          272.172d {+18h 08m 41s} (J2000),
                 272.389d {+18h 09m 33s} (current),
                 271.428d {+18h 05m 43s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -20.437d {-20d 26' 13"} (J2000),
                 -20.434d {-20d 26' 02"} (current),
                 -20.446d {-20d 26' 45"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       3.00 [arcmin radius, statistical only]
GRB_INTEN:       2006 [cnts]    Image_Peak=428 [image_cnts]
TRIGGER_DUR:     0.064 [sec] 
TRIGGER_INDEX:   10409     E_range: 15-50 keV
BKG_INTEN:       39026 [cnts]
BKG_TIME:        9667.67 SOD {02:41:07.67} UT
BKG_DUR:         8 [sec]
GRB_DATE:        16867 TJD;   210 DOY;   14/07/29
GRB_TIME:        9683.67 SOD {02:41:23.67} UT
GRB_PHI:         163.25 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        18.15 [deg]
SOLN_STATUS:     0x10D
RATE_SIGNIF:     85.48 [sigma]
IMAGE_SIGNIF:    19.08 [sigma]
MERIT_PARAMS:     +0  +0 +124  -4  +1  +6  +0  +1 +82  +0 
SUN_POSTN:       128.30d {+08h 33m 13s}  +18.79d {+18d 47' 16"}
SUN_DIST:        146.19 [deg]   Sun_angle= -9.6 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      150.34d {+10h 01m 21s}   +7.89d {+07d 53' 07"}
MOON_DIST:       122.72 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      4 [%]
GAL_COORDS:        9.98, -0.26 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      272.04,  2.99 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-BAT GRB Coordinates.  
COMMENTS:        This is a rate trigger.  
COMMENTS:        A point_source was found.  
COMMENTS:        This matches a source in the on-board catalog: Num=10201=SGR1806-20,   delta=0.029 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        This matches a source in the ground catalog: SGR1806-20,   delta=0.029 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        This is not a GRB.  
COMMENTS:        This trigger occurred at longitude,latitude = 244.17,-16.99 [deg].  

GCN BAT Lightcurve Notice

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 29 Jul 14 02:58:26 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-BAT GRB Lightcurve
TRIGGER_NUM:     607399,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          272.172d {+18h 08m 41s} (J2000),
                 272.389d {+18h 09m 33s} (current),
                 271.428d {+18h 05m 43s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -20.437d {-20d 26' 13"} (J2000),
                 -20.434d {-20d 26' 02"} (current),
                 -20.446d {-20d 26' 45"} (1950)
GRB_DATE:        16867 TJD;   210 DOY;   14/07/29
GRB_TIME:        9683.88 SOD {02:41:23.88} UT
TRIGGER_INDEX:   10409
GRB_PHI:         163.25 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        18.15 [deg]
DELTA_TIME:      -20.00 [sec]
TRIGGER_DUR:     0.064 [sec] 
SOLN_STATUS:     0x10D
RATE_SIGNIF:     85.48 [sigma]
IMAGE_SIGNIF:    19.08 [sigma]
LC_URL:          sw00607399000msb.lc

GCN template for BAT paragraph

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    At 02:41:23 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and
    located GRB 140729 ***A*** (trigger=607399).  Swift slewed immediately to the burst.
    The BAT on-board calculated location is 
    RA, Dec 272.172, -20.437 which is 
       RA(J2000) = 18h 08m 41s
       Dec(J2000) = -20d 26' 13"
    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 ~15367 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~0 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: 87.424 s +/- 12.288 s
      Estimated T50 duration: 14.976 s +/- 19.872 s
      Estimated Peak Interval: MET   428294496.57599998 +/- 0.500000 s
      Estimated background rate 1:     8074.446 near MET 428294484.096000 s
      Estimated background rate 2:     8364.909 near MET 428294638.912000 s
      Estimated total duration: 99.712 s (for data selection)
           (from MET 428294496.192000 to MET 428294595.904000)
      Estimated total fluence: 3335.096051 count
      Created GTI with 6 entries
    ------------------------------------------
     
    

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

    bat_grb_pos_cat.sh 272.172 -20.437 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 7 29 2 131.905786  -16.279484
     Obj: 2014 7 29 2 345.887294  29.275337
    
  • the object visibility at GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland
     
    MMT Observatory, Mt. Hopkins, Arizona
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2014 7 29 2 109.609419  4.047172
     Obj: 2014 7 29 2 312.630828  21.021221
    
  • the object visibility at MMT, Mt. Hopkins, Arizona
     
    Hale Telescope, Palomar Mountain, California
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2014 7 29 2 106.387457  9.359937
     Obj: 2014 7 29 2 308.729607  16.108571
    
  • the object visibility at Hale Telescope, Palomar Mt., California
     
    Mauna Kea, Hawaii
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2014 7 29 2 98.132468  40.707795
     Obj: 2014 7 29 2 288.806729  -8.349334
    
  • the object visibility at Mauna Kea, Hawaii
     
    Siding Spring Obs., Australia
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2014 7 29 2 183.770221  39.800021
     Obj: 2014 7 29 2 324.305211  -29.474961
    
  • the object visibility at Siding Spring Obs., Australia
     
    Tokyo, Japan
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2014 7 29 2 306.721901  66.555666
     Obj: 2014 7 29 2 229.908360  -70.006158
    
  • the object visibility at Tokyo, Japan
     
    William Herschel Telescope, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2014 7 29 2 192.664293  -41.504825
     Obj: 2014 7 29 2 47.344381  23.790588
    
  • the object visibility at William Hershel Telescope, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
     
    Gemini South, Cerro Pachon, Chile
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2014 7 29 2 83.742766  -49.422271
     Obj: 2014 7 29 2 214.975306  78.145328
    
  • the object visibility at Gemini South, Cerro Pachon, Chile
     
     
     
    The data/results are in /local/data/bat1/prebascript/trigger607399/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:
    Mon Jul 28 22:59:33 EDT 2014