TDRSS lightcurve for Trigger=868984

Notes:

GCN BAT Position Notice

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sat 27 Oct 18 01:49:59 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-BAT GRB Position
TRIGGER_NUM:     868984,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          225.383d {+15h 01m 32s} (J2000),
                 225.579d {+15h 02m 19s} (current),
                 224.861d {+14h 59m 27s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         +30.891d {+30d 53' 28"} (J2000),
                 +30.818d {+30d 49' 04"} (current),
                 +31.088d {+31d 05' 15"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       3.00 [arcmin radius, statistical only]
GRB_INTEN:       17622 [cnts]    Image_Peak=399 [image_cnts]
TRIGGER_DUR:     8.192 [sec] 
TRIGGER_INDEX:   477     E_range: 25-100 keV
BKG_INTEN:       123053 [cnts]
BKG_TIME:        6450.18 SOD {01:47:30.18} UT
BKG_DUR:         64 [sec]
GRB_DATE:        18418 TJD;   300 DOY;   18/10/27
GRB_TIME:        6539.39 SOD {01:48:59.39} UT
GRB_PHI:         -12.77 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        23.49 [deg]
SOLN_STATUS:     0x20000003
RATE_SIGNIF:     6.63 [sigma]
IMAGE_SIGNIF:    7.88 [sigma]
MERIT_PARAMS:     +1  +0  +0  +3  +2  -2 -100  +0 -69  +0 
SUN_POSTN:       211.36d {+14h 05m 27s}  -12.71d {-12d 42' 46"}
SUN_DIST:         45.63 [deg]   Sun_angle= -0.9 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       62.30d {+04h 09m 11s}  +16.65d {+16d 38' 51"}
MOON_DIST:       129.89 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      93 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       48.32, 61.41 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      210.58, 45.56 [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 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 = 172.84,-8.49 [deg].  
COMMENTS:           
COMMENTS:        NOTE: This BAT event is temporally(48.0<100sec) coincident with the FERMI_GBM event (trignum=562297792).  

GCN BAT Lightcurve Notice

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sat 27 Oct 18 02:06:36 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-BAT GRB Lightcurve
TRIGGER_NUM:     868984,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          225.383d {+15h 01m 32s} (J2000),
                 225.579d {+15h 02m 19s} (current),
                 224.861d {+14h 59m 27s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         +30.891d {+30d 53' 28"} (J2000),
                 +30.818d {+30d 49' 04"} (current),
                 +31.088d {+31d 05' 15"} (1950)
GRB_DATE:        18418 TJD;   300 DOY;   18/10/27
GRB_TIME:        6539.39 SOD {01:48:59.39} UT
TRIGGER_INDEX:   477
GRB_PHI:         -12.77 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        23.49 [deg]
DELTA_TIME:      38.00 [sec]
TRIGGER_DUR:     8.192 [sec] 
SOLN_STATUS:     0x3
RATE_SIGNIF:     6.63 [sigma]
IMAGE_SIGNIF:    7.88 [sigma]
LC_URL:          sw00868984000msb.lc

GCN template for BAT paragraph

  • Click here!
    At 01:48:59 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and
    located GRB 181027 ***A*** (trigger=868984).  Swift slewed immediately to the burst.
    The BAT on-board calculated location is 
    RA, Dec 225.383, +30.891 which is 
       RA(J2000) = 15h 01m 32s
       Dec(J2000) = +30d 53' 28"
    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 ~1221 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~49 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

    Extended TDRSS lc No.4

    TDRSS extended lightcurve from T0-1 to T0+2

    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: 57.472 s +/- 4.25492 s
      Estimated T50 duration: 18.432 s +/- 2.98545 s
      Estimated Peak Interval: MET   562297810.30399990 +/- 0.500000 s
      Estimated background rate 1:     4018.466 near MET 562297748.864000 s
      Estimated background rate 2:     3874.906 near MET 562297894.272000 s
      Estimated total duration: 80.896 s (for data selection)
           (from MET 562297760.128000 to MET 562297841.024000)
      Estimated total fluence: 24851.639522 count
      Created GTI with 8 entries
    ------------------------------------------
     
    

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

    bat_grb_pos_cat.sh 225.383 30.891 0.083
    No match
    

    Link to SIMBAD

  • Click here for the SIMBAD search!

    Frank's UVOT result

  • Click here!

    Frank's UVOT Blinking images

  • Click here!

    Elevation angle of GRB/Sun at the ground telescope locations

    GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2018 10 27 2 112.341591  -43.637721
     Obj: 2018 10 27 2 133.506488  -2.071381
    
  • the object visibility at GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland
     
    MMT Observatory, Mt. Hopkins, Arizona
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2018 10 27 2 85.479125  -17.333819
     Obj: 2018 10 27 2 116.263653  16.767376
    
  • the object visibility at MMT, Mt. Hopkins, Arizona
     
    Hale Telescope, Palomar Mountain, California
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2018 10 27 2 82.836811  -12.484890
     Obj: 2018 10 27 2 113.256873  22.046883
    
  • the object visibility at Hale Telescope, Palomar Mt., California
     
    Mauna Kea, Hawaii
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2018 10 27 2 65.211993  24.215602
     Obj: 2018 10 27 2 114.549610  49.125468
    
  • the object visibility at Mauna Kea, Hawaii
     
    Siding Spring Obs., Australia
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2018 10 27 2 172.095223  71.271618
     Obj: 2018 10 27 2 191.183290  26.893429
    
  • the object visibility at Siding Spring Obs., Australia
     
    Tokyo, Japan
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2018 10 27 2 341.740464  40.998658
     Obj: 2018 10 27 2 270.678694  66.013182
    
  • the object visibility at Tokyo, Japan
     
    William Herschel Telescope, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2018 10 27 2 225.467614  -68.361263
     Obj: 2018 10 27 2 181.427933  -30.445436
    
  • the object visibility at William Hershel Telescope, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain
     
    Gemini South, Cerro Pachon, Chile
          TimeUT       Azimuth     Elevation
     Sun: 2018 10 27 2 45.588771  -33.883329
     Obj: 2018 10 27 2 104.412640  -45.954835
    
  • the object visibility at Gemini South, Cerro Pachon, Chile
     
     
     
    The data/results are in /local/data/bat1/prebascript/trigger868984/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:
    Fri Oct 26 22:07:04 EDT 2018