GCN Circular 25850
Subject
GRB 190926A: Enhanced Swift-XRT position
Date
2019-09-26T19:43:25Z (5 years ago)
From
Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9@leicester.ac.uk>
M.R. Goad, J.P. Osborne, A.P. Beardmore and P.A. Evans (U. Leicester)
report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team.
Using 3630 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 3 UVOT
images for GRB 190926A, we find an astrometrically corrected X-ray
position (using the XRT-UVOT alignment and matching UVOT field sources
to the USNO-B1 catalogue): RA, Dec = 100.57044, +59.52920 which is equivalent
to:
RA (J2000): 06h 42m 16.90s
Dec (J2000): +59d 31' 45.1"
with an uncertainty of 2.0 arcsec (radius, 90% confidence).
This position may be improved as more data are received. The latest
position can be viewed at http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_positions. Position
enhancement is described by Goad et al. (2007, A&A, 476, 1401) and Evans
et al. (2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177).
This circular was automatically generated, and is an official product of the
Swift-XRT team.