Gamma-ray Burst 100224

(All information courtesy of the instrument teams.)

Previous IAU Circulars

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• GCN Circular #10451
  J. R. Cummings (GSFC/UMBC), H. A. Krimm (GSFC/USRA), F. E. Marshall (NASA/GSFC), and D. M. Palmer (LANL) report on behalf of the Swift team:
  At 15:20:10 UTC, Swift-BAT rate-triggered on GRB 100224A (trigger# 413805). No source was found on board. A source was found in ground analysis at RA, Dec 83.467, -7.994, which is

  RA (J2000) = 05h 33m 52.1s
  Dec (J2000) = -07d 59' 37"
  

  with an estimated error of 3 arcmin (90% containment).
  The burst had two main peaks, the first larger, at T+0.2 and T+0.5 sec, the first about 0.1 sec long, the second about 0.3 sec long.
  The spectrum is well fit by a simple powerlaw with a photon index of 0.98 +- 0.23. The fluence (15-150 keV) from T+0.17 to T+0.625 sec was 3.2 +- 2 x 10^-8 ergs/cm^2/sec (1 sigma error estimates).
  Since the source was not detected onboard, there are no automated products for this burst. Since the burst is old for a SHB, there are currently no plans for Swift followup observations.