Gamma-ray Burst 030414

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• GCN/IPN POSITION NOTICE

  TITLE:             GCN/IPN POSITION NOTICE
  NOTICE_DATE:       Tue 15 Apr 03 17:25:13 UT
  NOTICE_TYPE:       IPN Single Box
  IPN_NUMBER:        635
  GRB_DATE:          12743 TJD;   104 DOY;   03/04/14
  GRB_TIME:          49707.00 SOD {13:48:27.00} UT
  GRB_IPN_RA:        119.8875d {+07h 59m 33s} (J2000),
                     119.9116d {+07h 59m 39s} (current), 
                     119.5205d {+07h 58m 05s} (1950)
  GRB_IPN_DEC:       -48.5875d {-48d 35' 14"} (J2000), 
                     -48.5966d {-48d 35' 47"} (current),
                     -48.4495d {-48d 26' 57"} (1950) 
  GRB_ERROR1_RA1:    120.7653d {+08h 03m 04s} (J2000)
  GRB_ERROR1_DEC1:   -48.8334d {-48d 50' 00"} (J2000) 
  GRB_ERROR1_RA2:    119.8186d {+07h 59m 16s} (J2000)
  GRB_ERROR1_DEC2:   -48.6018d {-48d 36' 05"} (J2000)
  GRB_ERROR1_RA3:    119.9563d {+07h 59m 50s} (J2000)
  GRB_ERROR1_DEC3:   -48.5731d {-48d 34' 22"} (J2000)
  GRB_ERROR1_RA4:    119.0103d {+07h 56m 02s} (J2000)
  GRB_ERROR1_DEC4:   -48.3327d {-48d 19' 57"} (J2000)
  GRB_ERROR:         37.93 [arcmin radius of circumscribing circle, 3 sigma]
  GRB_BOX_AREA:      141 [sq.arcmin]
  GRB_PEAK_FLUX:     8.6e-07 [erg/cm2/sec in 25-100 keV] in a 0.50 sec interval
  GRB_FLUENCE:       1.2e-05 [erg/cm2 in 25-100 keV]
  GRB_DURATION:      40.0 [sec]   
  SUN_POSTN:          22.42d {+01h 29m 40s}   +9.39d {+09d 23' 14"}
  SUN_DIST:          101.97 [deg]
  MOON_POSTN:        175.28d {+11h 41m 07s}   +7.18d {+07d 10' 43"}
  MOON_DIST:          73.79 [deg]
  GAL_COORDS:        263.01,-9.76 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst
  ECL_COORDS:        145.34,-66.38 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst
  COMMENTS:          IPN triangulation localization. 
  COMMENTS:          This is a preliminary, 3 sigma error box.
  COMMENTS:          GCN message is being issued.
  

• GCN notice #2138
  K. Hurley and T. Cline, on behalf of the Ulysses, Mars Odyssey, and KONUS GRB teams,
  D. M. Smith, R. P. Lin, J. McTiernan, R. Schwartz, C. Wigger, W. Hajdas, and A. Zehnder, on behalf of the RHESSI GRB team,
  A. von Kienlin, G. Lichti, and A. Rau, on behalf of the INTEGRAL SPI-ACS GRB team,
  I. Mitrofanov, D. Anfimov, A. Kozyrev, M. Litvak and A. Sanin, on behalf of the HEND/Odyssey GRB team,
  W. Boynton, C. Fellows, K. Harshman, C. Shinohara and R. Starr, on behalf of the GRS/Odyssey GRB team, and
  E. Mazets and S. Golenetskii, on behalf of the Konus-Wind GRB team, report:
  Ulysses, Mars Odyssey (HEND and GRS), RHESSI, INTEGRAL (SPI-ACS) and Konus-Wind observed this GRB at 49707 seconds. As observed by Ulysses, it had a duration of approximately 40 seconds, a 25-100 keV fluence of approximately 1.2E-05 erg/cm2, and a peak flux of approximately 8.6E-07 erg/cm2 s over 0.50 seconds.
  We have triangulated it to a preliminary, 3 sigma error box whose approximate area is 141 sq. arcmin. and whose coordinates are:

      RA(2000)                              DEC(2000)
  
   ERROR BOX CENTER:    7 h 59 m 33.01 s    -48 o 35 '  15.19 " 
   ERROR BOX CORNER 1:  8 h 03 m 03.68 s    -48 o 50 '  00.47 " 
   ERROR BOX CORNER 2:  7 h 59 m 16.48 s    -48 o 36 '  06.80 " 
   ERROR BOX CORNER 3:  7 h 59 m 49.52 s    -48 o 34 '  23.40 " 
   ERROR BOX CORNER 4:  7 h 56 m 02.48 s    -48 o 19 '  58.08 " 

  This error box may be improved.
• GCN notice #2157
  V. Lipunov, A. Krylov, V. Kornilov, G. Borisov, A. Belinski, I. Chilingarian, D. Kuvshinov, M.V. Kuznetsov, S. Potanin, V. Vitrischak, G. Antipov
  Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Alexsandr Krylov Observatory, Moscow report:
  The error box of GRB030414 (HETE 2679) was observed with MASTER system (280mm, http://observ.pereplet.ru). We obtained 50 measurements in R filter. Our observations started at Apr 14, 22:20 UT (8 hours after the GRB) and had been lasting for 2.0 hours up to Apr 15 00:30 UT (10 hours after the GRB).
  There is no OT brighter than 13.3 - 14.5 (R-band) in different parts of the error box. Transparency was quite poor due to low altitude of the field above the horizont. Background level was high due to cirrus clouds illuminated by Moon (almost full).
  Our summarized fits-images are available at: http://observ.pereplet.ru/images/GRB030414_HETE/
  This message may be cited.