Gamma-ray Burst 080210

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• GCN/BACODINE POSITION NOTICE
  

  TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
  NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 10 Feb 08 07:55:40 UT
  NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-BAT GRB Position
  TRIGGER_NUM:     302888,   Seg_Num: 0
  GRB_RA:          251.270d {+16h 45m 05s} (J2000),
                   251.363d {+16h 45m 27s} (current),
                   250.694d {+16h 42m 47s} (1950)
  GRB_DEC:         +13.830d {+13d 49' 49"} (J2000),
                   +13.816d {+13d 48' 57"} (current),
                   +13.921d {+13d 55' 15"} (1950)
  GRB_ERROR:       3.00 [arcmin radius, statistical only]
  GRB_INTEN:       0 [cnts]    Image_Peak=4514 [image_cnts]
  TRIGGER_DUR:     80.000 [sec] 
  TRIGGER_INDEX:   20000     E_range: 15-50 keV
  BKG_INTEN:       0 [cnts]
  BKG_TIME:        0.00 SOD {00:00:00.00} UT
  BKG_DUR:         0 [sec]
  GRB_DATE:        14506 TJD;    41 DOY;   08/02/10
  GRB_TIME:        28205.43 SOD {07:50:05.43} UT
  GRB_PHI:          -5.25 [deg]
  GRB_THETA:        32.60 [deg]
  SOLN_STATUS:     0x13
  RATE_SIGNIF:     0.00 [sigma]
  IMAGE_SIGNIF:    17.85 [sigma]
  MERIT_PARAMS:     +1  +0  +0  +6  +1  +5  +0  +0 -22  +1 
  SUN_POSTN:       323.34d {+21h 33m 21s}  -14.51d {-14d 30' 49"}
  SUN_DIST:         76.64 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
  MOON_POSTN:      359.71d {+23h 58m 50s}   +2.97d {+02d 58' 11"}
  MOON_DIST:       107.03 [deg]
  MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
  GAL_COORDS:       31.60, 34.17 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
  ECL_COORDS:      247.39, 35.81 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
  COMMENTS:        SWIFT-BAT GRB Coordinates.  
  COMMENTS:        This Notice was delayed by more than 60 sec past the end of the trigger integration interval;  
  COMMENTS:        probably due to it occurring during a Malindi downlink session.  
  COMMENTS:        This is an image trigger.  (The RATE_SIGNIF & BKG_{INTEN, TIME, DUR} are undefined.)  
  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 = 18.44,-19.67 [deg].  
  

• red DSS finding chart ps-file
  
  
• GCN NOTICE
  

  TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
  NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 10 Feb 08 07:56:09 UT
  NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-XRT Nack-Position
  TRIGGER_NUM:     302888,   Seg_Num: 0
  POINT_RA:        251.269d {+16h 45m 05s} (J2000)
  POINT_DEC:       +13.827d {+13d 49' 36"} (J2000)
  IMG_START_DATE:  14506 TJD;    41 DOY;   08/02/10
  IMG_START_TIME:  28362.55 SOD {07:52:42.55} UT,   157.1 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
  COUNTS:          64    Min_needed= 20
  STD_DEV:         0.00   Max_StdDev_for_Good=28.44 [arcsec]
  PH2_ITER:        4    Max_iter_allowed= 4
  ERROR_CODE:      2
  COMMENTS:        SWIFT-XRT Nack Position.  
  COMMENTS:        Algorithm did not converge; too many interations.  
  

• GCN NOTICE
  

  TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
  NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 10 Feb 08 07:56:33 UT
  NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-BAT GRB Lightcurve
  TRIGGER_NUM:     302888,   Seg_Num: 0
  GRB_RA:          251.270d {+16h 45m 05s} (J2000),
                   251.363d {+16h 45m 27s} (current),
                   250.694d {+16h 42m 47s} (1950)
  GRB_DEC:         +13.830d {+13d 49' 49"} (J2000),
                   +13.816d {+13d 48' 57"} (current),
                   +13.921d {+13d 55' 15"} (1950)
  GRB_DATE:        14506 TJD;    41 DOY;   08/02/10
  GRB_TIME:        28205.43 SOD {07:50:05.43} UT
  TRIGGER_INDEX:   20000
  GRB_PHI:          -5.25 [deg]
  GRB_THETA:        32.60 [deg]
  DELTA_TIME:      0.00 [sec]
  TRIGGER_DUR:     80.000 [sec] 
  SOLN_STATUS:     0x13
  RATE_SIGNIF:     0.00 [sigma]
  IMAGE_SIGNIF:    17.85 [sigma]
  LC_URL:          sw00302888000msb.lc
  SUN_POSTN:       323.34d {+21h 33m 21s}  -14.51d {-14d 30' 48"}
  SUN_DIST:         76.64 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
  MOON_POSTN:      359.72d {+23h 58m 52s}   +2.97d {+02d 58' 25"}
  MOON_DIST:       107.03 [deg]
  MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
  GAL_COORDS:       31.60, 34.17 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
  ECL_COORDS:      247.39, 35.81 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
  COMMENTS:        SWIFT-BAT GRB Lightcurve.  
  COMMENTS:           
  COMMENTS:        The next comments were copied from the BAT_POS Notice:  
  COMMENTS:        This is an image 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 = 18.44,-19.67 [deg].  
  

  
• GCN NOTICE
  

  TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
  NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 10 Feb 08 07:57:54 UT
  NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Source List
  TRIGGER_NUM:     302888,   Seg_Num: 0
  POINT_RA:        251.269d {+16h 45m 05s} (J2000)
  POINT_DEC:       +13.826d {+13d 49' 35"} (J2000)
  POINT_ROLL:      108.870d
  IMG_START_DATE:  14506 TJD;    41 DOY;   08/02/10
  IMG_START_TIME:  28364.93 SOD {07:52:44.93} UT,   159.5 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
  FILTER:          10, White
  BKG_MEAN:        4.808
  N_STARS:         51
  X_OFFSET:        474 [pixels]
  Y_OFFSET:        548 [pixels]
  X_MAX:           1433 [pixels]
  Y_MAX:           1507 [pixels]
  DET_THRESH:      18
  PHOTO_THRESH:    11
  SL_URL:          sw00302888000msufc0159.fits
  SUN_POSTN:       323.34d {+21h 33m 21s}  -14.51d {-14d 30' 47"}
  SUN_DIST:         76.64 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
  MOON_POSTN:      359.73d {+23h 58m 54s}   +2.98d {+02d 58' 47"}
  MOON_DIST:       107.05 [deg]
  MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
  GAL_COORDS:       31.60, 34.17 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
  ECL_COORDS:      247.39, 35.81 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
  COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Processed Source List.  
  COMMENTS:        All 4 attachments are included.  
  

  
• GCN NOTICE
  

  TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
  NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 10 Feb 08 07:59:33 UT
  NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Image
  TRIGGER_NUM:     302888,   Seg_Num: 0
  POINT_RA:        251.269d {+16h 45m 05s} (J2000)
  POINT_DEC:       +13.826d {+13d 49' 35"} (J2000)
  ROLL:            108.870d
  IMG_START_DATE:  14506 TJD;    41 DOY;   08/02/10
  IMG_START_TIME:  28364.93 SOD {07:52:44.93} UT,   159.5 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
  FILTER:          10, White
  EXPOSURE_ID:     224322767
  X_OFFSET:        793 [pixels]
  Y_OFFSET:        867 [pixels]
  WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
  HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
  X_GRB_POS:       953
  Y_GRB_POS:       1027
  BINNING_INDEX:   1
  IM_URL:          sw00302888000msuni0159.fits
  SUN_POSTN:       323.34d {+21h 33m 21s}  -14.51d {-14d 30' 46"}
  SUN_DIST:         76.64 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
  MOON_POSTN:      359.74d {+23h 58m 58s}   +2.99d {+02d 59' 14"}
  MOON_DIST:       107.06 [deg]
  MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
  GAL_COORDS:       31.60, 34.17 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
  ECL_COORDS:      247.39, 35.81 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
  COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Processed Image.  
  COMMENTS:        The GRB Position came from the Window Position in the Mode Command.  
  COMMENTS:        The image has 2x2 binning (compression).  
  COMMENTS:        If you have elected to receive attachments:  
  COMMENTS:        The uvot_sources_image.fits.gz file does not exist; skipping the attachment.  
  

  
• GCN NOTICE
  

  TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
  NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 10 Feb 08 07:59:08 UT
  NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Image
  TRIGGER_NUM:     302888,   Seg_Num: 0
  POINT_RA:        251.269d {+16h 45m 05s} (J2000)
  POINT_DEC:       +13.826d {+13d 49' 35"} (J2000)
  ROLL:            108.870d
  IMG_START_DATE:  14506 TJD;    41 DOY;   08/02/10
  IMG_START_TIME:  28364.93 SOD {07:52:44.93} UT,   159.5 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
  FILTER:          10, White
  EXPOSURE_ID:     224322767
  X_OFFSET:        793 [pixels]
  Y_OFFSET:        867 [pixels]
  WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
  HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
  X_GRB_POS:       953
  Y_GRB_POS:       1027
  BINNING_INDEX:   1
  IM_URL:          sw00302888000msuni0159.fits
  SUN_POSTN:       323.34d {+21h 33m 21s}  -14.51d {-14d 30' 46"}
  SUN_DIST:         76.64 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
  MOON_POSTN:      359.74d {+23h 58m 57s}   +2.99d {+02d 59' 08"}
  MOON_DIST:       107.05 [deg]
  MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
  GAL_COORDS:       31.60, 34.17 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
  ECL_COORDS:      247.39, 35.81 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
  COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Image.  
  COMMENTS:        The GRB Position came from the Window Position in the Mode Command.  
  COMMENTS:        The image has 2x2 binning (compression).  
  

  
• GCN NOTICE
  

  TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
  NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 10 Feb 08 07:57:14 UT
  NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Source List
  TRIGGER_NUM:     302888,   Seg_Num: 0
  POINT_RA:        251.269d {+16h 45m 05s} (J2000)
  POINT_DEC:       +13.826d {+13d 49' 35"} (J2000)
  POINT_ROLL:      108.870d
  IMG_START_DATE:  14506 TJD;    41 DOY;   08/02/10
  IMG_START_TIME:  28364.93 SOD {07:52:44.93} UT,   159.5 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
  FILTER:          10, White
  BKG_MEAN:        4.808
  N_STARS:         51
  X_OFFSET:        474 [pixels]
  Y_OFFSET:        548 [pixels]
  X_MAX:           1433 [pixels]
  Y_MAX:           1507 [pixels]
  DET_THRESH:      18
  PHOTO_THRESH:    11
  SL_URL:          sw00302888000msufc0159.fits
  SUN_POSTN:       323.34d {+21h 33m 21s}  -14.51d {-14d 30' 48"}
  SUN_DIST:         76.64 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
  MOON_POSTN:      359.72d {+23h 58m 53s}   +2.98d {+02d 58' 37"}
  MOON_DIST:       107.04 [deg]
  MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
  GAL_COORDS:       31.60, 34.17 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
  ECL_COORDS:      247.39, 35.81 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
  COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Source List.  
  

• GCN NOTICE
  

  TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
  NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 10 Feb 08 08:05:06 UT
  NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Source List
  TRIGGER_NUM:     302888,   Seg_Num: 0
  POINT_RA:        251.269d {+16h 45m 05s} (J2000)
  POINT_DEC:       +13.829d {+13d 49' 46"} (J2000)
  POINT_ROLL:      108.869d
  IMG_START_DATE:  14506 TJD;    41 DOY;   08/02/10
  IMG_START_TIME:  28470.88 SOD {07:54:30.88} UT,   265.5 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
  FILTER:          3, V
  BKG_MEAN:        2.617
  N_STARS:         43
  X_OFFSET:        474 [pixels]
  Y_OFFSET:        548 [pixels]
  X_MAX:           1433 [pixels]
  Y_MAX:           1507 [pixels]
  DET_THRESH:      13
  PHOTO_THRESH:    7
  SL_URL:          sw00302888000msufc0265.fits
  SUN_POSTN:       323.34d {+21h 33m 22s}  -14.51d {-14d 30' 41"}
  SUN_DIST:         76.64 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
  MOON_POSTN:      359.79d {+23h 59m 09s}   +3.01d {+03d 00' 45"}
  MOON_DIST:       107.10 [deg]
  MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
  GAL_COORDS:       31.60, 34.17 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
  ECL_COORDS:      247.39, 35.81 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
  COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Source List.  
  

• GCN NOTICE
  

  TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
  NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 10 Feb 08 08:05:37 UT
  NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Source List
  TRIGGER_NUM:     302888,   Seg_Num: 0
  POINT_RA:        251.269d {+16h 45m 05s} (J2000)
  POINT_DEC:       +13.829d {+13d 49' 46"} (J2000)
  POINT_ROLL:      108.869d
  IMG_START_DATE:  14506 TJD;    41 DOY;   08/02/10
  IMG_START_TIME:  28470.88 SOD {07:54:30.88} UT,   265.5 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
  FILTER:          3, V
  BKG_MEAN:        2.617
  N_STARS:         43
  X_OFFSET:        474 [pixels]
  Y_OFFSET:        548 [pixels]
  X_MAX:           1433 [pixels]
  Y_MAX:           1507 [pixels]
  DET_THRESH:      13
  PHOTO_THRESH:    7
  SL_URL:          sw00302888000msufc0265.fits
  SUN_POSTN:       323.34d {+21h 33m 22s}  -14.51d {-14d 30' 41"}
  SUN_DIST:         76.65 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
  MOON_POSTN:      359.79d {+23h 59m 10s}   +3.01d {+03d 00' 54"}
  MOON_DIST:       107.10 [deg]
  MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
  GAL_COORDS:       31.60, 34.17 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
  ECL_COORDS:      247.39, 35.81 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
  COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Processed Source List.  
  COMMENTS:        All 4 attachments are included.  
  

  
• GCN NOTICE
  

  TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
  NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 10 Feb 08 08:06:31 UT
  NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Image
  TRIGGER_NUM:     302888,   Seg_Num: 0
  POINT_RA:        251.269d {+16h 45m 05s} (J2000)
  POINT_DEC:       +13.829d {+13d 49' 46"} (J2000)
  ROLL:            108.869d
  IMG_START_DATE:  14506 TJD;    41 DOY;   08/02/10
  IMG_START_TIME:  28470.88 SOD {07:54:30.88} UT,   265.5 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
  FILTER:          3, V
  EXPOSURE_ID:     224322873
  X_OFFSET:        793 [pixels]
  Y_OFFSET:        867 [pixels]
  WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
  HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
  X_GRB_POS:       953
  Y_GRB_POS:       1027
  BINNING_INDEX:   1
  IM_URL:          sw00302888000msuni0265.fits
  SUN_POSTN:       323.34d {+21h 33m 22s}  -14.51d {-14d 30' 40"}
  SUN_DIST:         76.65 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
  MOON_POSTN:      359.80d {+23h 59m 12s}   +3.02d {+03d 01' 08"}
  MOON_DIST:       107.11 [deg]
  MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
  GAL_COORDS:       31.60, 34.17 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
  ECL_COORDS:      247.39, 35.81 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
  COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Image.  
  COMMENTS:        The GRB Position came from the Window Position in the Mode Command.  
  COMMENTS:        The image has 2x2 binning (compression).  
  

  
• GCN NOTICE
  

  TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
  NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 10 Feb 08 08:06:44 UT
  NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Image
  TRIGGER_NUM:     302888,   Seg_Num: 0
  POINT_RA:        251.269d {+16h 45m 05s} (J2000)
  POINT_DEC:       +13.829d {+13d 49' 46"} (J2000)
  ROLL:            108.869d
  IMG_START_DATE:  14506 TJD;    41 DOY;   08/02/10
  IMG_START_TIME:  28470.88 SOD {07:54:30.88} UT,   265.5 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
  FILTER:          3, V
  EXPOSURE_ID:     224322873
  X_OFFSET:        793 [pixels]
  Y_OFFSET:        867 [pixels]
  WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
  HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
  X_GRB_POS:       953
  Y_GRB_POS:       1027
  BINNING_INDEX:   1
  IM_URL:          sw00302888000msuni0265.fits
  SUN_POSTN:       323.34d {+21h 33m 22s}  -14.51d {-14d 30' 40"}
  SUN_DIST:         76.65 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
  MOON_POSTN:      359.80d {+23h 59m 13s}   +3.02d {+03d 01' 12"}
  MOON_DIST:       107.11 [deg]
  MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
  GAL_COORDS:       31.60, 34.17 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
  ECL_COORDS:      247.39, 35.81 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
  COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Processed Image.  
  COMMENTS:        The GRB Position came from the Window Position in the Mode Command.  
  COMMENTS:        The image has 2x2 binning (compression).  
  COMMENTS:        If you have elected to receive attachments:  
  COMMENTS:        The uvot_sources_image.fits.gz file does not exist; skipping the attachment.  
  

  
• GCN NOTICE
  

  TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
  NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 10 Feb 08 08:12:23 UT
  NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Position
  TRIGGER_NUM:     302888,   Seg_Num: 0
  GRB_RA:          251.2666d {+16h 45m 03.98s} (J2000),
                   251.3600d {+16h 45m 26.39s} (current),
                   250.6911d {+16h 42m 45.85s} (1950)
  GRB_DEC:         +13.8267d {+13d 49' 36.1"} (J2000),
                   +13.8122d {+13d 48' 44.0"} (current),
                   +13.9174d {+13d 55' 02.7"} (1950)
  GRB_ERROR:       0.4 [arcsec radius, statistical only]
  GRB_MAG:         18.00 +/- 0.50 [mag]
  FILTER:          10, White
  IMG_START_DATE:  14506 TJD;    41 DOY;   08/02/10
  IMG_START_TIME:  28366.00 SOD {07:52:46.00} UT,   160.6 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
  SUN_POSTN:       323.35d {+21h 33m 23s}  -14.51d {-14d 30' 35"}
  SUN_DIST:         76.65 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
  MOON_POSTN:      359.85d {+23h 59m 24s}   +3.05d {+03d 02' 44"}
  MOON_DIST:       107.15 [deg]
  MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
  GAL_COORDS:       31.60, 34.17 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
  ECL_COORDS:      247.38, 35.81 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
  COMMENTS:        SWIFT UVOT Position Notice.  
  COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  
  COMMENTS:        17.6 in V  
  

• GCN Circular #7280
  Klotz, A. (CESR-OMP), Boer M. (OHP), Atteia J.L. (LATT-OMP) report:
  We imaged the field of GRB 080210 detected by SWIFT (trigger 302888) with the TAROT robotic telescope (D=25cm) located at the European Southern Observatory, La Silla observatory, Chile.
  The observations started 345.9s after the GRB trigger (11.2s after the notice). The elevation of the field was at from 15 degrees above horizon and weather conditions were good.
  We detect a new fading source in the error box given by SWIFT We detected the candidate couterpart not present in the DSS at the following position (+/- 1 arcsec):

  RA(J2000.0) = 16h 45m 03.97s
  DEC(J2000.0) +13d 49' 35"
  

  OT was R~16.2 at 345.9s after GRB.
  Magnitudes were estimated with the nearby USNO-B1 stars and are not corrected for galactic dust extinction.
  N.B. Galactic coordinates are lon= 31.6032 lat=+34.1725 and the galactic extinction in R band is 0.2 magnitudes estimated from D. Schlegel et al. 1998ApJ...500..525S.
  This message may be cited.
• GCN NOTICE
  

  TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
  NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 10 Feb 08 08:24:29 UT
  NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-XRT Position
  TRIGGER_NUM:     302888,   Seg_Num: 0
  GRB_RA:          251.2668d {+16h 45m 04.0s} (J2000),
                   251.3602d {+16h 45m 26.4s} (current),
                   250.6913d {+16h 42m 45.9s} (1950)
  GRB_DEC:         +13.8258d {+13d 49' 32.8"} (J2000),
                   +13.8113d {+13d 48' 40.8"} (current),
                   +13.9165d {+13d 54' 59.5"} (1950)
  GRB_ERROR:       4.7 [arcsec radius, statistical plus systematic, 90% containment]
  GRB_INTEN:       1.00e-10 [erg/cm2/sec]
  GRB_SIGNIF:      10.00 [sigma]
  IMG_START_DATE:  14506 TJD;    41 DOY;   08/02/10
  IMG_START_TIME:  28447.00 SOD {07:54:07.00} UT,   241.6 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
  TAM[0-3]:        100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
  AMPLIFIER:       1
  WAVEFORM:        31
  SUN_POSTN:       323.36d {+21h 33m 25s}  -14.51d {-14d 30' 26"}
  SUN_DIST:         76.66 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
  MOON_POSTN:      359.95d {+23h 59m 49s}   +3.10d {+03d 06' 02"}
  MOON_DIST:       107.23 [deg]
  MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
  GAL_COORDS:       31.60, 34.17 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst
  ECL_COORDS:      247.39, 35.81 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst
  COMMENTS:        SWIFT-XRT Coordinates.  
  COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  
  COMMENTS:        TAM values, flux and significance fields are not valid  
  COMMENTS:        This position was automatically generated on the ground using 
  COMMENTS:        Photon Counting data telemetered via TDRSS (SPER data).  
  COMMENTS:        See http://www.swift.ac.uk/sper.php for details.  
  

• GCN Circular #7281
  D. Grupe (PSU), W. H. Baumgartner (GSFC/UMBC), M. M. Chester (PSU), N. Gehrels (NASA/GSFC), E. A. Hoversten (PSU), C. B. Markwardt (CRESST/GSFC/UMD), D. M. Palmer (LANL), A. M. Parsons (GSFC), M. Stamatikos (NASA/ORAU) and M. C. Stroh (PSU) report on behalf of the Swift Team:
  At 07:50:05 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located GRB 080210 (trigger=302888). Swift slewed immediately to the burst. The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 251.270, +13.830 which is

     RA(J2000) = 16h 45m 05s
     Dec(J2000) = +13d 49' 49"
  

  with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve showed a single-peak with substructure with a duration of about 35 sec. The peak count rate was ~2000 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~10 sec after the trigger. This was an image trigger, but with a clear light curve.
  The XRT began observing the field at 07:54:08 UT, 243 seconds after the BAT trigger. XRT found a bright, uncatalogued X-ray source located at RA, Dec 251.2679, +13.8254 which is

     RA(J2000)  =  16h 45m 04.3s
     Dec(J2000) =  13d 49' 31.4"
  

  with an uncertainty of 4.6 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This location is 18.1 arcseconds from the BAT on-board position, within the BAT error circle.
  UVOT took a finding chart exposure of 100 seconds with the White (160-650 nm) filter starting 160 seconds after the BAT trigger, and an exposure of 193 seconds with the v filter starting 266 seconds after the trigger. There is a candidate afterglow in the rapidly available 2.7'x2.7' sub-image at RA, Dec = 251.2667, +13.8267 (white) which is

       RA(J2000) = 16:45:04.01    
       DEC(J2000) = +13:49:36.1 
  

  with a 1-sigma error radius of about 0.6 arc sec. This position is 6.3 arcseconds from the center of the XRT error circle. The estimated magnitude is 18.0 in white and 17.6 in v with 1-sigma errors of about 0.5 mag. The positions agree in both white and v. No correction has been made for the expected extinction corresponding to E(B-V) of 0.08.
  Burst Advocate for this burst is D. Grupe (grupe AT astro.psu.edu). Please contact the BA by email if you require additional information regarding Swift followup of this burst. In extremely urgent cases, after trying the Burst Advocate, you can contact the Swift PI by phone (see Swift TOO web site for information: http://www.swift.psu.edu/too.html.)
• GCN Circular #7282
  Richard J. Cool (Arizona), Daniel J. Eisenstein (Arizona), David W. Hogg (NYU), Michael R. Blanton (NYU), David J. Schlegel (LBNL), J. Brinkmann (APO), Donald Q. Lamb (Chicago), Donald P. Schneider (PSU), and Daniel E. Vanden Berk (PSU) report:
  The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) imaged the field of burst GRB080210 prior to the burst. As these data should be useful as a pre-burst comparison and for calibrating photometry, we are supplying the images and photometry measurements for this GRB field to the community.
  Data from the SDSS, including 5 FITS images, 3 JPGS, and 3 files of photometry and astrometry, are being placed at http://mizar.as.arizona.edu/~grb/public/GRB080210
  We supply FITS images in each of the 5 SDSS bands of a 8'x8' region centered on the GRB position (ra=251.270 (16:45:04.8), dec=13.8300 (13:49:48.0); Swift Trigger 302888), as well as 3 gri color-composite JPGs (with different stretches). The units in the FITS images are nanomaggies per pixel. A pixel is 0.396 arcsec on a side. A nanomaggie is a flux-density unit equal to 10^-9 of a magnitude 0 source or, to the extent that SDSS is an AB system, 3.631e-6 Jy. The FITS images have WCS astrometric information.
  In the file GRB080210_sdss.calstar.dat, we report photometry and astrometry of 722 bright stars (r<20.5) within 15' of the burst location. The magnitudes presented in this file are asinh magnitudes as are standard in the SDSS (Lupton 1999, AJ, 118, 1406). Beware that some of these stars are not well-detected in the u-band; use the errors and object flags to monitor data quality.
  In the files GRB080210_sdss.objects_flux.dat and GRB080210_sdss.objects_magnitudes.dat, we report photometry of 1246 objects detected within 6' of the GRB position. We have removed saturated objects and objects with model magnitudes fainter than 23.0 in the r-band. The fluxes listed in GRB080210_sdss.objects_flux.dat are in nanomaggies while the magnitudes listed in GRB080210_sdss.objects_magnitudes.dat are asinh magnitudes.
  **Be aware that at least a portion of the photometry provided in this release has been flagged as non-photometric. As photometry for objects with this flag set may have non-optimal calibration, we do not recommend these objects be used for photometric calibration. Non-photometric imaging may still be valuable as a pre-burst comparison and for astrometric calibration.
  All quantities reported are standard SDSS photometry, meaning that they are very close to AB zeropoints and magnitudes are quoted in asinh magnitudes. Photometric zeropoints are known to about 2% rms. None of the photometry is corrected for dust extinction. The Schlegel, Finkbeiner, and Davis (1998) predictions for this region are A_U=0.401 mag, A_g=0.295 mag, A_r = 0.214 mag, A_i=0.162 mag, and A_z=0.115 mag.
  There are currently no objects within 6 arcminutes of the GRB position in the SDSS spectroscopic database.
  SDSS astrometry is generally better than 0.1 arcsecond per coordinate. Users requiring high precision astrometry should take note that the SDSS astrometric system can differ from other systems such as those used in other notices; we have not checked the offsets in this region.
  More detailed information pertaining to our SDSS GRB releases can be found in our initial data release paper (Cool et al. 2006, PASP 118, 733). See the SDSS DR4 documentation for more details: http://www.sdss.org/dr5.
  These data have been reduced using a slightly different pipeline than that used for SDSS public data releases. We cannot guarantee that the values here will exactly match those in the data release in which these data are included. In particular, we expect the photometric calibrations to differ by of order 0.01 mag.
  This note may be cited, but please also cite the SDSS data release paper, Adelman-McCarthy et al. (2007, ApJS, 172, 634), when using the data or referring to the technical documentation.
• GCN Circular #7283
  A. Kuepcue Yoldas, A. Yoldas, J. Greiner (all MPE Garching), S. Klose (Tautenburg Obs), report for the GROND team:
  We observed the field of GRB 080210 detected by Swift/BAT (Grupe et al. 2008, GCN 7281) simultaneously in grizJHK with GROND (Greiner et al. 2008, astro-ph/0801.4801), mounted at the 2.2m MPI/ESO telescope at La Silla (Chile). Observations started on Feb. 10, at 09:00 UT (1 hr after the GRB), when the GRB location was becoming visible at 20 degrees above horizon.
  We detect the optical afterglow reported by Klotz et al. (2008, GCN 7280) and Grupe et al. (2008, GCN 7281) in all filters. At 9:02 UT we measure g'=20.97, r'=19.9, i'=19.61, z'=19.52, J=17.2, H=16.4 and K=15.6, with errors of +-0.04 in the g'r'i'z' bands, and 0.13 in JHK. The g'-r' color is consistent with the Ly-break being below the g'-band. Thus, the redshift is smaller than 3.5, despite the possible expectation from the long T90 duration of the GRB (and being an image trigger).
  The afterglow has clearly faded since the TAROT and UVOT measurements, and also continues to fade since the start of our observations.
• GCN Circular #7284
  T. Brennan, J. Haislip, D. Reichart, M. Nysewander, A. LaCluyze, K. Ivarsen, J. A. Crain, A. Foster, M. Schubel, J. Styblova, and A. Trotter report:
  Skynet observed the localization of GRB 080210 (Grupe et al., GCN 7281) with two of the 16" PROMPT telescopes at CTIO beginning 362 seconds after the trigger (27 seconds after notification) in VRI.
  We detect the afterglow (Klotz et al., GCN 7280) in all filters. At 382 seconds after the burst, we measure V ~ 17.4 mag (calibrated to 2 NOMAD stars).
• GCN Circular #7285
  P.A. Evans, M.R. Goad, J.P. Osborne and A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team.
  Using 193 s of overlapping XRT Photon Counting mode and UVOT V-band data for GRB 080210, 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 = 251.26693, +13.82656 which is equivalent to:

  RA (J2000): 16h 45m 4.06s
  Dec (J2000): +13d 49' 35.6"
  

  with an uncertainty of 2.5 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, astro-ph/0708.0986 http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_positions/Goad.pdf).
  This circular was automatically generated, and is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.
• GCN Circular #7286
  Pall Jakobsson (U. Hertfordshire), Paul M. Vreeswijk, Daniele Malesani (DARK, NBI), Andreas O. Jaunsen (U. Oslo), Johan P. U. Fynbo, Jens Hjorth (DARK, NBI) and Nial R. Tanvir (U. Leicester) report on behalf of a larger collaboration:
  Using FORS2 on the Very Large Telescope, we have obtained a 10 min spectrum (grism 300V) of the optical afterglow of GRB 080210 (Grupe et al., GCN 7281).
  The acquisition image shows the UVOT optical afterglow candidate to have R = 18.8 on Feb 10.351 UT (0.597 hours after the GRB) using photometric zeropoints from the ESO webpages. We also obtained an R-band image at 1.65 hours after the GRB indicating a decay index of 0.76 +/- 0.04.
  The spectrum is rich in absorption features, including Ly-alpha, Si II, C II, Si IV, C IV, Fe II and Al II, corresponding to a redshift of z = 2.641. This is consistent with the redshift upper limit (z < 3.5) reported by GROND (Kuepcue Yoldas et al., GCN 7283). There is also a tentative detection of Ly-alpha in emission superimposed on the DLA trough.
  We thank the Paranal staff for excellent support, especially Paul Lynam.
• GCN Circular #7287
  D. Grupe (PSU) reports on behalf of the Swift-XRT Team:
  We have analyzed the first 2 orbits of Swift-XRT data obtained for GRB 080210 (Grupe et al. GCN Circ. 7281), totaling 78 s of Windowed Timing (WT) data and 668 s of Photon Counting (PC) data. The enhanced XRT position is given in Evans et al. (GCN 7285).
  In correction to GCN 7281, XRT started observing the burst 153s after the trigger. The X-ray light-curve shows a bright flare at the beginning of the=20 observations with an initial decay slope of 7.5+/-0.9 followed by a plateau phase=20 starting at 290+/-20s after the burst with a decay slope of 0.76+/-0.07.
  The WT data (158-232 s after burst) can be modeled as an absorbed=20 power-law with photon index of 2.85 =B1 0.25 and a free-fit absorbing column of NH =3D=20 (21.5 +4.8 -5.4)e20 cm^-2 which is in excess of the Galactic value (5.47e20 cm^-2,=20 Dickey & Lockman 1990). The PC mode data are consistent with this result.
  Assuming the source continues to decay with the same decay index of 0.76, we predict an XRT count rate of 0.03 counts/s at T+24 hours, which corresponds to an 0.3-10.0 keV observed flux of 8.3e-13 ergs cm^-2 s^-1.
  This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.
• GCN Circular #7288
  A. C. Updike (Clemson University), G. G. Williams (MMTO), P. A. Milne (Steward Observatory), and D. H. Hartmann (CU) report on behalf of the Super-LOTIS Collaboration:
  The robotic 0.6-m Super-LOTIS telescope began observing the error box of GRB 080210 (Swift Trigger 302888, Grupe et al. GCN 7281) at 11:33:46.1 UT, 3 hours and 44 minutes after the trigger. Our observations consist of 57 x 60s exposures in the R-band under good weather conditions.
  We detect the afterglow reported by Klotz et al. (GCN 7280) in our stacked images. Using 5 field stars from the USNO-B1.0 catalogue, we estimate the following R-band magnitude for the OT:

  t_start (UT)	exp t (s)	t_start-t_0 (s)	R Mag
  ----------------------------------------------------------------
  11:33:46.1 	3420             11166 		R = 21.6 +/- 0.2
  

  Additional observations and analysis are ongoing. This message may be cited.
• GCN Circular #7289
  T. Ukwatta (GWU) S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), J. Cummings (GSFC/UMBC), E. Fenimore (LANL), N. Gehrels (GSFC), D. Grupe (PSU), H. Krimm (GSFC/USRA), C. Markwardt (GSFC/UMD), D. Palmer (LANL), T. Sakamoto (GSFC/UMBC), G. Sato (GSFC/ISAS), M. Stamatikos (GSFC/ORAU), J. Tueller (GSFC), (i.e. the Swift-BAT team):
  Using the data set from T-239 to T+963 sec from recent telemetry downlinks, we report further analysis of BAT GRB 080210 (trigger #302888) (Grupe, et al., GCN Circ. 7281). The BAT ground-calculated position is RA, Dec = 251.259, 13.826 deg, which is

     RA(J2000)  = 16h 45m 02.0s 
     Dec(J2000) = 13d 49' 35" 
  

  with an uncertainty of 1.1 arcmin, (radius, sys+stat, 90% containment). The partial coding was 73%.
  The mask-weighted light curve shows 3-4 overlapping peaks starting at ~T-16 sec, peaking at ~T+5 sec, and ending at ~T+33 sec. T90 (15-350 keV) is 45 +- 11 sec (estimated error including systematics).
  The time-averaged spectrum from T-14.6 to T+47.7 sec is best fit by a simple power-law model. The power law index of the time-averaged spectrum is 1.77 +- 0.12. The fluence in the 15-150 keV band is 1.8 +- 0.1 x 10^-6 erg/cm2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured from T+4.50 sec in the 15-150 keV band is 1.6 +- 0.2 ph/cm2/sec. All the quoted errors are at the 90% confidence level.
  The results of the batgrbproduct analysis are available at http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/notices_s/302888/BA/
• GCN Circular #7290
  A. Cucchiara and D. B. Fox (PSU) report on behalf of a larger collaboration:
  "Starting on 2008 Feb 10.49 UT we used the Marcario LRS spectrograph on the Hobby-Eberly Telescope to obtain 2x 1200s spectra of the optical afterglow (Klotz, Boer & Atteia, GCN 7280) of GRB 080210 (Grupe et al., GCN 7281). The coadded spectrum covers the wavelength range 4100 to 10,500 Ang. We clearly detect a Ly-alpha absorption feature as well as several metal features corresponding to FeII, SiII, CIV, AlII, MnII, the MgII doublet, and MgI at a redshift of z=2.64. No clear emission lines are evident in our spectrum. Our observations are consistent with the redshift and features reported by Jakobsson et al. (GCN 7286). We thank HET Resident Astronomer John Caldwell for performing this observation."
• GCN Circular #7292
  F.E. Marshall (NASA/GSFC) and D. Grupe (PSU) report on behalf of the Swift team:
  The Swift/UVOT observed the field of GRB 080210 (trigger 302888) starting 160 seconds after the BAT trigger (Grupe et al., GCN Circ. 7281), which occurred at 07:50:05 UT. A bright afterglow was seen in the initial exposures with the White and V filters at a position of RA (J2000) of 16h45m04.01s and Dec (J2000) of +13o49'35.9" (J2000) with an estimated 90% confidence error radius of 0.6". This position is consistent with the optical position reported by Klotz et al. (GCN Circ. 7280) and the enhanced XRT position reported by Evans et al. (GCN Circ. 7285). There was no 3-sigma detection of the afterglow in any subsequent exposure in any of the UVOT filters. The non-detections in the UV filters is consistent with the redshift of 2.641 reported by Jakobsson et al. (GCN Circ. 7286). The lack of detection in the second exposure with the White filter indicates a decay slope of steeper than -0.7 assuming a power law decay model.
  The detections and 3-sigma upper limits in the UVOT photometric system (Poole et al. MNRAS 383, 627 (2008)) are summarized in the following table:
  Filter T_start(s) T_stop(s) Exposure(s) Mag/3-sigma UL

  white    160         260      98         18.2 +/- 0.1
  white   6081        6244     161        >20.5
  v        267         460     190         17.6 +/- 0.1
  b       5877       64094    2625        >21.2
  u       5671       69878    4779        >21.3
  uvw1    3846       69140    5453        >22.3
  uvm2    3639       68241    4447        >21.8
  uvw2    9469       74958    4171        >22.3
  

  The values quoted above are not corrected for the expected Galactic extinction corresponding to a reddening of E(B-V) = 0.08 mag in the direction of the burst (Schlegel et al. 1998).
• GCN Circular #7297
  Poonam Chandra (NRAO/UVA) and Dale A. Frail (NRAO) report on behalf of the Caltech-NRAO-Carnegie GRB Collaboration:
  "We used the Very Large Array to observe the field of view toward GRB 080210 (GCN 7281) at a frequency of 8.46 GHz on 2008 February 12.53 UT. The radio afterglow of the GRB is undetected at the Swift-XRT position (GCN 7285). The peak flux at Swift XRT position is -10+/-43 uJy.
  The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc."
• GCN Circular #7298
  D. A. Perley, M. Modjaz, J. S. Bloom, D. Poznanski, A. Miller, and D. Kocevski (UC Berkeley) report:
  On the night of 2008-02-12 (UT), we observed the field of GRB080210 (Grupe et al., GCN 7281) using Keck I (+LRIS) for 600s (R) and 900s (g). We detect the GRB afterglow at the position noted by Klotz et al. (GCN 7280) and Grupe et al.
  Calibrating relative to seven stars from the SDSS calibration table given in GCN 7282 (Cool et al.), we measure the following magnitudes (at UT = 15:32, 55.7 hours after the BAT trigger):

  R = 24.03 +/- 0.06
  g = 25.20 +/- 0.07
  

  The quoted uncertainty is photometric only and does not include scatter in the field calibration relative to SDSS (which is significant.)
  Compared to the photometry given by Updike et al. (GCN 7288) this suggests an unusually slow decay rate of alpha~0.85. This may suggest the presence of an underlying host galaxy, but the source appears pointlike in our images and the redshift of z=2.1 (Jakobbson et al., GCN 7286) would argue against a large host galaxy contribution. The X-ray afterglow* also appears to be decaying slowly.
  --
  * http://astro.berkeley.edu/~nat/swift/00302888/bat_xrt.jpg
• GCN Report 114.1
  GCN_Report 114.1 has been posted: http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/reports/report_114_1.pdf by D. Grupe at PSU titled: "Final Swift observations of GRB 080210"
• GCN Circular #7401
  E. Klunko (ISTP), A. Pozanenko (IKI) on behalf of larger GRB follow up collaboration report:
  We observed afterglow (Klotz et al. GCN 7280) of GRB080210 (Grupe et al. GCN 7281) with 1.5m telescope of Sayan observatory (Mondy) on Feb.10 between (UT) 21:36:37 - 22:49:36. The afterglow is marginally detected (SNR=1.8) in coordinates R.A.(J2000) = 16 45 03.98 Dec.(J2000) = +13 49 35.8. A photometry against USNO-B1.0 is following:

  T0+       Exposure  R_mag
  (mid)
  
  0.594 d  47x60 s   21.8
  

  The afterglow at 0.594d appears ~1 magnitude brighter than expected from a slow decay rate of alpha ~0.85 (Perley et al. GCN 7298).
  The message may be cited.