Gamma-ray Burst 140102A

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Results of Observations

GCN/BACODINE POSITION NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:17:54 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-BAT GRB Position
TRIGGER_NUM:     582760,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          211.902d {+14h 07m 37s} (J2000),
                 212.081d {+14h 08m 19s} (current),
                 211.265d {+14h 05m 04s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:          +1.331d {+01d 19' 52"} (J2000),
                  +1.265d {+01d 15' 54"} (current),
                  +1.568d {+01d 34' 06"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       3.00 [arcmin radius, statistical only]
GRB_INTEN:       594 [cnts]    Image_Peak=89 [image_cnts]
TRIGGER_DUR:     0.064 [sec] 
TRIGGER_INDEX:   10409     E_range: 15-50 keV
BKG_INTEN:       22967 [cnts]
BKG_TIME:        76644.52 SOD {21:17:24.52} UT
BKG_DUR:         8 [sec]
GRB_DATE:        16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
GRB_TIME:        76657.64 SOD {21:17:37.64} UT
GRB_PHI:          -4.48 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        15.40 [deg]
SOLN_STATUS:     0x3
RATE_SIGNIF:     30.83 [sigma]
IMAGE_SIGNIF:    9.72 [sigma]
MERIT_PARAMS:     +1  +0  +0  -4  +1  +0  +0  +0 -28  +0 
SUN_POSTN:       283.48d {+18h 53m 55s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 30"}
SUN_DIST:         73.42 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.66d {+20h 14m 39s}  -14.72d {-14d 43' 19"}
MOON_DIST:        91.85 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      341.42, 58.39 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      209.26, 13.38 [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 = 92.31,-16.25 [deg].

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GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/FERMI NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:18:06 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Fermi-GBM Flight Position
RECORD_NUM:      44
TRIGGER_NUM:     410390260
GRB_RA:          215.683d {+14h 22m 44s} (J2000),
                 215.860d {+14h 23m 26s} (current),
                 215.054d {+14h 20m 13s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:          +3.900d {+03d 53' 60"} (J2000),
                  +3.837d {+03d 50' 12"} (current),
                  +4.127d {+04d 07' 37"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       3.60 [deg radius, statistical plus systematic]
GRB_INTEN:       2871 [cnts/sec]
DATA_SIGNIF:     100.90 [sigma]
INTEG_TIME:      0.512 [sec]
GRB_DATE:        16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
GRB_TIME:        76657.81 SOD {21:17:37.81} UT
GRB_PHI:         173.00 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        45.00 [deg]
DATA_TIME_SCALE: 0.5120 [sec]
HARD_RATIO:      0.87
LOC_ALGORITHM:   3 (version number of)
MOST_LIKELY:      98%  GRB
2nd_MOST_LIKELY:   1%  Generic Transient
SUN_POSTN:       283.48d {+18h 53m 55s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 30"}
SUN_DIST:         71.09 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.5 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.66d {+20h 14m 39s}  -14.72d {-14d 43' 17"}
MOON_DIST:        88.86 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      350.10, 58.15 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      212.03, 17.09 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
COMMENTS:        Fermi-GBM Flight-calculated Coordinates.  
COMMENTS:           
COMMENTS:        NOTE: This GBM event is temporally(0.0<100sec) coincident with the SWIFT_BAT event (trignum=582760).

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/FERMI NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:18:13 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Fermi-GBM Flight Position
RECORD_NUM:      59
TRIGGER_NUM:     410390260
GRB_RA:          209.883d {+13h 59m 32s} (J2000),
                 210.060d {+14h 00m 14s} (current),
                 209.252d {+13h 57m 00s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:          +3.583d {+03d 34' 60"} (J2000),
                  +3.516d {+03d 30' 57"} (current),
                  +3.825d {+03d 49' 32"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       3.83 [deg radius, statistical plus systematic]
GRB_INTEN:       1793 [cnts/sec]
DATA_SIGNIF:     170.50 [sigma]
INTEG_TIME:      4.096 [sec]
GRB_DATE:        16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
GRB_TIME:        76657.81 SOD {21:17:37.81} UT
GRB_PHI:         177.00 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        50.00 [deg]
DATA_TIME_SCALE: 4.0960 [sec]
HARD_RATIO:      0.86
LOC_ALGORITHM:   3 (version number of)
MOST_LIKELY:      98%  GRB
2nd_MOST_LIKELY:   1%  Generic Transient
SUN_POSTN:       283.48d {+18h 53m 55s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 30"}
SUN_DIST:         76.19 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.9 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.66d {+20h 14m 40s}  -14.72d {-14d 43' 16"}
MOON_DIST:        94.37 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      340.52, 61.38 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      206.50, 14.78 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
COMMENTS:        Fermi-GBM Flight-calculated Coordinates.  
COMMENTS:           
COMMENTS:        NOTE: This GBM event is temporally(0.0<100sec) coincident with the SWIFT_BAT event (trignum=582760).

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/FERMI NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:18:17 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Fermi-GBM Ground Position
RECORD_NUM:      58
TRIGGER_NUM:     410390260
GRB_RA:          215.590d {+14h 22m 22s} (J2000),
                 215.768d {+14h 23m 04s} (current),
                 214.954d {+14h 19m 49s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:          +1.580d {+01d 34' 48"} (J2000),
                  +1.517d {+01d 30' 60"} (current),
                  +1.807d {+01d 48' 26"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       1.00 [deg radius, statistical only]
DATA_SIGNIF:     179.90 [sigma]
DATA_INTERVAL:   4.096 [sec]
GRB_DATE:        16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
GRB_TIME:        76657.81 SOD {21:17:37.81} UT
GRB_PHI:         176.00 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        44.00 [deg]
E_RANGE:         44.032 - 279.965 [keV]
LOC_ALGORITHM:   4143 (Gnd S/W Version number)
SUN_POSTN:       283.48d {+18h 53m 55s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 29"}
SUN_DIST:         70.18 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.5 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.67d {+20h 14m 40s}  -14.72d {-14d 43' 15"}
MOON_DIST:        88.35 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      347.23, 56.42 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      212.75, 14.87 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
COMMENTS:        Fermi-GBM Ground-calculated Coordinates.  
COMMENTS:        In the LAT Field-of-view.  
COMMENTS:        Bright hard burst in the GBM.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  
COMMENTS:           
COMMENTS:        NOTE: This GBM event is temporally(0.0<100sec) coincident with the SWIFT_BAT event (trignum=582760).

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:          GCN/INTEGRAL NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:    Thu 02 Jan 14 21:18:28 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:    INTEGRAL SPI ACS Trigger
TRIGGER_NUM:    6420,   Sub_Num: 0
GRB_INTEN:      9.24 [sigma]   
GRB_TIME:       76656.55 SOD {21:17:36.55} UT
GRB_DATE:       16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
COMMENTS:       INTEGRAL SPI_ACS GRB Trigger.
COMMENTS:       Time_Scale=2.0000 and Time_Error=1.0000.
COMMENTS:
COMMENTS:       NOTE: This SPIACS event is temporally(1.0<100sec) coincident with the FERMI_GBM event (trignum=410390260). 
COMMENTS:
COMMENTS:       The SPIACS lightcurve can be found at:
COMMENTS:       ftp://isdcarc.unige.ch/arc/FTP/ibas/spiacs/2014-01/2014-01-02T21-17-36.3318-02325-48016-0.lc

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:19:09 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-XRT Position
TRIGGER_NUM:     582760,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          211.9190d {+14h 07m 40.56s} (J2000),
                 212.0975d {+14h 08m 23.40s} (current),
                 211.2822d {+14h 05m 07.72s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:          +1.3333d {+01d 19' 59.8"} (J2000),
                  +1.2672d {+01d 16' 01.8"} (current),
                  +1.5704d {+01d 34' 13.5"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       4.8 [arcsec radius, statistical plus systematic, 90% containment]
GRB_INTEN:       7.00e-09 [erg/cm2/sec]
GRB_SIGNIF:      13.56 [sigma]
IMG_START_DATE:  16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
IMG_START_TIME:  76714.37 SOD {21:18:34.37} UT,   56.7 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
TAM[0-3]:        327.63 237.22 261.55 243.72
AMPLIFIER:       2
WAVEFORM:        134
SUN_POSTN:       283.48d {+18h 53m 55s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 29"}
SUN_DIST:         73.41 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.67d {+20h 14m 42s}  -14.72d {-14d 43' 08"}
MOON_DIST:        91.85 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      341.45, 58.38 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst
ECL_COORDS:      209.27, 13.39 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-XRT Coordinates.  
COMMENTS:        The XRT position is 1.02 arcmin from the BAT position.  
COMMENTS:        The object found at this position is either a very bright burst or a cosmic ray hit.  
COMMENTS:        Examine the XRT Image to differentiate (CRs are much more compact); see examples at:  
COMMENTS:        http://www.swift.psu.edu/xrt/XRT_Postage_Stamp_Image_Photo_Gallery.htm .

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:19:27 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-XRT Processed Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     582760,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          211.9190d {+14h 07m 40.5s} (J2000),
                 212.0975d {+14h 08m 23.4s} (current),
                 211.2822d {+14h 05m 07.7s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:          +1.3333d {+01d 19' 59.8"} (J2000),
                  +1.2672d {+01d 16' 01.8"} (current),
                  +1.5704d {+01d 34' 13.5"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       4.7 [arcsec, radius, statistical plus systematic]
GRB_INTEN:       184 [cnts]
IMG_START_DATE:  16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
IMG_START_TIME:  76714.37 SOD {21:18:34.37} UT,   56.7 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
CENTROID_X:      281.92,  raw= 282  [pixels]
CENTROID_Y:      313.44,  raw= 313  [pixels]
ROLL:            114.34 [deg]
GAIN:            2
MODE:            3, Long Image mode
WAVEFORM:        134
EXPO_TIME:       2.50 [sec]
GRB_POS_XRT_Y:   36.88
GRB_POS_XRT_Z:   -55.09
IMAGE_URL:       sw00582760000msxps_rw.img
SUN_POSTN:       283.48d {+18h 53m 55s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 29"}
SUN_DIST:         73.41 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.68d {+20h 14m 43s}  -14.72d {-14d 43' 05"}
MOON_DIST:        91.85 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      341.45, 58.38 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst
ECL_COORDS:      209.27, 13.39 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-XRT Processed Image.  
COMMENTS:        The object found at this position is either a very bright burst or a cosmic ray hit.  
COMMENTS:        Examine the XRT Image to differentiate (CRs are much more compact); see examples at:  
COMMENTS:        http://www.swift.psu.edu/xrt/XRT_Postage_Stamp_Image_Photo_Gallery.htm .

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:19:22 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-XRT Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     582760,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          211.9190d {+14h 07m 40.5s} (J2000),
                 212.0975d {+14h 08m 23.4s} (current),
                 211.2822d {+14h 05m 07.7s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:          +1.3333d {+01d 19' 59.8"} (J2000),
                  +1.2672d {+01d 16' 01.8"} (current),
                  +1.5704d {+01d 34' 13.5"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       4.7 [arcsec, radius, statistical plus systematic]
GRB_INTEN:       184 [cnts]
IMG_START_DATE:  16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
IMG_START_TIME:  76714.37 SOD {21:18:34.37} UT,   56.7 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
CENTROID_X:      281.92,  raw= 282  [pixels]
CENTROID_Y:      313.44,  raw= 313  [pixels]
ROLL:            114.34 [deg]
GAIN:            2
MODE:            3, Long Image mode
WAVEFORM:        134
EXPO_TIME:       2.50 [sec]
GRB_POS_XRT_Y:   36.88
GRB_POS_XRT_Z:   -55.09
IMAGE_URL:       sw00582760000msxps_rw.img
SUN_POSTN:       283.48d {+18h 53m 55s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 29"}
SUN_DIST:         73.41 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.68d {+20h 14m 42s}  -14.72d {-14d 43' 06"}
MOON_DIST:        91.85 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      341.45, 58.38 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst
ECL_COORDS:      209.27, 13.39 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-XRT Image.  
COMMENTS:        The object found at this position is either a very bright burst or a cosmic ray hit.  
COMMENTS:        Examine the XRT Image to differentiate (CRs are much more compact); see examples at:  
COMMENTS:        http://www.swift.psu.edu/xrt/XRT_Postage_Stamp_Image_Photo_Gallery.htm .

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:21:27 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-BAT GRB Lightcurve
TRIGGER_NUM:     582760,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          211.902d {+14h 07m 37s} (J2000),
                 212.081d {+14h 08m 19s} (current),
                 211.265d {+14h 05m 04s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:          +1.331d {+01d 19' 52"} (J2000),
                  +1.265d {+01d 15' 54"} (current),
                  +1.568d {+01d 34' 06"} (1950)
GRB_DATE:        16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
GRB_TIME:        76657.84 SOD {21:17:37.84} UT
TRIGGER_INDEX:   10409
GRB_PHI:          -4.48 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        15.40 [deg]
DELTA_TIME:      -51.00 [sec]
TRIGGER_DUR:     0.064 [sec] 
SOLN_STATUS:     0x3
RATE_SIGNIF:     30.83 [sigma]
IMAGE_SIGNIF:    9.72 [sigma]
LC_URL:          sw00582760000msb.lc
SUN_POSTN:       283.48d {+18h 53m 55s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 29"}
SUN_DIST:         73.43 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.70d {+20h 14m 48s}  -14.71d {-14d 42' 48"}
MOON_DIST:        91.89 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      341.42, 58.39 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      209.26, 13.38 [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 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 = 92.31,-16.25 [deg].

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:21:52 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Source List
TRIGGER_NUM:     582760,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        211.901d {+14h 07m 36s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:        +1.330d {+01d 19' 49"} (J2000)
POINT_ROLL:      114.338d
IMG_START_DATE:  16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
IMG_START_TIME:  76722.96 SOD {21:18:42.96} UT,   65.3 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
BKG_MEAN:        3.929
N_STARS:         31
X_OFFSET:        488 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        552 [pixels]
X_MAX:           1447 [pixels]
Y_MAX:           1511 [pixels]
DET_THRESH:      16
PHOTO_THRESH:    9
SL_URL:          sw00582760000msufc0065.fits
SUN_POSTN:       283.48d {+18h 53m 55s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 29"}
SUN_DIST:         73.43 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.70d {+20h 14m 49s}  -14.71d {-14d 42' 45"}
MOON_DIST:        91.89 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      341.42, 58.39 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      209.26, 13.38 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Source List.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:22:11 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Source List
TRIGGER_NUM:     582760,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        211.901d {+14h 07m 36s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:        +1.330d {+01d 19' 49"} (J2000)
POINT_ROLL:      114.338d
IMG_START_DATE:  16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
IMG_START_TIME:  76722.96 SOD {21:18:42.96} UT,   65.3 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
BKG_MEAN:        3.929
N_STARS:         31
X_OFFSET:        488 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        552 [pixels]
X_MAX:           1447 [pixels]
Y_MAX:           1511 [pixels]
DET_THRESH:      16
PHOTO_THRESH:    9
SL_URL:          sw00582760000msufc0065.fits
SUN_POSTN:       283.48d {+18h 53m 55s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 29"}
SUN_DIST:         73.43 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.71d {+20h 14m 50s}  -14.71d {-14d 42' 42"}
MOON_DIST:        91.89 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      341.42, 58.39 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      209.26, 13.38 [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:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:23:46 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     582760,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        211.901d {+14h 07m 36s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:        +1.330d {+01d 19' 49"} (J2000)
ROLL:            114.338d
IMG_START_DATE:  16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
IMG_START_TIME:  76722.96 SOD {21:18:42.96} UT,   65.3 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
EXPOSURE_ID:     410390334
X_OFFSET:        865 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        770 [pixels]
WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
X_GRB_POS:       1025
Y_GRB_POS:       930
BINNING_INDEX:   1
IM_URL:          sw00582760000msuni0077.fits
SUN_POSTN:       283.48d {+18h 53m 56s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 28"}
SUN_DIST:         73.43 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.72d {+20h 14m 54s}  -14.71d {-14d 42' 28"}
MOON_DIST:        91.91 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      341.42, 58.39 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      209.26, 13.38 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Image.  
COMMENTS:        The GRB Position came from the XRT Position Command.  
COMMENTS:        The image has 2x2 binning (compression).

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:23:58 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     582760,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        211.901d {+14h 07m 36s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:        +1.330d {+01d 19' 49"} (J2000)
ROLL:            114.338d
IMG_START_DATE:  16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
IMG_START_TIME:  76722.96 SOD {21:18:42.96} UT,   65.3 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
EXPOSURE_ID:     410390334
X_OFFSET:        865 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        770 [pixels]
WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
X_GRB_POS:       1025
Y_GRB_POS:       930
BINNING_INDEX:   1
IM_URL:          sw00582760000msuni0077.fits
SUN_POSTN:       283.48d {+18h 53m 56s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 28"}
SUN_DIST:         73.43 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.73d {+20h 14m 54s}  -14.71d {-14d 42' 27"}
MOON_DIST:        91.91 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      341.42, 58.39 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      209.26, 13.38 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Processed Image.  
COMMENTS:        The GRB Position came from the XRT Position Command.  
COMMENTS:        The image has 2x2 binning (compression).  
COMMENTS:        All 4 attachments are included.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:25:33 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Position
TRIGGER_NUM:     582760,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          211.9193d {+14h 07m 40.63s} (J2000),
                 212.0978d {+14h 08m 23.47s} (current),
                 211.2825d {+14h 05m 07.79s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:          +1.3332d {+01d 19' 59.5"} (J2000),
                  +1.2671d {+01d 16' 01.4"} (current),
                  +1.5703d {+01d 34' 13.1"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       0.7 [arcsec radius, statistical only]
GRB_MAG:         15.97 +/- 0.14 [mag]
FILTER:          10, White
IMG_START_DATE:  16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
IMG_START_TIME:  76728.00 SOD {21:18:48.00} UT,   70.4 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
SUN_POSTN:       283.48d {+18h 53m 56s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 28"}
SUN_DIST:         73.41 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.74d {+20h 14m 58s}  -14.70d {-14d 42' 13"}
MOON_DIST:        91.91 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      341.45, 58.38 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      209.28, 13.39 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
COMMENTS:        SWIFT UVOT Position Notice.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  
COMMENTS:        The UVOT position is 1.1 arcsec from the XRT position.  
COMMENTS:        Result based on Genie data.  
COMMENTS:        Notice generated automatically.

GCN Circular #15653
L. M. Z. Hagen (PSU), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), W. H. Baumgartner (GSFC/UMBC), D. N. Burrows (PSU), S. B. Cenko (GSFC), D. Grupe (PSU), S. T. Holland (STScI), H. A. Krimm (CRESST/GSFC/USRA), V. Mangano (PSU), K. L. Page (U Leicester), D. M. Palmer (LANL), T. Sakamoto (AGU), B. Sbarufatti (INAF-OAB/PSU), C. A. Swenson (PSU), T. N. Ukwatta (MSU) and B.-B. Zhang (UAH) report on behalf of the Swift Team:
At 21:17:37 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located GRB 140102A (trigger=582760). Swift slewed immediately to the burst. The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 211.902, +1.331 which is
```
   RA(J2000) = 14h 07m 37s
   Dec(J2000) = +01d 19' 52"
```
with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve showed a double-peaked structure with a total duration of about 8 sec. The peak count rate was ~55,000 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~0 sec after the trigger.
The XRT began observing the field at 21:18:34.3 UT, 56.8 seconds after the BAT trigger. XRT found a bright, uncatalogued X-ray source located at RA, Dec 211.9190, 1.3333 which is equivalent to:
```
   RA(J2000)  = +14h 07m 40.56s
   Dec(J2000) = +01d 19' 59.9"
```
with an uncertainty of 4.8 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This location is 61 arcseconds from the BAT onboard position, within the BAT error circle. No event data are yet available to determine the column density using X-ray spectroscopy.
The initial flux in the 2.5 s image was 7.00e-09 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (0.2-10 keV).
UVOT took a finding chart exposure of 150 seconds with the White filter starting 65 seconds after the BAT trigger. There is a candidate afterglow in the rapidly available 2.7'x2.7' sub-image at
```
  RA(J2000)  =	14:07:40.65 = 211.91936
  DEC(J2000) = +01:19:59.7  =	1.33325
```
with a 90%-confidence error radius of about 0.74 arc sec. This position is 1.3 arc sec. from the center of the XRT error circle. The estimated magnitude is 15.98 with a 1-sigma error of about 0.14. No correction has been made for the expected extinction corresponding to E(B-V) of 0.03.
Burst Advocate for this burst is L. M. Z. Hagen (lea.zernow.hagen AT gmail.com). 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 NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:28:49 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Source List
TRIGGER_NUM:     582760,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        211.902d {+14h 07m 36s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:        +1.332d {+01d 19' 56"} (J2000)
POINT_ROLL:      114.338d
IMG_START_DATE:  16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
IMG_START_TIME:  76935.78 SOD {21:22:15.78} UT,   278.1 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          7, U
BKG_MEAN:        1.165
N_STARS:         41
X_OFFSET:        545 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        450 [pixels]
X_MAX:           1504 [pixels]
Y_MAX:           1409 [pixels]
DET_THRESH:      9
PHOTO_THRESH:    4
SL_URL:          sw00582760000msufc0278.fits
SUN_POSTN:       283.49d {+18h 53m 57s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 27"}
SUN_DIST:         73.43 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.78d {+20h 15m 06s}  -14.70d {-14d 41' 45"}
MOON_DIST:        91.96 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      341.42, 58.39 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      209.26, 13.38 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Source List.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:29:08 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Source List
TRIGGER_NUM:     582760,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        211.902d {+14h 07m 36s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:        +1.332d {+01d 19' 56"} (J2000)
POINT_ROLL:      114.338d
IMG_START_DATE:  16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
IMG_START_TIME:  76935.78 SOD {21:22:15.78} UT,   278.1 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          7, U
BKG_MEAN:        1.165
N_STARS:         41
X_OFFSET:        545 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        450 [pixels]
X_MAX:           1504 [pixels]
Y_MAX:           1409 [pixels]
DET_THRESH:      9
PHOTO_THRESH:    4
SL_URL:          sw00582760000msufc0278.fits
SUN_POSTN:       283.49d {+18h 53m 57s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 27"}
SUN_DIST:         73.43 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.78d {+20h 15m 07s}  -14.70d {-14d 41' 42"}
MOON_DIST:        91.97 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      341.42, 58.39 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      209.26, 13.38 [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:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:29:28 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     582760,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        211.902d {+14h 07m 36s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:        +1.332d {+01d 19' 56"} (J2000)
ROLL:            114.338d
IMG_START_DATE:  16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
IMG_START_TIME:  76935.78 SOD {21:22:15.78} UT,   278.1 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          7, U
EXPOSURE_ID:     410390547
X_OFFSET:        865 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        770 [pixels]
WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
X_GRB_POS:       1025
Y_GRB_POS:       930
BINNING_INDEX:   1
IM_URL:          sw00582760000msuni0290.fits
SUN_POSTN:       283.49d {+18h 53m 57s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 27"}
SUN_DIST:         73.43 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.78d {+20h 15m 08s}  -14.69d {-14d 41' 39"}
MOON_DIST:        91.97 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      341.42, 58.39 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      209.26, 13.38 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Image.  
COMMENTS:        The GRB Position came from the XRT Position Command.  
COMMENTS:        The image has 2x2 binning (compression).

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:29:40 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     582760,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        211.902d {+14h 07m 36s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:        +1.332d {+01d 19' 56"} (J2000)
ROLL:            114.338d
IMG_START_DATE:  16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
IMG_START_TIME:  76935.78 SOD {21:22:15.78} UT,   278.1 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          7, U
EXPOSURE_ID:     410390547
X_OFFSET:        865 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        770 [pixels]
WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
X_GRB_POS:       1025
Y_GRB_POS:       930
BINNING_INDEX:   1
IM_URL:          sw00582760000msuni0290.fits
SUN_POSTN:       283.49d {+18h 53m 57s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 27"}
SUN_DIST:         73.43 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.79d {+20h 15m 09s}  -14.69d {-14d 41' 38"}
MOON_DIST:        91.97 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      341.42, 58.39 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      209.26, 13.38 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Processed Image.  
COMMENTS:        The GRB Position came from the XRT Position Command.  
COMMENTS:        The image has 2x2 binning (compression).  
COMMENTS:        If you have elected to receive attachments:  
COMMENTS:        The uvot_catalog_image.fits.gz file does not exist; skipping the attachment.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:34:49 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Source List
TRIGGER_NUM:     582760,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        211.902d {+14h 07m 36s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:        +1.332d {+01d 19' 56"} (J2000)
POINT_ROLL:      114.338d
IMG_START_DATE:  16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
IMG_START_TIME:  77513.88 SOD {21:31:53.88} UT,   856.2 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
BKG_MEAN:        3.949
N_STARS:         158
X_OFFSET:        305 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        210 [pixels]
X_MAX:           1744 [pixels]
Y_MAX:           1649 [pixels]
DET_THRESH:      16
PHOTO_THRESH:    9
SL_URL:          sw00582760000msufc0856.fits
SUN_POSTN:       283.49d {+18h 53m 58s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 26"}
SUN_DIST:         73.44 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.84d {+20h 15m 22s}  -14.68d {-14d 40' 53"}
MOON_DIST:        92.02 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      341.42, 58.39 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      209.26, 13.38 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Source List.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:35:07 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Source List
TRIGGER_NUM:     582760,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        211.902d {+14h 07m 36s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:        +1.332d {+01d 19' 56"} (J2000)
POINT_ROLL:      114.338d
IMG_START_DATE:  16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
IMG_START_TIME:  77513.88 SOD {21:31:53.88} UT,   856.2 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
BKG_MEAN:        3.949
N_STARS:         158
X_OFFSET:        305 [pixels]
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X_MAX:           1744 [pixels]
Y_MAX:           1649 [pixels]
DET_THRESH:      16
PHOTO_THRESH:    9
SL_URL:          sw00582760000msufc0856.fits
SUN_POSTN:       283.49d {+18h 53m 58s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 26"}
SUN_DIST:         73.44 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.84d {+20h 15m 22s}  -14.68d {-14d 40' 51"}
MOON_DIST:        92.03 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      341.42, 58.39 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      209.26, 13.38 [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:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:36:17 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     582760,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        211.902d {+14h 07m 36s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:        +1.332d {+01d 19' 56"} (J2000)
ROLL:            114.338d
IMG_START_DATE:  16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
IMG_START_TIME:  77513.88 SOD {21:31:53.88} UT,   856.2 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
EXPOSURE_ID:     410391125
X_OFFSET:        864 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        769 [pixels]
WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
X_GRB_POS:       1024
Y_GRB_POS:       929
BINNING_INDEX:   1
IM_URL:          sw00582760000msuni0868.fits
SUN_POSTN:       283.49d {+18h 53m 58s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 25"}
SUN_DIST:         73.44 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.86d {+20h 15m 25s}  -14.68d {-14d 40' 41"}
MOON_DIST:        92.04 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      341.42, 58.39 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      209.26, 13.38 [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:     Thu 02 Jan 14 21:36:34 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     582760,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        211.902d {+14h 07m 36s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:        +1.332d {+01d 19' 56"} (J2000)
ROLL:            114.338d
IMG_START_DATE:  16659 TJD;     2 DOY;   14/01/02
IMG_START_TIME:  77513.88 SOD {21:31:53.88} UT,   856.2 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
EXPOSURE_ID:     410391125
X_OFFSET:        864 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        769 [pixels]
WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
X_GRB_POS:       1024
Y_GRB_POS:       929
BINNING_INDEX:   1
IM_URL:          sw00582760000msuni0868.fits
SUN_POSTN:       283.49d {+18h 53m 58s}  -22.86d {-22d 51' 25"}
SUN_DIST:         73.44 [deg]   Sun_angle= 4.8 [hr] (West of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      303.86d {+20h 15m 26s}  -14.68d {-14d 40' 38"}
MOON_DIST:        92.04 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      3 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      341.42, 58.39 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      209.26, 13.38 [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:        All 4 attachments are included.

GCN Circular #15655
D. Xu (DARK/NBI), X. Zhang, C.-H. Bai, H.-B. Niu, A. Esamdin, L. Ma (XAO) report:
We observed the field of GRB 140102A (Hagen et al., GCN 15653) using the 1m telescope located on Mt. Nanshan, Xinjiang, China, equipped with a 1.2x1.2 deg^2 CCD camera. Observations started at 21:27:51 UT on 2014-01-02 (i.e., 614s after the BAT trigger). All frames are in R filter.
We find a decaying afterglow at the UVOT position, beginning with R~16.3 mag at a mean time of 674s post-burst. The afterglow is decaying roughly as F(t) ~ t^-1 up to ~7000s post-burst, possibly with fluctuations in between. Observations are ongoing.
Photometry is calibrated with nearby stars: SDSS J140740.98+011949.8 and SDSS J140742.47+012010.4.
GCN Circular #15657
M.R. Goad, J.P. Osborne, A.P. Beardmore and P.A. Evans (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team.
Using 2356 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 5 UVOT images for GRB 140102A, 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 = 211.91916, +1.33314 which is equivalent to:
```
RA (J2000): 14h 07m 40.60s
Dec (J2000): +01d 19' 59.3"
```
with an uncertainty of 1.7 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.
GCN Circular #15658
J. Gorosabel (IAA/CSIC-UPV/EHU), V. Terron (IAA/CSIC), E. Gomez (IAC), J. Cepa (IAC), M. Fernandez (IAA/CSIC), report on behalf of a larger collaboration:
We observed the GRB140102A optical afterglow (Hagen et al., GCN 15653; Xu et al., GCN 15655) in the I-band using the 1.23m CAHA and IAC80 telescopes. The images were acquired on Jan 3.2569-3.2670 UT and Jan 3.2719-3.2942 UT, respectively. The afterglow is clearly detected with I~20.5 (vega), calibrated against the USNO B1.0 catalog.
GCN Circular #15659
E. Sonbas (Adiyaman Univ.), G. Vianello (Stanford University) and F. Longo (University and INFN, Trieste) report on behalf of the Fermi-LAT team:
The Fermi Large Area Telescope (LAT) detected emission from GRB 140102A, also detected by Swift (Hagen et al., GCN 15653) and GBM (trigger 140102887) at 21:17:37.64 UT on January 02, 2014.
The GRB was detected at high enough peak flux in the GBM detectors to trigger an autonomous repoint of the spacecraft. The source was 47 deg from the LAT boresight at the time of the trigger, and then was kept close to the boresight of the LAT up to 1200 seconds after the trigger. It entered again the LAT field of view from T0+3400 to T0+7000 s.
Only the first couple of hundreds seconds of LAT data have been processed. They show an excess temporally and spatially correlated with the emission detected by Swift and by the GBM with very high significance. More than 20 photons above 100 MeV and more than 5 photons above 1 GeV are observed within the first ~650 seconds. The highest energy photon is a 8 GeV event which is observed 520 seconds after the GBM trigger.
The best LAT on-ground location is found to be RA, Dec 211.88, 1.36 (J2000) with an error radius of 0.25 deg (90% containment, statistical error only), which is 0.05 deg from the afterglow candidate detected and localized by Swift/UVOT (GCN 15653).
The Fermi LAT point of contact for this burst is Eda Sonbas ( edasonbas@yahoo.com).
The Fermi LAT is a pair conversion telescope designed to cover the energy band from 20 MeV to greater than 300 GeV. It is the product of an international collaboration between NASA and DOE in the U.S. and many scientific institutions across France, Italy, Japan and Sweden.
GCN Circular #15661
J.A. Kennea (PSU), V. Mangano (PSU), M.C. Stroh (PSU), A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester), P.A. Evans (U. Leicester), B.P. Gompertz (U. Leicester), A. Melandri (INAF-OAB), B. Sbarufatti (INAF-OAB/PSU), P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB) and L.M.Z. Hagen report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team:
We have analysed 6.9 ks of XRT data for GRB 140102A (Hagen et al. GCN Circ. 15653), from 47 s to 25.3 ks after the BAT trigger. The data comprise 3.0 ks in Windowed Timing (WT) mode (the first 8 s were taken while Swift was slewing) with the remainder in Photon Counting (PC) mode. The enhanced XRT position for this burst was given by Goad et al. (GCN. Circ 15657).
The late-time light curve (from T0+5.4 ks) can be modelled with a power-law decay with a decay index of alpha=1.72 (+0.16, -0.14).
A spectrum formed from the WT mode data can be fitted with an absorbed power-law with a photon spectral index of 1.85 (+/-0.03). The best-fitting absorption column is 1.31 (+/-0.09) x 10^21 cm^-2, in excess of the Galactic value of 2.7 x 10^20 cm^-2 (Kalberla et al. 2005). The PC mode spectrum has a photon index of 1.93 (+0.17, -0.16) and a best-fitting absorption column of 9.0 (+4.1, -3.7) x 10^20 cm^-2. The counts to observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux conversion factor deduced from this spectrum is 3.8 x 10^-11 (4.6 x 10^-11) erg cm^-2 count^-1.
A summary of the PC-mode spectrum is thus:
```
Total column:	     9.0 (+4.1, -3.7) x 10^20 cm^-2
Galactic foreground: 2.7 x 10^20 cm^-2
Excess significance: 2.8 sigma
Photon index:	     1.93 (+0.17, -0.16)
```
If the light curve continues to decay with a power-law decay index of 1.72, the count rate at T+24 hours will be 6.9 x 10^-3 count s^-1, corresponding to an observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux of 2.6 x 10^-13 (3.2 x 10^-13) erg cm^-2 s^-1.
The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis are available at http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/00582760.
This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.
GCN Circular #15662
S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), W. H. Baumgartner (GSFC/UMBC), J. R. Cummings (GSFC/UMBC), N. Gehrels (GSFC), L. M. Z. Hagen (PSU), H. A. Krimm (GSFC/USRA), A. Y. Lien (NASA/UMBC), C. B. Markwardt (GSFC), D. M. Palmer (LANL), T. Sakamoto (AGU), M. Stamatikos (OSU), J. Tueller (GSFC), T. N. Ukwatta (MSU) (i.e. the Swift-BAT team):
Using the data set from T-239 to T+963 sec from the recent telemetry downlink, we report further analysis of BAT GRB 140102A (trigger #582760) (Hagen, et al., GCN Circ. 15653). The BAT ground-calculated position is RA, Dec = 211.915, 1.332 deg which is
```
  RA(J2000)  =  14h 07m 39.5s 
  Dec(J2000) = +01d 19' 54.8" 
```
with an uncertainty of 1.0 arcmin, (radius, sys+stat, 90% containment). The partial coding was 99%.
The mask-weighted light curve shows many overlapping peaks starting at ~T-0.2 sec, peaking at ~T+0.7 sec and ending at ~T+5 sec with a long tail emission out to T+200 sec. T90 (15-350 keV) is 65 +- 15 sec (estimated error including systematics).
The time-averaged spectrum from T-0.15 to T+131.22 sec is best fit by a simple power-law model. The power law index of the time-averaged spectrum is 1.38 +- 0.04. The fluence in the 15-150 keV band is 7.7 +- 0.2 x 10^-6 erg/cm2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured from T+1.97 sec in the 15-150 keV band is 29.8 +- 0.6 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/582760/BA/
GCN Circular #15663
M. Kimura (JAXA), T. Sakamoto (AGU), S. Nakahira (JAXA), S. Ueno, H. Tomida, M. Ishikawa, Y. E. Nakagawa (JAXA), T. Mihara, M. Sugizaki, M. Morii, M. Serino, J. Sugimoto, T. Takagi, A. Yoshikawa, M. Matsuoka (RIKEN), N. Kawai, R. Usui, K. Ishikawa, T. Yoshii, Y. Tachibana (Tokyo Tech), A. Yoshida, Y. Nakano, Y. Kawakubo, H. Ohtsuki (AGU), H. Tsunemi, M. Sasaki, D. Uchida (Osaka U.), H. Negoro, M. Nakajima, K. Fukushima, T. Onodera, K. Suzuki (Nihon U.), Y. Ueda, M. Shidatsu, T. Kawamuro, T. Hori (Kyoto U.), Y. Tsuboi, M. Higa (Chuo U.), M. Yamauchi, K. Yoshidome, Y. Ogawa, H. Yamada, Y. Morooka (Miyazaki U.), K. Yamaoka (Nagoya U.) report on behalf of the MAXI team:
The MAXI/GSC Nova alert system triggered a bright uncatalogued X-ray transient source at 21:19:54 UT on 2014-01-02. Assuming that the source flux was constant over the transit, we obtain the source position at
(R.A., Dec) = (211.813 deg, 1.477 deg) = (14 07 15, +01 28 37) (J2000)
with a statistical 90% C.L. elliptical error region in long and short radii of 0.46 deg and 0.35 deg respectively. The roll angle of long axis from the north direction is 40.0 deg counterclockwise. There is an additional systematic uncertainty of 0.1 deg (90% containment radius). This uncatalogued X-ray source is temporary and positionally coincident with the Swift detected GRB 140102A (Hagen et al. GCN #15653).
Using the data available from 21:16 to 21:23 UT, the MAXI/GSC spectrum is created from T0(BAT)+58.2 sec to T0(BAT)+219.2 sec (T0(BAT) is the trigger time of the Swift/BAT). An absorbed power-law model gives an acceptable fit to the data. The best fit photon index is 2.7 (-0.8/+1.0). The unabsorbed 2-20 keV flux is 2.3 (-0.8/+0.9) x 10^-9 erg/cm2/s. All the quoted errors are at the 90% confidence level.
There was no significant excess flux in the previous transit at 19:47 UT and in the next transit at 22:53 UT with an upper limit of ~20 mCrab for each.
GCN Circular #15665
M. Tanga (MPE Garching), S. Klose (TLS Tautenburg), and J. Greiner (MPE Garching) report on behalf of the GROND team:
We observed the field of GRB 140102A (Hagen et al., GCN 15653) simultaneously in g'r'i'z'JHK with GROND (Greiner et al. 2008, PASP 120, 405) mounted at the 2.2m MPG telescope at La Silla Observatory (Chile).
Observations started at 07:51 UT on Jan 03, about 10.5 hrs after the GRB trigger. The afterglow discovered by Hagen et al. (see also Gorosabel et al., GCN 15658; Xu et al., GCN 15655) is detected in all optical bands. At a mean time of 08:19 UT, we measure the following preliminary AB magnitudes:
```
g'= 21.6 +/- 0.1,
r'= 21.4 +/- 0.1,
i'= 20.9 +/- 0.1,
z'= 21.0 +/- 0.1,
J = 20.7 +/- 0.3,
H = 20.6 +/- 0.4,
K > 19.3,
```
calibrated against SDSS and 2MASS field stars.
After correcting for a Galactic reddening of E(B-V)=0.03 mag (Schlegel et al. 1998), the spectral slope defined by g'r'z'JH is ~ 0.7, with no evidence for host extinction.
The SED fit shows a slight excess in i'-band flux. It could be due to emission line(s) from the underlying host, though we cannot say anything about an underlying galaxy due to the bad image quality (FWHM ~ 2.5"). We note, however, the presence of a galaxy just 4" East of the afterglow.
GCN Circular #15667
S. Golenetskii, R.Aptekar, D. Frederiks, V. Pal'shin, P. Oleynik, M. Ulanov, D. Svinkin, and T. Cline on behalf of the Konus-Wind team, report:
The long-duration GRB 140102A (Swift-BAT trigger 582760: Hagen et al., GCN 15653, Barthelmy et al., GCN= 15662; Fermi LAT detection: Sonbas et al., GCN 15659; MAXI/GCS detection: Kimura at al., GCN 15663) triggered Konus-Wind at T0=3D76656.245 s UT (21:17:36.245).
The burst light curve shows a multi-peaked structure from ~T0-0.5 s to ~T0+4 s. The emission is seen up to ~10 MeV.
The Konus-Wind light curve of this GRB is available at http://www.ioffe.ru/LEA/GRBs/GRB140102_T76656/
As observed by Konus-Wind, the burst had a fluence of (2.0 =B1 0.2)x10-5 erg/cm2, and a 64-ms peak flux, measured from T0+0.192 s, of (1.3 =B1 0.1)x10-5 erg/cm2/s (both in the 20 keV - 10 MeV energy range).
The time-averaged spectrum (measured from T0 to T0+10.496 s) is best fit in the 20 keV - 15 MeV range by the GRB (Band) function with the following model parameters: the low-energy photon index alpha =3D -1.05 =B1 0.14, the high energy photon index beta =3D -2.68 =B1 0.30, the peak energy Ep =3D 185 =B1 19 keV, chi2 =3D 120/97 dof.
The spectrum near the maximum count rate (measured from T0 to T0+0.256 s) is best fit in the 20 keV - 15 MeV range by the GRB (Band) function with the following model parameters: the low-energy photon index alpha =3D -0.75 =B1 0.27, the high energy photon index beta =3D -3.05 =B1 0.73, the peak energy Ep =3D 200 =B1 31 keV, chi2 =3D 85.8/69 dof.
All the quoted values are preliminary.
GCN Circular #15669
Bin-Bin Zhang and Narayana Bhat (UAH/CSPAR) report on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:
"At 21:17:37.81 UT on January 02 2014, the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor triggered and located GRB 140102A (trigger 410390260/ 140102887). This GRB also triggered Swift (Hagen et al. GCN 15653) and Konus-Wind (Golenetskii et al, GCN 15667) and was detected by Fermi/LAT (Sonbas et al. GCN 15659) and in several ground follow-up observations (Xu et al GCN 15655; Gorosabel et al, GCN 15658; Kimura et al, GCN 15663 and Tanga et al, 15665). The GBM on-ground calculated location is consistent with the Swift/XRT position and those obtained with follow-up observations.
The trigger resulted in an Autonomous Repoint Request (ARR) that was accepted and the spacecraft slewed to the GBM in-flight location. The initial angle from the LAT boresight was 47 deg from the Fermi/GBM position.
The GBM light curve consists of two major bright overlapping peaks. The duration (T90) of the burst was about 3.6 s (50-300 keV). The time-averaged spectrum from T0+0.4 s to T0+4 s is best fit with a Band function with Epeak = 186 +/- 5 keV, alpha = -0.71 +/- 0.02 and beta = -2.49 +/- 0.07.
The event fluence (10-1000 keV) in this time interval is (1.78 +/- 0.03)E-05 erg/cm^2. The 1.0-sec peak photon flux measured starting from T0+1.98 s in the 10-1000 keV band is 49.7 +/- 0.5 ph/s/cm^2.
The spectral analysis results presented above are preliminary; final results will be published in the GBM GRB Catalog."
GCN Circular #15674
D. A. Perley (Caltech) and S. B. Cenko (NASA/GSFC) report:
We imaged the location of Swift GRB 130102A (Hagen et al., GCN 15653), also detected by the Fermi/LAT (Sonbas et al., GCN 15659) with the Palomar 60-inch (P60) robotic telescope on UT 2014-01-03 between 12:01 and 12:45 UT, in the g, r, i, and z filters.
The afterglow is marginally detected in individual exposures, and clearly detected after stacking all of the observations in each filter. Photometry of the stacks relative to SDSS stars in the field gives magnitudes (at a common midpoint of approximately 12:23 UT, t=0.63 days after the trigger) of:
```
g = 22.08 +/- 0.10
r = 21.59 +/- 0.09
i = 21.37 +/- 0.10
```
GCN Circular #15677
S.B. Pandey, Brajesh Kumar and Parveen Kumar (ARIES Nainital India, on behalf of larger Indian GRB collaboration)
We observed GRB 140102A (Swift trigger 582760, Hagen et al. 2014, GCNC 15653) field with the 1.3m telescope at ARIES, Nainital starting ~ 1.5 hours after the burst. Several frames in V,R_c and I_c pass-bands were obtained in clear sky conditions.
The candidate optical afterglow (Hagen et al. 2014, GCNC 15653; Xu et al. 2014, GCNC 15655) was clearly seen in our frames. The photometry of the first R_c frame yields afterglow brightness to be ~ 19 mag.
The nearby USNO stars have been used for calibrate.
This massage may be cited.
GCN Circular #15685
S. Guziy (Nikolaev Univ. Obs., Ukraine), J. Gorosabel (UPV/EHU-IAA/CSIC, Spain), A. J. Castro-Tirado, R. Cunniffe, M. Jel=EDnek, S. Jeong, O. Lara-Gil, R. S=E1nchez-Ram=EDrez, J. C. Tello (IAA-CSIC Granada, Spain), P.Kub=E1nek FZU-CAS, Czech Rep.), S. B. Pandey (ARIES, India), Y. Fan, X. Zhao, J. Bai, Ch. Wang, Y. Xin (Yunnan National Astronomical Observatory, China) and Ch. Cui (Beijing National Astronomical Observatory, China), on behalf of a larger collaboration, report:
"Following the detection of GRB 130102A by Swift (Hagen et al., GCNC 15653) and Fermi (Sonbas et al. GCNC 15659), the robotic 0.6m MET telescope at the BOOTES-4 station, in Lijiang Astronomical Observatory (China) responded to the event with the first images being obtained 30s post-burst. At the position of the optical afterglow detected by Swift/UVOT we detect a source rapidly decaying in brightness, with R = 14.0 about 70s after the burst trigger time. Detailed analysis of the whole BOOTES-4 dataset is ongoing."
GCN Circular #15689
Changsu Choi, Myungshin Im (CEOU/SNU), Hyun-Il Sung (KASI), and Yuji Urata (NCU), on behalf of EAFON
We observed the field of GRB 140102A (Hagen et al., GCN 15653) in R-band using the 1-m telescope at Mt. Lemmon Optical Observatory (LOAO) in Arizona, US
The observation started at 2014-01-03 13:01:40 UT, or about 15.34 hours after the BAT alert.
We marginally identify the afterglow in a stacked image with a total exposure time of ~ 45min. The approximate magnitude of the object is R(Vega) = 21.5 +- 0.3 mag, calibrated against R1-mag of USNO-B1 stars in the vicinity.
We thank the LOAO operator, Jae-Hyuk Yoon for performing the observation.

GCN Circular #15690
L. M. Z. Hagen (PSU) reports on behalf of the Swift/UVOT team:
The Swift/UVOT began settled observations of the field of GRB 140102A 65 s after the BAT trigger (Hagen et al., GCN Circ. 15653). We detect a fading source consistent with the XRT position (Goad et al. GCN Circ. 15657) that is detected in all but the bluest UVOT filters.
The preliminary UVOT position is:

    RA  (J2000) =  14:07:40.65 = 211.91939 (deg.)
    Dec (J2000) = +01:19:59.8  =   1.33329 (deg.)

with an estimated uncertainty of 0.50 arc sec. (radius, 90% confidence).
Preliminary detections and 3-sigma upper limits using the UVOT photometric system (Breeveld et al. 2011, AIP Conf. Proc. 1358, 373) for the early exposures are:

Filter         T_start(s)   T_stop(s)      Exp(s)           Mag

white (fc)          65          215          147         16.07 +/- 0.03
white              557         2215          322         18.38 +/- 0.05 
white             6222         7858          393         20.08 +/- 0.21
v                  607         2265          194         18.21 +/- 0.23
b                  533         2191          175         18.50 +/- 0.15
u (fc)             278          527          245         16.90 +/- 0.05
u                  681         2166          155         17.97 +/- 0.14
w1                 657         2142          175         19.10 +/- 0.33 
m2                 631         2117          175        >19.34
w2                6428         8034          364        >19.96

The magnitudes in the table are not corrected for the Galactic extinction due to the reddening of E(B-V) = 0.03 in the direction of the burst (Schlegel et al. 1998).

GCN Circular #15730
GRB 140102A: AAO optical upper limits
A. Volnova (IKI), R. Inasaridze (AAO), G. Inasaridze (AAO), V. Zhuzhunadze (AAO), Yu. Krugly (IA KhNU), I. Molotov (KIAM), A. Pozanenko (IKI) report on behalf of larger GRB follow-up collaboration:
We observed the field of GRB 140102A (Hagen et al., GCN 15653) with AS-32 (0.7m) telescope of Abastumani Observatory on Jan. 5 and 6. We obtained several unfiltered images of 120 s exposure during each observational set. On stacked images in the enhanced XRT circle (Goad et al., GCN 15657) we do not detect the optical afterglow.
The details of the photometry are the following:
```
Date             T_start     t-t0,        exp.,      Uplim
                     (UT)        mid, d     s            3 sigma

2014-01-05   00:48:24   2.13972   38x120   22.5
2014-01-06   01:04:20   3.18687   32x120   22.3
```
The photometry is based on the SDSS reference stars from Xu (GCN 15655) using gri -> R transformations by Lupton 2005:
```
N  SDSS_id              R(Lupton)
1  J140740.98+011949.8   17.59
2  J140742.47+012010.4   17.51
```
GCN Circular #15778
T. Yoshii, Y. Saito, S. Kurita, Y. Tachibana, K. Ito, R. Usui, T.Tanigawa, Y. Yano,Y. Yatsu, and N. Kawai (Tokyo Tech) report on behalf of the MITSuME collaboration:
We observed the field of GRB 140102A (L. M. Z. Hagen et al., GCN Circular #15653) with the optical three color (g, Rc, and Ic) CCD cameras attached to the MITSuME 50 cm telescope of Akeno Observatory, Yamanashi, Japan.
The observation started on 2014-01-02 21:18:44 UT ( 67sec after the burst). We detected the previously reported optical afterglow of GRB140102A (D. Xu et al., GCN Circular #15655) in the Ic band.
The measured magnitudes were listed below.
```
T0+      MID-UT      T-EXP        mag
----------------------------------------------------
67[sec]  21:18:59    30[sec]              Rc = 14.36 $B!^(B 0.4    Ic = 13.01+/-0.17
----------------------------------------------------
T0+ : Elapsed time after the burst [sec]
T-EXP: Total Exposure time [sec]
We used GSC2.3 catalog for flux calibration.
```
GCN Circular #15877
Y. T. Chen, S. K. King, C. Y. Wen, K. Y. Huang, S. Y. Wang, M. Lehner and TAOS team
We observed the field of the Swift GRB 140102A (Hagen et al., GCN 15653) with TAOS 0.5-m telescope of Lulin observatory (Taiwan) starting on Jan., 2 (UT) 21:19:49, i.e., 2.2 minutes after the trigger.
We detected the fading optical afterglow at the time between few early optical afterglow observations (Xu et al., GCN 15655; Guziy et al., GCN 15685; Yoshii et al. GCN 15778). The details of the photometry were listed below.
```
DATE_T_START          T0+   T_EXP   MAG
(UT)                  sec   sec     R

2014-01-02 21:19:49   132   49      15.3+/-0.11
2014-01-02 21:20:38   181   49      15.7+/-0.15
2014-01-02 21:21:27   230   49      16.1+/-0.26
2014-01-02 21:22:16   279   49      (Upper Limit = 16.2)
```
The R-band magnitude of nearby USNOB1 stars have been used for calibration. We note that a special filter (5000-7200 A) was used in TAOS telescopes.

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