Gamma-ray Burst 140614A

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Results of Observations

GCN/BACODINE POSITION NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sat 14 Jun 14 01:06:19 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-BAT GRB Position
TRIGGER_NUM:     601646,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          231.232d {+15h 24m 56s} (J2000),
                 231.745d {+15h 26m 59s} (current),
                 229.488d {+15h 17m 57s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -79.095d {-79d 05' 41"} (J2000),
                 -79.145d {-79d 08' 41"} (current),
                 -78.917d {-78d 55' 01"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       3.00 [arcmin radius, statistical only]
GRB_INTEN:       0 [cnts]    Image_Peak=1734 [image_cnts]
TRIGGER_DUR:     64.000 [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:        16822 TJD;   165 DOY;   14/06/14
GRB_TIME:        3899.86 SOD {01:04:59.86} UT
GRB_PHI:          49.10 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        11.27 [deg]
SOLN_STATUS:     0x13
RATE_SIGNIF:     0.00 [sigma]
IMAGE_SIGNIF:    10.09 [sigma]
MERIT_PARAMS:     +1  +0  +0  +6  +1  +0  +0  +0 +53  +0 
SUN_POSTN:        82.30d {+05h 29m 13s}  +23.25d {+23d 14' 53"}
SUN_DIST:        122.46 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      275.25d {+18h 21m 00s}  -18.69d {-18d 41' 12"}
MOON_DIST:        63.64 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      99 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      310.04,-18.41 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      257.31,-57.38 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-BAT GRB Coordinates.  
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 = 230.62,-20.47 [deg].

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GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sat 14 Jun 14 01:07:47 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-XRT Position
TRIGGER_NUM:     601646,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          231.1715d {+15h 24m 41.16s} (J2000),
                 231.6849d {+15h 26m 44.37s} (current),
                 229.4251d {+15h 17m 42.03s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -79.1285d {-79d 07' 42.6"} (J2000),
                 -79.1787d {-79d 10' 43.1"} (current),
                 -78.9506d {-78d 57' 02.2"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       5.9 [arcsec radius, statistical plus systematic, 90% containment]
GRB_INTEN:       7.34e-10 [erg/cm2/sec]
GRB_SIGNIF:      5.38 [sigma]
IMG_START_DATE:  16822 TJD;   165 DOY;   14/06/14
IMG_START_TIME:  4023.11 SOD {01:07:03.11} UT,   123.2 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
TAM[0-3]:        327.65 237.22 261.46 243.42
AMPLIFIER:       2
WAVEFORM:        134
SUN_POSTN:        82.30d {+05h 29m 13s}  +23.25d {+23d 14' 54"}
SUN_DIST:        122.42 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      275.27d {+18h 21m 04s}  -18.69d {-18d 41' 08"}
MOON_DIST:        63.67 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      99 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      310.01,-18.43 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst
ECL_COORDS:      257.32,-57.41 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-XRT Coordinates.  
COMMENTS:        The XRT position is 2.12 arcmin from the BAT position.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sat 14 Jun 14 01:08:04 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-XRT Processed Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     601646,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          231.1715d {+15h 24m 41.1s} (J2000),
                 231.6849d {+15h 26m 44.3s} (current),
                 229.4251d {+15h 17m 42.0s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -79.1285d {-79d 07' 42.6"} (J2000),
                 -79.1787d {-79d 10' 43.1"} (current),
                 -78.9506d {-78d 57' 02.2"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       5.8 [arcsec, radius, statistical plus systematic]
GRB_INTEN:       29 [cnts]
IMG_START_DATE:  16822 TJD;   165 DOY;   14/06/14
IMG_START_TIME:  4023.11 SOD {01:07:03.11} UT,   123.2 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
CENTROID_X:      252.07,  raw= 252  [pixels]
CENTROID_Y:      313.42,  raw= 313  [pixels]
ROLL:            214.18 [deg]
GAIN:            1
MODE:            3, Long Image mode
WAVEFORM:        134
EXPO_TIME:       2.50 [sec]
GRB_POS_XRT_Y:   36.83
GRB_POS_XRT_Z:   -125.45
IMAGE_URL:       sw00601646000msxps_rw.img
SUN_POSTN:        82.30d {+05h 29m 13s}  +23.25d {+23d 14' 54"}
SUN_DIST:        122.42 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      275.27d {+18h 21m 05s}  -18.69d {-18d 41' 08"}
MOON_DIST:        63.67 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      99 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      310.01,-18.43 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst
ECL_COORDS:      257.32,-57.41 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-XRT Processed Image.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sat 14 Jun 14 01:07:56 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-XRT Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     601646,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          231.1715d {+15h 24m 41.1s} (J2000),
                 231.6849d {+15h 26m 44.3s} (current),
                 229.4251d {+15h 17m 42.0s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -79.1285d {-79d 07' 42.6"} (J2000),
                 -79.1787d {-79d 10' 43.1"} (current),
                 -78.9506d {-78d 57' 02.2"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       5.8 [arcsec, radius, statistical plus systematic]
GRB_INTEN:       29 [cnts]
IMG_START_DATE:  16822 TJD;   165 DOY;   14/06/14
IMG_START_TIME:  4023.11 SOD {01:07:03.11} UT,   123.2 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
CENTROID_X:      252.07,  raw= 252  [pixels]
CENTROID_Y:      313.42,  raw= 313  [pixels]
ROLL:            214.18 [deg]
GAIN:            1
MODE:            3, Long Image mode
WAVEFORM:        134
EXPO_TIME:       2.50 [sec]
GRB_POS_XRT_Y:   36.83
GRB_POS_XRT_Z:   -125.45
IMAGE_URL:       sw00601646000msxps_rw.img
SUN_POSTN:        82.30d {+05h 29m 13s}  +23.25d {+23d 14' 54"}
SUN_DIST:        122.42 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      275.27d {+18h 21m 04s}  -18.69d {-18d 41' 08"}
MOON_DIST:        63.67 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      99 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      310.01,-18.43 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst
ECL_COORDS:      257.32,-57.41 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-XRT Image.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sat 14 Jun 14 01:09:01 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-BAT GRB Lightcurve
TRIGGER_NUM:     601646,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          231.232d {+15h 24m 56s} (J2000),
                 231.745d {+15h 26m 59s} (current),
                 229.488d {+15h 17m 57s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -79.095d {-79d 05' 41"} (J2000),
                 -79.145d {-79d 08' 41"} (current),
                 -78.917d {-78d 55' 01"} (1950)
GRB_DATE:        16822 TJD;   165 DOY;   14/06/14
GRB_TIME:        3899.86 SOD {01:04:59.86} UT
TRIGGER_INDEX:   20000
GRB_PHI:          49.10 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        11.27 [deg]
DELTA_TIME:      0.00 [sec]
TRIGGER_DUR:     64.000 [sec] 
SOLN_STATUS:     0x13
RATE_SIGNIF:     0.00 [sigma]
IMAGE_SIGNIF:    10.09 [sigma]
LC_URL:          sw00601646000msb.lc
SUN_POSTN:        82.30d {+05h 29m 13s}  +23.25d {+23d 14' 54"}
SUN_DIST:        122.46 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      275.28d {+18h 21m 07s}  -18.69d {-18d 41' 05"}
MOON_DIST:        63.64 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      99 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      310.04,-18.41 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      257.31,-57.38 [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 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 = 230.62,-20.47 [deg].

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sat 14 Jun 14 01:10:17 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Source List
TRIGGER_NUM:     601646,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        231.227d {+15h 24m 55s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       -79.094d {-79d 05' 36"} (J2000)
POINT_ROLL:      214.181d
IMG_START_DATE:  16822 TJD;   165 DOY;   14/06/14
IMG_START_TIME:  4031.46 SOD {01:07:11.46} UT,   131.6 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
BKG_MEAN:        2.317
N_STARS:         190
X_OFFSET:        480 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        552 [pixels]
X_MAX:           1439 [pixels]
Y_MAX:           1511 [pixels]
DET_THRESH:      13
PHOTO_THRESH:    6
SL_URL:          sw00601646000msufc0131.fits
SUN_POSTN:        82.31d {+05h 29m 13s}  +23.25d {+23d 14' 54"}
SUN_DIST:        122.46 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      275.29d {+18h 21m 10s}  -18.68d {-18d 41' 02"}
MOON_DIST:        63.65 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      99 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      310.04,-18.40 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      257.30,-57.38 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Source List.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sat 14 Jun 14 01:10:46 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Source List
TRIGGER_NUM:     601646,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        231.227d {+15h 24m 55s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       -79.094d {-79d 05' 36"} (J2000)
POINT_ROLL:      214.181d
IMG_START_DATE:  16822 TJD;   165 DOY;   14/06/14
IMG_START_TIME:  4031.46 SOD {01:07:11.46} UT,   131.6 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
BKG_MEAN:        2.317
N_STARS:         190
X_OFFSET:        480 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        552 [pixels]
X_MAX:           1439 [pixels]
Y_MAX:           1511 [pixels]
DET_THRESH:      13
PHOTO_THRESH:    6
SL_URL:          sw00601646000msufc0131.fits
SUN_POSTN:        82.31d {+05h 29m 13s}  +23.25d {+23d 14' 54"}
SUN_DIST:        122.46 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      275.30d {+18h 21m 12s}  -18.68d {-18d 41' 01"}
MOON_DIST:        63.65 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      99 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      310.04,-18.40 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      257.30,-57.38 [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:     Sat 14 Jun 14 01:11:35 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     601646,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        231.227d {+15h 24m 55s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       -79.094d {-79d 05' 36"} (J2000)
ROLL:            214.181d
IMG_START_DATE:  16822 TJD;   165 DOY;   14/06/14
IMG_START_TIME:  4031.46 SOD {01:07:11.46} UT,   131.6 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
EXPOSURE_ID:     424400843
X_OFFSET:        979 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        700 [pixels]
WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
X_GRB_POS:       1139
Y_GRB_POS:       860
BINNING_INDEX:   1
IM_URL:          sw00601646000msuni0144.fits
SUN_POSTN:        82.31d {+05h 29m 13s}  +23.25d {+23d 14' 54"}
SUN_DIST:        122.46 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      275.31d {+18h 21m 14s}  -18.68d {-18d 40' 58"}
MOON_DIST:        63.65 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      99 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      310.04,-18.40 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      257.30,-57.38 [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:     Sat 14 Jun 14 01:11:46 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     601646,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        231.227d {+15h 24m 55s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       -79.094d {-79d 05' 36"} (J2000)
ROLL:            214.181d
IMG_START_DATE:  16822 TJD;   165 DOY;   14/06/14
IMG_START_TIME:  4031.46 SOD {01:07:11.46} UT,   131.6 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
EXPOSURE_ID:     424400843
X_OFFSET:        979 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        700 [pixels]
WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
X_GRB_POS:       1139
Y_GRB_POS:       860
BINNING_INDEX:   1
IM_URL:          sw00601646000msuni0144.fits
SUN_POSTN:        82.31d {+05h 29m 14s}  +23.25d {+23d 14' 54"}
SUN_DIST:        122.46 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      275.31d {+18h 21m 14s}  -18.68d {-18d 40' 58"}
MOON_DIST:        63.65 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      99 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      310.04,-18.40 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      257.30,-57.38 [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:     Sat 14 Jun 14 01:18:21 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Source List
TRIGGER_NUM:     601646,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        231.232d {+15h 24m 56s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       -79.095d {-79d 05' 42"} (J2000)
POINT_ROLL:      214.175d
IMG_START_DATE:  16822 TJD;   165 DOY;   14/06/14
IMG_START_TIME:  4189.54 SOD {01:09:49.54} UT,   289.7 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          7, U
BKG_MEAN:        0.591
N_STARS:         149
X_OFFSET:        659 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        380 [pixels]
X_MAX:           1618 [pixels]
Y_MAX:           1339 [pixels]
DET_THRESH:      7
PHOTO_THRESH:    3
SL_URL:          sw00601646000msufc0289.fits
SUN_POSTN:        82.31d {+05h 29m 15s}  +23.25d {+23d 14' 55"}
SUN_DIST:        122.46 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      275.38d {+18h 21m 31s}  -18.68d {-18d 40' 41"}
MOON_DIST:        63.66 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      99 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      310.04,-18.41 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      257.31,-57.38 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Source List.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sat 14 Jun 14 01:18:45 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Source List
TRIGGER_NUM:     601646,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        231.232d {+15h 24m 56s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       -79.095d {-79d 05' 42"} (J2000)
POINT_ROLL:      214.175d
IMG_START_DATE:  16822 TJD;   165 DOY;   14/06/14
IMG_START_TIME:  4189.54 SOD {01:09:49.54} UT,   289.7 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          7, U
BKG_MEAN:        0.591
N_STARS:         149
X_OFFSET:        659 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        380 [pixels]
X_MAX:           1618 [pixels]
Y_MAX:           1339 [pixels]
DET_THRESH:      7
PHOTO_THRESH:    3
SL_URL:          sw00601646000msufc0289.fits
SUN_POSTN:        82.31d {+05h 29m 15s}  +23.25d {+23d 14' 55"}
SUN_DIST:        122.46 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      275.38d {+18h 21m 32s}  -18.68d {-18d 40' 40"}
MOON_DIST:        63.66 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      99 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      310.04,-18.41 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      257.31,-57.38 [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:     Sat 14 Jun 14 01:19:02 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-XRT Position UPDATE
TRIGGER_NUM:     601646,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          231.1723d {+15h 24m 41.35s} (J2000),
                 231.6857d {+15h 26m 44.56s} (current),
                 229.4259d {+15h 17m 42.20s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -79.1290d {-79d 07' 44.4"} (J2000),
                 -79.1792d {-79d 10' 44.9"} (current),
                 -78.9511d {-78d 57' 04.0"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       2.2 [arcsec radius, statistical plus systematic, 90% containment]
GRB_INTEN:       1.00e-10 [erg/cm2/sec]
GRB_SIGNIF:      10.00 [sigma]
IMG_START_DATE:  16822 TJD;   165 DOY;   14/06/14
IMG_START_TIME:  4142.00 SOD {01:09:02.00} UT,   242.1 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
TAM[0-3]:        100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
AMPLIFIER:       1
WAVEFORM:        31
SUN_POSTN:        82.31d {+05h 29m 15s}  +23.25d {+23d 14' 55"}
SUN_DIST:        122.42 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      275.39d {+18h 21m 33s}  -18.68d {-18d 40' 39"}
MOON_DIST:        63.70 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      99 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      310.01,-18.43 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst
ECL_COORDS:      257.32,-57.41 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-XRT Coordinates.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  
COMMENTS:        This is an Update Notice -- the RA,Dec values herein supersede the previous XRT_POS Notice.  
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/docs.php for details.  
COMMENTS:        This position was enhanced using UVOT field astrometry.  
COMMENTS:        The probability that this is a serendipitous source in the  
COMMENTS:        SPER window is 0.11% < P(seren) < 0.58%.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sat 14 Jun 14 01:19:53 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     601646,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        231.232d {+15h 24m 56s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       -79.095d {-79d 05' 42"} (J2000)
ROLL:            214.175d
IMG_START_DATE:  16822 TJD;   165 DOY;   14/06/14
IMG_START_TIME:  4189.54 SOD {01:09:49.54} UT,   289.7 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          7, U
EXPOSURE_ID:     424401001
X_OFFSET:        979 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        700 [pixels]
WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
X_GRB_POS:       1139
Y_GRB_POS:       860
BINNING_INDEX:   1
IM_URL:          sw00601646000msuni0302.fits
SUN_POSTN:        82.31d {+05h 29m 15s}  +23.25d {+23d 14' 55"}
SUN_DIST:        122.46 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      275.40d {+18h 21m 35s}  -18.68d {-18d 40' 37"}
MOON_DIST:        63.67 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      99 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      310.04,-18.41 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      257.31,-57.38 [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:     Sat 14 Jun 14 01:20:04 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     601646,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        231.232d {+15h 24m 56s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       -79.095d {-79d 05' 42"} (J2000)
ROLL:            214.175d
IMG_START_DATE:  16822 TJD;   165 DOY;   14/06/14
IMG_START_TIME:  4189.54 SOD {01:09:49.54} UT,   289.7 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          7, U
EXPOSURE_ID:     424401001
X_OFFSET:        979 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        700 [pixels]
WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
X_GRB_POS:       1139
Y_GRB_POS:       860
BINNING_INDEX:   1
IM_URL:          sw00601646000msuni0302.fits
SUN_POSTN:        82.31d {+05h 29m 15s}  +23.25d {+23d 14' 55"}
SUN_DIST:        122.46 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      275.40d {+18h 21m 36s}  -18.68d {-18d 40' 36"}
MOON_DIST:        63.67 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      99 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      310.04,-18.41 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      257.31,-57.38 [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 Circular #16391
K. L. Page (U Leicester), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), D. N. Burrows (PSU), N. Gehrels (NASA/GSFC), F. E. Marshall (NASA/GSFC), T. Sakamoto (AGU), M. H. Siegel (PSU) and C. A. Swenson (PSU) report on behalf of the Swift Team:
At 01:04:59 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located GRB 140614A (trigger=601646). Swift slewed immediately to the burst. The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 231.232, -79.095 which is
```
   RA(J2000) = 15h 24m 56s
   Dec(J2000) = -79d 05' 41"
```
with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including systematic uncertainty). As is usual for an image trigger, the immediately-available light curve does not show significant variation.
The XRT began observing the field at 01:07:03.1 UT, 123.2 seconds after the BAT trigger. Using promptly downlinked data we find a bright, fading, uncatalogued X-ray source with an enhanced position: RA, Dec 231.1723, -79.1291 which is equivalent to:
```
   RA(J2000)  = 15h 24m 41.34s
   Dec(J2000) = -79d 07' 44.9"
```
with an uncertainty of 2.2 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This location is 129 arcseconds from the BAT onboard position, within the BAT error circle. This position may be improved as more data are received; the latest position is available at http://www.swift.ac.uk/sper.
A power-law fit to a spectrum formed from promptly downlinked event data gives a column density consistent with the Galactic value of 1.26 x 10^21 cm^-2 (Willingale et al. 2013).
The initial flux in the 2.5 s image was 7.34e-10 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (0.2-10 keV).
UVOT took a finding chart exposure of 150 seconds with the White filter starting 131 seconds after the BAT trigger. No credible afterglow candidate has been found in the initial data products. The 2.7'x2.7' sub-image covers none of the XRT error circle. The 8'x8' region for the list of sources generated on-board covers 100% of the XRT error circle. The list of sources is typically complete to about 18 mag. No correction has been made for the expected extinction corresponding to E(B-V) of 0.12.
Burst Advocate for this burst is K. L. Page (kpa AT star.le.ac.uk). 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 #16392
M. Tanga (MPE Garching), T. Kruehler (ESO, Santiago), S. Klose, D. A. Kann (both TLS Tautenburg), and J. Greiner (MPE Garching) report:
We observed the field of GRB 140614A (Swift trigger 601646; Page et al., GCN 16391) simultaneously in g'r'i'z'JHK with GROND (Greiner et al. 2008, PASP 120, 405) mounted at the 2.2m MPG telescope at ESO La Silla Observatory (Chile).
Observations started at 01:09:27 UT on June 14, about 5 min after the GRB trigger. They were obtained at airmass 1.5 and a seeing of 2". Inside the X-ray error circle we detect a source at coordinates RA, DEC (J2000) = 15:24:40.65, -79:07:43.5 with an error of 0".5. At a mean time of 01:40:20 UT, we measure the following preliminary AB magnitudes:
```
g' > 21.6,
r' = 20.6 +/- 0.2,
i' = 19.5 +/- 0.1,
z' = 19.2 +/- 0.1,
J  = 19.0 +/- 0.2,
H  = 18.5 +/- 0.2, and
K  > 17.6.
```
We also detect clear fading in the J band. We propose this source to be the afterglow of GRB 140614A.
Given magnitudes are calibrated against GROND zeropoints (g'r'i'z') as well as 2MASS (JHK) field stars and are not corrected for the expected Galactic foreground extinction corresponding to a reddening of E(B-V) = 0.12 mag in the direction of the burst (Schlegel et al. 1998).
GCN Circular #16393
A.P. Beardmore, P.A. Evans, M.R. Goad and J.P. Osborne (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team.
Using 1478 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 1 UVOT images for GRB 140614A, 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 = 231.16955, -79.12882 which is equivalent to:
```
RA (J2000): 15h 24m 40.69s
Dec (J2000): -79d 07' 43.8"
```
with an uncertainty of 1.8 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 #16396
A. Melandri (INAF-OAB), B. Sbarufatti (INAF-OAB/PSU), J.A. Kennea (PSU), V. Mangano (PSU), M.C. Stroh (PSU), C. Pagani (U. Leicester), A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester), P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB) and K.L. Page report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team:
We have analysed 7.7 ks of XRT data for GRB 140614A (Page et al. GCN Circ. 16391), from 112 s to 19.0 ks after the BAT trigger. The data comprise 141 s in Windowed Timing (WT) mode (the first 10 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 Beardmore et al. (GCN Circ. 16393).
The light curve can be modelled with an initial power-law decay with an index of alpha=1.75 (+0.11, -0.09), followed by a break at T+948 s to an alpha of 0.96 (+0.07, -0.09).
A spectrum formed from the WT mode data can be fitted with an absorbed power-law with a photon spectral index of 1.73 (+0.14, -0.12). The best-fitting absorption column is 1.45 (+0.53, -0.19) x 10^21 cm^-2, consistent with the Galactic value of 1.3 x 10^21 cm^-2 (Willingale et al. 2013). The PC mode spectrum has a photon index of 1.78 (+0.11, -0.09) and a best-fitting absorption column consistent with the Galactic value. The counts to observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux conversion factor deduced from this spectrum is 3.8 x 10^-11 (4.3 x 10^-11) erg cm^-2 count^-1.
A summary of the PC-mode spectrum is thus:
```
Total column:	     1.26 (+0.23, -0.00) x 10^21 cm^-2
Galactic foreground: 1.3 x 10^21 cm^-2
Excess significance: <1.6 sigma
Photon index:	     1.78 (+0.11, -0.09)
```
If the light curve continues to decay with a power-law decay index of 0.96, the count rate at T+24 hours will be 7.8 x 10^-3 count s^-1, corresponding to an observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux of 3.0 x 10^-13 (3.4 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/00601646.
This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.
GCN Circular #16397
N. P. M. Kuin (UCL-MSSL) and K. L. Page (U Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift/UVOT team:
The Swift/UVOT began settled observations of the field of GRB 140614A 132 s after the BAT trigger (Page et al., GCN Circ. 16391). No optical afterglow consistent with the XRT position (Beardmore et al. GCN Circ. 16393) is detected in the initial UVOT exposures. Preliminary 3-sigma upper limits using the UVOT photometric system (Breeveld et al. 2011, AIP Conf. Proc. 1358, 373) for the first finding chart (FC) exposure and subsequent exposures are:
```
Filter         T_start(s)   T_stop(s)      Exp(s)         Mag

white_FC           132          281          147         >21.5
u_FC               290          539          246         >20.5
white              132          763          186         >21.6
v                  620         1668           39         >19.1
b                  546          739           39         >19.6
u                  290          714          265         >20.5
w1                 670         1718           39         >19.1
m2                 645         1693           39         >18.9
w2                 596          783           34         >20.4
```
The magnitudes in the table are not corrected for the Galactic extinction due to the reddening of E(B-V) = 0.12 in the direction of the burst (Schlegel et al. 1998).
GCN Circular #16401
T. Kruehler (ESO, Santiago), P. M. Vreeswijk (Weizmann), J. P. U. Fynbo, D. Xu (DARK/NBI) report on behalf of the X-shooter GRB collaboration:
We observed the optical afterglow (Tanga et al., GCN 16392) of GRB 140614A (Swift trigger 601646; Page et al., GCN 16391; Beardmore et al., GCN 16393; Melandri et al., GCN 16396) with the VLT/X-shooter spectrograph, equipped with the UVB/VIS/NIR arms and covering the wavelength range 3000-25000 AA.
A spectral nodding sequence of 4x600s was started at June 14.20 (3.8 hours after the Swift trigger). A preliminary reduction shows the lack of any signal in the UVB arm, but a clear trace, albeit with moderate signal-to-noise ratio, in both the VIS and NIR arms starting at around 6450 AA. Several absorption features can be identified with the transitions SiII 1526, CII 1334, CII* 1335, AlII 1670, AllIII 1854, FeII 2344, 2382, 2600, and MgII 2796, 2803 at a common redshift of z=4.233.
We acknowledge excellent support from the observing staff at Paranal, in particular Zahed Wahhaj, Jonathan Smoker, Yazan Momany and Stephane Brillant.
GCN Circular #16402
C. B. Markwardt (GSFC), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), W. H. Baumgartner (GSFC/UMBC), J. R. Cummings (GSFC/UMBC), N. Gehrels (GSFC), H. A. Krimm (GSFC/USRA), A. Y. Lien (NASA/UMBC), K. L. Page (U Leicester), 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 recent telemetry downlinks, we report further analysis of BAT GRB 140614A (trigger #601646) (Page, et al., GCN Circ. 16391). The BAT ground-calculated position is RA, Dec = 231.171, -79.110 deg, which is
```
   RA(J2000)  =  15h 24m 41.1s 
   Dec(J2000) = -79d 06' 36.9" 
```
with an uncertainty of 2.4 arcmin, (radius, sys+stat, 90% containment). The partial coding was 97%.
The mask-weighted light curvea shows a broad peak starting at ~T-80 sec, peaking at ~T+55 sec, and returning to baseline at ~T+200 sec (and possibly out to around T+600 sec). The formal T90 (15-350 keV) is 720 +- 160 sec, but with the long weak possible tail of this event it is hard to determine the true end of the event (estimated error including systematics).
The time-averaged spectrum from T+0.51 to T+957 sec is best fit by a simple power-law model. The power law index of the time-averaged spectrum is 1.50 +- 0.46. The fluence in the 15-150 keV band is 1.3 +- 0.4 x 10^-6 erg/cm2. 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/601646/BA/

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