Gamma-ray Burst 150811A

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Results of Observations

GCN/BACODINE POSITION NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 11 Aug 15 04:07:26 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-BAT GRB Position
TRIGGER_NUM:     651882,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          291.371d {+19h 25m 29s} (J2000),
                 291.593d {+19h 26m 22s} (current),
                 290.658d {+19h 22m 38s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -15.438d {-15d 26' 16"} (J2000),
                 -15.406d {-15d 24' 22"} (current),
                 -15.538d {-15d 32' 16"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       3.00 [arcmin radius, statistical only]
GRB_INTEN:       0 [cnts]    Image_Peak=1937 [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:        17245 TJD;   223 DOY;   15/08/11
GRB_TIME:        14769.02 SOD {04:06:09.02} UT
GRB_PHI:         148.23 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        26.52 [deg]
SOLN_STATUS:     0x13
RATE_SIGNIF:     0.00 [sigma]
IMAGE_SIGNIF:    10.67 [sigma]
MERIT_PARAMS:     +1  +0  +0  +6  +1  +0  +0  +0 +87  +0 
SUN_POSTN:       140.64d {+09h 22m 34s}  +15.37d {+15d 22' 20"}
SUN_DIST:        152.02 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.1 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       98.90d {+06h 35m 36s}  +18.03d {+18d 02' 05"}
MOON_DIST:       167.56 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       22.71,-14.38 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      290.70,  6.48 [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 = 297.84,12.61 [deg].

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GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 11 Aug 15 04:09:03 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-XRT Position
TRIGGER_NUM:     651882,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          291.3402d {+19h 25m 21.64s} (J2000),
                 291.5625d {+19h 26m 14.99s} (current),
                 290.6277d {+19h 22m 30.65s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -15.4249d {-15d 25' 29.6"} (J2000),
                 -15.3931d {-15d 23' 35.2"} (current),
                 -15.5246d {-15d 31' 28.5"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       6.5 [arcsec radius, statistical plus systematic, 90% containment]
GRB_INTEN:       4.59e-10 [erg/cm2/sec]
GRB_SIGNIF:      4.58 [sigma]
IMG_START_DATE:  17245 TJD;   223 DOY;   15/08/11
IMG_START_TIME:  14910.62 SOD {04:08:30.62} UT,   141.6 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
TAM[0-3]:        327.66 237.22 261.58 243.57
AMPLIFIER:       2
WAVEFORM:        134
SUN_POSTN:       140.64d {+09h 22m 34s}  +15.37d {+15d 22' 19"}
SUN_DIST:        151.98 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.1 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       98.91d {+06h 35m 39s}  +18.03d {+18d 02' 03"}
MOON_DIST:       167.60 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       22.71,-14.35 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst
ECL_COORDS:      290.67,  6.50 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-XRT Coordinates.  
COMMENTS:        The XRT position is 1.93 arcmin from the BAT position.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 11 Aug 15 04:09:13 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-XRT Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     651882,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          291.3402d {+19h 25m 21.6s} (J2000),
                 291.5625d {+19h 26m 14.9s} (current),
                 290.6277d {+19h 22m 30.6s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -15.4249d {-15d 25' 29.6"} (J2000),
                 -15.3931d {-15d 23' 35.2"} (current),
                 -15.5246d {-15d 31' 28.5"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       6.5 [arcsec, radius, statistical plus systematic]
GRB_INTEN:       21 [cnts]
IMG_START_DATE:  17245 TJD;   223 DOY;   15/08/11
IMG_START_TIME:  14910.62 SOD {04:08:30.62} UT,   141.6 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
CENTROID_X:      281.36,  raw= 281  [pixels]
CENTROID_Y:      288.21,  raw= 288  [pixels]
ROLL:            273.82 [deg]
GAIN:            1
MODE:            3, Long Image mode
WAVEFORM:        134
EXPO_TIME:       2.50 [sec]
GRB_POS_XRT_Y:   -22.60
GRB_POS_XRT_Z:   -56.42
IMAGE_URL:       sw00651882000msxps_rw.img
SUN_POSTN:       140.64d {+09h 22m 34s}  +15.37d {+15d 22' 19"}
SUN_DIST:        151.98 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.1 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       98.91d {+06h 35m 40s}  +18.03d {+18d 02' 02"}
MOON_DIST:       167.61 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       22.71,-14.35 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst
ECL_COORDS:      290.67,  6.50 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-XRT Image.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 11 Aug 15 04:09:27 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-XRT Processed Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     651882,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          291.3402d {+19h 25m 21.6s} (J2000),
                 291.5625d {+19h 26m 14.9s} (current),
                 290.6277d {+19h 22m 30.6s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -15.4249d {-15d 25' 29.6"} (J2000),
                 -15.3931d {-15d 23' 35.2"} (current),
                 -15.5246d {-15d 31' 28.5"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       6.5 [arcsec, radius, statistical plus systematic]
GRB_INTEN:       21 [cnts]
IMG_START_DATE:  17245 TJD;   223 DOY;   15/08/11
IMG_START_TIME:  14910.62 SOD {04:08:30.62} UT,   141.6 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
CENTROID_X:      281.36,  raw= 281  [pixels]
CENTROID_Y:      288.21,  raw= 288  [pixels]
ROLL:            273.82 [deg]
GAIN:            1
MODE:            3, Long Image mode
WAVEFORM:        134
EXPO_TIME:       2.50 [sec]
GRB_POS_XRT_Y:   -22.60
GRB_POS_XRT_Z:   -56.42
IMAGE_URL:       sw00651882000msxps_rw.img
SUN_POSTN:       140.64d {+09h 22m 34s}  +15.37d {+15d 22' 19"}
SUN_DIST:        151.98 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.1 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       98.92d {+06h 35m 40s}  +18.03d {+18d 02' 02"}
MOON_DIST:       167.61 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       22.71,-14.35 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst
ECL_COORDS:      290.67,  6.50 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-XRT Processed Image.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 11 Aug 15 04:10:17 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-BAT GRB Lightcurve
TRIGGER_NUM:     651882,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          291.371d {+19h 25m 29s} (J2000),
                 291.593d {+19h 26m 22s} (current),
                 290.658d {+19h 22m 38s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -15.438d {-15d 26' 16"} (J2000),
                 -15.406d {-15d 24' 22"} (current),
                 -15.538d {-15d 32' 16"} (1950)
GRB_DATE:        17245 TJD;   223 DOY;   15/08/11
GRB_TIME:        14769.02 SOD {04:06:09.02} UT
TRIGGER_INDEX:   20000
GRB_PHI:         148.23 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        26.52 [deg]
DELTA_TIME:      0.00 [sec]
TRIGGER_DUR:     64.000 [sec] 
SOLN_STATUS:     0x13
RATE_SIGNIF:     0.00 [sigma]
IMAGE_SIGNIF:    10.67 [sigma]
LC_URL:          sw00651882000msb.lc
SUN_POSTN:       140.64d {+09h 22m 34s}  +15.37d {+15d 22' 18"}
SUN_DIST:        152.01 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.1 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       98.92d {+06h 35m 42s}  +18.03d {+18d 02' 01"}
MOON_DIST:       167.59 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       22.71,-14.38 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:      290.70,  6.48 [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 = 297.84,12.61 [deg].

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 11 Aug 15 04:11:29 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Source List
TRIGGER_NUM:     651882,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        291.356d {+19h 25m 26s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       -15.432d {-15d 25' 54"} (J2000)
POINT_ROLL:      273.817d
IMG_START_DATE:  17245 TJD;   223 DOY;   15/08/11
IMG_START_TIME:  14916.69 SOD {04:08:36.69} UT,   147.7 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
BKG_MEAN:        3.191
N_STARS:         190
X_OFFSET:        360 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        560 [pixels]
X_MAX:           1319 [pixels]
Y_MAX:           1519 [pixels]
DET_THRESH:      15
PHOTO_THRESH:    8
SL_URL:          sw00651882000msufc0147.fits
SUN_POSTN:       140.64d {+09h 22m 34s}  +15.37d {+15d 22' 17"}
SUN_DIST:        152.00 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.1 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       98.94d {+06h 35m 45s}  +18.03d {+18d 01' 59"}
MOON_DIST:       167.61 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       22.71,-14.36 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      290.69,  6.49 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Source List.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 11 Aug 15 04:11:59 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Source List
TRIGGER_NUM:     651882,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        291.356d {+19h 25m 26s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       -15.432d {-15d 25' 54"} (J2000)
POINT_ROLL:      273.817d
IMG_START_DATE:  17245 TJD;   223 DOY;   15/08/11
IMG_START_TIME:  14916.69 SOD {04:08:36.69} UT,   147.7 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
BKG_MEAN:        3.191
N_STARS:         190
X_OFFSET:        360 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        560 [pixels]
X_MAX:           1319 [pixels]
Y_MAX:           1519 [pixels]
DET_THRESH:      15
PHOTO_THRESH:    8
SL_URL:          sw00651882000msufc0147.fits
SUN_POSTN:       140.64d {+09h 22m 34s}  +15.37d {+15d 22' 17"}
SUN_DIST:        152.00 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.1 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       98.94d {+06h 35m 46s}  +18.03d {+18d 01' 58"}
MOON_DIST:       167.62 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       22.71,-14.36 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      290.69,  6.49 [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:     Tue 11 Aug 15 04:13:28 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     651882,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        291.356d {+19h 25m 26s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       -15.432d {-15d 25' 54"} (J2000)
ROLL:            273.817d
IMG_START_DATE:  17245 TJD;   223 DOY;   15/08/11
IMG_START_TIME:  14916.69 SOD {04:08:36.69} UT,   147.7 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
EXPOSURE_ID:     460958931
X_OFFSET:        907 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        847 [pixels]
WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
X_GRB_POS:       1067
Y_GRB_POS:       1007
BINNING_INDEX:   1
IM_URL:          sw00651882000msuni0162.fits
SUN_POSTN:       140.64d {+09h 22m 35s}  +15.37d {+15d 22' 16"}
SUN_DIST:        152.00 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.1 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       98.95d {+06h 35m 49s}  +18.03d {+18d 01' 56"}
MOON_DIST:       167.63 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       22.71,-14.36 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      290.69,  6.49 [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:     Tue 11 Aug 15 04:13:44 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     651882,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        291.356d {+19h 25m 26s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       -15.432d {-15d 25' 54"} (J2000)
ROLL:            273.817d
IMG_START_DATE:  17245 TJD;   223 DOY;   15/08/11
IMG_START_TIME:  14916.69 SOD {04:08:36.69} UT,   147.7 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
EXPOSURE_ID:     460958931
X_OFFSET:        907 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        847 [pixels]
WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
X_GRB_POS:       1067
Y_GRB_POS:       1007
BINNING_INDEX:   1
IM_URL:          sw00651882000msuni0162.fits
SUN_POSTN:       140.64d {+09h 22m 35s}  +15.37d {+15d 22' 16"}
SUN_DIST:        152.00 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.1 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       98.96d {+06h 35m 50s}  +18.03d {+18d 01' 55"}
MOON_DIST:       167.63 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       22.71,-14.36 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      290.69,  6.49 [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:     Tue 11 Aug 15 04:19:36 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Source List
TRIGGER_NUM:     651882,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        291.356d {+19h 25m 25s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       -15.430d {-15d 25' 47"} (J2000)
POINT_ROLL:      273.819d
IMG_START_DATE:  17245 TJD;   223 DOY;   15/08/11
IMG_START_TIME:  15074.87 SOD {04:11:14.87} UT,   305.9 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          7, U
BKG_MEAN:        0.858
N_STARS:         190
X_OFFSET:        587 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        527 [pixels]
X_MAX:           1546 [pixels]
Y_MAX:           1486 [pixels]
DET_THRESH:      8
PHOTO_THRESH:    4
SL_URL:          sw00651882000msufc0305.fits
SUN_POSTN:       140.65d {+09h 22m 36s}  +15.37d {+15d 22' 12"}
SUN_DIST:        151.99 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.1 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       99.01d {+06h 36m 03s}  +18.03d {+18d 01' 46"}
MOON_DIST:       167.68 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       22.71,-14.36 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      290.69,  6.49 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Source List.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 11 Aug 15 04:20:05 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Source List
TRIGGER_NUM:     651882,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        291.356d {+19h 25m 25s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       -15.430d {-15d 25' 47"} (J2000)
POINT_ROLL:      273.819d
IMG_START_DATE:  17245 TJD;   223 DOY;   15/08/11
IMG_START_TIME:  15074.87 SOD {04:11:14.87} UT,   305.9 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          7, U
BKG_MEAN:        0.858
N_STARS:         190
X_OFFSET:        587 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        527 [pixels]
X_MAX:           1546 [pixels]
Y_MAX:           1486 [pixels]
DET_THRESH:      8
PHOTO_THRESH:    4
SL_URL:          sw00651882000msufc0305.fits
SUN_POSTN:       140.65d {+09h 22m 36s}  +15.37d {+15d 22' 11"}
SUN_DIST:        151.99 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.1 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       99.02d {+06h 36m 04s}  +18.03d {+18d 01' 45"}
MOON_DIST:       167.69 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       22.71,-14.36 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      290.69,  6.49 [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:     Tue 11 Aug 15 04:21:07 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     651882,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        291.356d {+19h 25m 25s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       -15.430d {-15d 25' 47"} (J2000)
ROLL:            273.819d
IMG_START_DATE:  17245 TJD;   223 DOY;   15/08/11
IMG_START_TIME:  15074.87 SOD {04:11:14.87} UT,   305.9 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          7, U
EXPOSURE_ID:     460959089
X_OFFSET:        907 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        847 [pixels]
WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
X_GRB_POS:       1067
Y_GRB_POS:       1007
BINNING_INDEX:   1
IM_URL:          sw00651882000msuni0320.fits
SUN_POSTN:       140.65d {+09h 22m 36s}  +15.37d {+15d 22' 10"}
SUN_DIST:        151.99 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.1 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       99.03d {+06h 36m 06s}  +18.03d {+18d 01' 43"}
MOON_DIST:       167.70 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       22.71,-14.36 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      290.69,  6.49 [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:     Tue 11 Aug 15 04:21:13 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     651882,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:        291.356d {+19h 25m 25s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       -15.430d {-15d 25' 47"} (J2000)
ROLL:            273.819d
IMG_START_DATE:  17245 TJD;   223 DOY;   15/08/11
IMG_START_TIME:  15074.87 SOD {04:11:14.87} UT,   305.9 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          7, U
EXPOSURE_ID:     460959089
X_OFFSET:        907 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        847 [pixels]
WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
X_GRB_POS:       1067
Y_GRB_POS:       1007
BINNING_INDEX:   1
IM_URL:          sw00651882000msuni0320.fits
SUN_POSTN:       140.65d {+09h 22m 36s}  +15.37d {+15d 22' 10"}
SUN_DIST:        151.99 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.1 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       99.03d {+06h 36m 06s}  +18.03d {+18d 01' 43"}
MOON_DIST:       167.70 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       22.71,-14.36 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:      290.69,  6.49 [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 #18119
P. A. Evans (U Leicester), A. Y. Lien (GSFC/UMBC) and K. L. Page (U Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift Team:
At 04:06:09 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located GRB 150811A (trigger=651882). Swift slewed immediately to the burst. The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 291.371, -15.438 which is
```
   RA(J2000) = 19h 25m 29s
   Dec(J2000) = -15d 26' 16"
```
with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve showed a weak complex peak structure with a duration of about 20 sec. The peak count rate was ~1000 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~3 sec after the trigger.
The XRT began observing the field at 04:08:30.6 UT, 141.6 seconds after the BAT trigger. Using promptly downlinked data we find a bright, uncatalogued X-ray source located at RA, Dec 291.33917, -15.42535 which is equivalent to:
```
   RA(J2000)  = 19h 25m 21.40s
   Dec(J2000) = -15d 25' 31.3"
```
with an uncertainty of 3.7 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This location is 119 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. We cannot determine whether the source is fading at the present time.
A power-law fit to a spectrum formed from promptly downlinked event data gives a column density consistent with the Galactic value of 1.54 x 10^21 cm^-2 (Willingale et al. 2013).
The initial flux in the 2.5 s image was 4.59e-10 erg cm^-2 s^-1 (0.2-10 keV).
UVOT took a finding chart exposure of 150 seconds with the White filter starting 147 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 100% of the XRT error circle. The typical 3-sigma upper limit has been about 19.6 mag. 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 0.17.
Burst Advocate for this burst is P. A. Evans (pae9 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 NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Tue 11 Aug 15 04:30:11 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-XRT Position UPDATE
TRIGGER_NUM:     651882,   Seg_Num: 0
GRB_RA:          291.3391d {+19h 25m 21.38s} (J2000),
                 291.5614d {+19h 26m 14.72s} (current),
                 290.6266d {+19h 22m 30.38s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         -15.4253d {-15d 25' 31.0"} (J2000),
                 -15.3935d {-15d 23' 36.6"} (current),
                 -15.5250d {-15d 31' 29.9"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       3.7 [arcsec radius, statistical plus systematic, 90% containment]
GRB_INTEN:       1.00e-10 [erg/cm2/sec]
GRB_SIGNIF:      10.00 [sigma]
IMG_START_DATE:  17245 TJD;   223 DOY;   15/08/11
IMG_START_TIME:  15075.00 SOD {04:11:15.00} UT,   306.0 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
TAM[0-3]:        100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
AMPLIFIER:       1
WAVEFORM:        31
SUN_POSTN:       140.66d {+09h 22m 37s}  +15.37d {+15d 22' 04"}
SUN_DIST:        151.97 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.1 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:       99.11d {+06h 36m 26s}  +18.02d {+18d 01' 29"}
MOON_DIST:       167.79 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      11 [%]
GAL_COORDS:       22.71,-14.35 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst
ECL_COORDS:      290.67,  6.50 [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:        The probability that this is a serendipitous source in the  
COMMENTS:        SPER window is 0.58% < P(seren) < 1.1%.

GCN Circular #18120
Nat Butler (ASU), Alan M. Watson (UNAM), Alexander Kutyrev (GSFC), William H. Lee (UNAM), Michael G. Richer (UNAM), Chris Klein (UCB), Ori Fox (UCB), J. Xavier Prochaska (UCSC), Josh Bloom (UCB), Antonino Cucchiara (ORAU/GSFC), Eleonora Troja (GSFC), Owen Littlejohns (ASU), Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz (UCSC), Jos=C3=A9 A. de Diego (UNAM), Leonid Georgiev (UNAM)= , Jes=C3=BAs Gonz=C3=A1lez (UNAM), Carlos Rom=C3=A1n-Z=C3=BA=C3=B1iga (UNAM), Neil Geh= rels (GSFC), and Harvey Moseley (GSFC) report:
We observed the field of GRB 150811A (Evans, et al., GCN 18119) with the Reionization and Transients Infrared Camera (RATIR; www.ratir.org) on the 1.5m Harold Johnson Telescope at the Observatorio Astron=C3=B3mico Nacion= al on Sierra San Pedro M=C3=A1rtir from 2015/08 11.17 to 2015/08 11.19 UTC (2.6 minutes to 0.47 hours after the BAT trigger), obtaining a total of 0.36 hours exposure in the r, i, and z bands.
We detect a highly-time-variable uncatalogued source within Swift-XRT err= or circle. In comparison with the USNO-B1 catalog, we obtain the following:
```
  r     17.51 +/- 0.01
  i     17.22 +/- 0.01
  z     16.76 +/- 0.04
```
These magnitudes are in the AB system and are not corrected for Galactic extinction in the direction of the GRB. The source is located at RA, Dec= 19:25:21.40, -15:25:30.2 (J2000, +/-0.5").
We thank the staff of the Observatorio Astron=C3=B3mico Nacional in San Pedro M=C3=A1rtir. Further observations are planned.
GCN Circular #18121
WeiKang Zheng (UC Berkeley), Xianggao Wang (UC Berkeley, GXU, UNLV) and Alexei V. Filippenko (UC Berkeley) report on behalf of the KAIT GRB team:
The 0.76-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT), located at Lick Observatory, responded to Swift GRB 150811A (Evans et al., GCN 18119) about 10 minutes after the burst. Observations were performed with an automatic sequence in the clear (roughly R), V, and I filters, and the exposure time was 20 s per image. Inside the XRT error circle we detected an un-cataloged source with coordinates of :
```
RA =  19:25:21.40 (J2000)
DEC= -15:25:30.96 (J2000)
```
The object has I band mag of ~16.5 at ~15 minutes after burst and is decaying. We suggest this is the afterglow of GRB 150811A. Follow-up observations are encouraged.
GCN Circular #18122
Paul Kuin (MSSL/UCL) and P. A. Evans (U Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift/UVOT team:
The Swift/UVOT began settled observations of the field of GRB 150811A 147 s after the BAT trigger (Evans et al., GCN Circ. 18119). A source consistent with the XRT position and the optical transient reported by Butler et al.(GCN Circ. 18120) and Zheng et al. (GCN Circ. 18121) is detected in the promptly available UVOT exposures.
The preliminary UVOT position is:
```
    RA  (J2000) =  19:25:21.4
    Dec (J2000) = -15:25:31.1
```
with an estimated uncertainty of 0.6 arc sec. (radius, 90% confidence).
The transient source is at a distance of 4.6 arcsec of a weak nearby source.
Preliminary detections for the White and U finding charts 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           147          297          147         20.43 +/- 0.23
u_FC               306          549          241         18.24 +/- 0.11
```
The magnitudes in the table are not corrected for the Galactic extinction due to the reddening of E(B-V) = 0.17 in the direction of the burst (Schlegel et al. 1998).
GCN Circular #18123
J. Japelj (U. Ljubljana), C. Guidorzi (U. Ferrara), S. Kobayashi (LJMU) on behalf of a large collaboration report:
We observed the position of GRB 150811A (Evans et al. GCN Circ. 18119) with the 1-m McDonald telescope (Fort Davis, US), a member of the Las Cumbres Observatory network. Observations started on August 11 at 06:13:35 UT, i.e., 127 minutes after the GRB trigger time and were done with the r' and i' filters.
We detect the optical afterglow (Butler et al. GCN 18120, Zheng et al. GCN 18121, Kuin et al. 18122) with the magnitude of r' = 18.4 +- 0.2 at 132 min after the GRB trigger. Magnitude has been calibrated against nearby USNOB-1 stars.
GCN Circular #18124
M.R. Goad, J.P. Osborne, A.P. Beardmore and P.A. Evans (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team.
Using 1486 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 2 UVOT images for GRB 150811A, 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 = 291.33914, -15.42545 which is equivalent to:
```
RA (J2000): 19h 25m 21.39s
Dec (J2000): -15d 25' 31.6"
```
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, 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 #18125
D. A. Perley (DARK) and S. B. Cenko (GSFC) report:
The Palomar 60-inch automated telescope responded to the trigger for GRB 150811A (Evans et al., GRB 18119) and began observations at 04:10:54 UT, 4.75 minutes after the burst. A sequence of four 60-second i-band images was acquired, followed by a repeating cycle of 60-second r, i, and z-band images, then two epochs of imaging in ri filters later in the night.
The optical afterglow (e.g. Butler et al, GCN 18120; Zheng et al., GCN 18121; Kuin et al., GCN 18122; Japelj et al., GCN 18123) shows a sharp rise in flux during the first few observations, from I ~ 17.5 mag at t_mid = 5.25 minutes to a peak of I ~ 16.2 mag at t = 12.42 minutes (calibrating to USNO B1 I-band standards). Afterwards it levels out and then declines steadily, reaching I ~ 18.3 mag at t = 135.1 min and I ~ 19.0 mag at t = 303.85 min, corresponding to an average decay rate of approximately alpha = 0.8.
Further follow-up is planned. Spectroscopy is highly encouraged.
GCN Circular #18127
D.N. Burrows (PSU), C. Pagani (U. Leicester), A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester), A. Melandri (INAF-OAB), P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), V. D'Elia (ASDC), T.G.R. Roegiers (PSU), L.M. McCauley (PSU) and P.A. Evans report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team:
We have analysed 8.5 ks of XRT data for GRB 150811A (Evans et al. GCN Circ. 18119), from 128 s to 27.8 ks after the BAT trigger. The data comprise 156 s in Windowed Timing (WT) mode (the first 9 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. 18124).
The light curve can be modelled with an initial power-law decay with an index of alpha=2.52 (+/-0.19), followed by a break at T+366 s to an alpha of 1.17 (+0.06, -0.10).
A spectrum formed from the WT mode data can be fitted with an absorbed power-law with a photon spectral index of 2.11 (+0.21, -0.13). The best-fitting absorption column is 1.60 (+0.65, -0.07) x 10^21 cm^-2, consistent with the Galactic value of 1.5 x 10^21 cm^-2 (Willingale et al. 2013). The PC mode spectrum has a photon index of 2.03 (+0.13, -0.15) and a best-fitting absorption column of 2.1 (+1.0, -0.6) x 10^21 cm^-2. The counts to observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux conversion factor deduced from this spectrum is 3.5 x 10^-11 (4.9 x 10^-11) erg cm^-2 count^-1.
A summary of the PC-mode spectrum is thus:
```
Total column:	     2.1 (+1.0, -0.6) x 10^21 cm^-2
Galactic foreground: 1.5 x 10^21 cm^-2
Excess significance: <1.6 sigma
Photon index:	     2.03 (+0.13, -0.15)
```
If the light curve continues to decay with a power-law decay index of 1.17, the count rate at T+24 hours will be 3.2 x 10^-3 count s^-1, corresponding to an observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux of 1.1 x 10^-13 (1.6 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/00651882.
This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.
GCN Circular #18128
A. S. Moskvitin (SAO RAS, Russia) report on behalf of larger GRB follow-up collaboration:
The field of the GRB 150811A (Evans et al., GCNC #18119) was observed with the Zeiss-1000, 1-m telescope of SAO RAS. The observations started since 13.6 hours after the trigger. 6 x 300 sec frames in Rc filter were obtained under the good weather conditions.
The OT (Butler et al., GCNC #18120; Zheng, Wang and Filippenko, GCNC #18121; Kuin and Evans, GCNC #18122; Japelj, Guidorzi and Kobayashi, GCNC #18123; Perley and Cenko, GCNC #18125) is clearly detected in our stack image close to USNO-B1.0 star 0745-0762543. PSF photometry of the OT with DAOPHOT package gives R = 20.74 +/- 0.12 (T_mid - T0 = 13.911 hours).
Photometry is based on the nearby USNO-B1 stars (R2 magnitudes). The magnitude of the OT is not corrected for the Galactic extinction.
GCN Circular #18129
H. A. Krimm (GSFC/USRA), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), J. R. Cummings (GSFC/UMBC), P. A. Evans (U Leicester), N. Gehrels (GSFC), A. Y. Lien (GSFC/UMBC), C. B. Markwardt (GSFC), D. M. Palmer (LANL), T. Sakamoto (AGU), M. Stamatikos (OSU), T. N. Ukwatta (LANL) (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 150811A (trigger #651882) (Evans, et al., GCN Circ. 18119). The BAT ground-calculated position is RA, Dec = 291.347, -15.434 deg which is
```
  RA(J2000)  =  19h 25m 23.3s
  Dec(J2000) = -15d 26' 00.8"
```
with an uncertainty of 1.9 arcmin, (radius, sys+stat, 90% containment). The partial coding was 67%.
The mask-weighted light curve shows a single FRED-like pulse that starts at ~T+1 s, peaks at ~T+6 s, and ends at ~T+40 s. T90 (15-350 keV) is 34.00 +- 6.25 sec (estimated error including systematics).
The time-averaged spectrum from T+1.51 to T+40.36 sec is best fit by a simple power-law model. The power law index of the time-averaged spectrum is 2.13 +- 0.27. The fluence in the 15-150 keV band is 4.9 +- 0.8 x 10^-7 erg/cm2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured from T+6.59 sec in the 15-150 keV band is 0.5 +- 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/651882/BA/
GCN Circular #18131
N. P. M. Kuin (UCL-MSSL) and P. A. Evans (U Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift/UVOT team:
We report further on the Swift/UVOT observations of GRB 150811A which began 148 s after the BAT trigger (Evans et al., GCN Circ. 18119). A source consistent with the XRT position (Goad et al. GCN Circ. 18124) was reported earlier in the optical/ir by Butler et al.(GCN Circ. 18120) Zheng et al. (GCN Circ. 18121), Kuin et al.(GCN Circ. 12122), Japelj et al., (GCN Circ. 12123), Perley and Cenko (GCN. Circ. 12125), Moskivitin (GCN Circ. 12128). Our initial observations in the white filter show a rise from the start at 147s around magnitude (white) 21 which continues in the u band event data and starts leveling off around magnitude 17.8 550s after the trigger, consistent with the report by Perley and Cenko. The data taken during the next orbit show that the decay had already set in. The uv bands showed marginal count rates in all three bands initially below the 3-sigma level, suggesting the burst is at low redshift.
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           148          297          147         20.39 +/- 0.23
u_FC               306          549          239         18.19 +/- 0.11
white             4424         4624          197         19.16 +/- 0.07
u                 5449         5854          197         18.83 +/- 0.16
v                 4835         5034          197         18.89 +/- 0.17
b                 4219         4419          197         19.31 +/- 0.14
w1                5244        11888         1082        >20.6
m2                5039        10981         1082        >21.1
w2                4630         6265          393        >20.5
```
The magnitudes in the table are not corrected for the Galactic extinction due to the reddening of E(B-V) = 0.17 in the direction of the burst (Schlegel et al. 1998).
GCN Circular #18132
Nat Butler (ASU), Alan M. Watson (UNAM), Alexander Kutyrev (GSFC), Willia= m H. Lee (UNAM), Michael G. Richer (UNAM), Chris Klein (UCB), Ori Fox (UCB)= , J. Xavier Prochaska (UCSC), Josh Bloom (UCB), Antonino Cucchiara (ORAU/GSFC), Eleonora Troja (GSFC), Owen Littlejohns (ASU), Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz (UCSC), Jos=C3=A9 A. de Diego (UNAM), Leonid Georgiev (UNAM)= , Jes=C3=BAs Gonz=C3=A1lez (UNAM), Carlos Rom=C3=A1n-Z=C3=BA=C3=B1iga (UNAM), Neil Geh= rels (GSFC), and Harvey Moseley (GSFC) report:
We observed the field of GRB 150811A (Evans, et al., GCN 18119) with the Reionization and Transients Infrared Camera (RATIR; www.ratir.org) on the 1.5m Harold Johnson Telescope at the Observatorio Astron=C3=B3mico Nacion= al on Sierra San Pedro M=C3=A1rtir from 2015/08 12.15 to 2015/08 12.41 UTC (23.= 39 to 29.66 hours after the BAT trigger), obtaining a total of 4.98 hours exposure in the r, i, and z bands.
We continue to detect the source we reported earlier (Butler, et al.; GCN 18120), which we also observed for several additional hours on the first night. In comparison with the USNO-B1 and 2MASS catalogs, we obtain the following detections and upper limit (3-sigma):
```
  r 21.68 +/- 0.14
  i 21.48 +/- 0.05
  z >18.9
```
These magnitudes are in the AB system and are not corrected for Galactic extinction in the direction of the GRB. In comparison with our previous observations, the source flux has declined approximately as t^(-1).
We thank the staff of the Observatorio Astron=C3=B3mico Nacional in San Pedro M=C3=A1rtir. Further observations are planned.
GCN Circular #18134
T. Laskar (NRAO / UC Berkeley), A. Zauderer, K. Alexander, E. Berger (Harvard), and W. Fong (Univ. of Arizona) report on behalf of a larger collaboration:
"We observed GRB 150811A (Evans et al; GCN 18119) at multiple frequencies with the VLA beginning 2015 August 12.13 UT (0.96 days after the burst). At a mean frequency of 21.8 GHz, we detect a radio source with a preliminary flux density of ~ 0.1 mJy at
```
RA = 19:25:21.3920 +/- 0.0005
Dec = -15:25:31.00 +/- 0.01
```
consistent with the enhanced Swft/XRT position (Goad et al.; GCN 18124) and the optical position (Butler et al., GCN 18120; Zheng at al., GCN 18121; Kuin et al., GCN 18122). Follow-up observations are planned."
GCN Circular #18135
Xianggao Wang (UC Berkeley, GXU, UNLV), WeiKang Zheng and Alexei V. Filippenko (UC Berkeley) report on behalf of the KAIT GRB team:
The 0.76-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) at Lick Observatory responded to Swift GRB 150811A (Evans et al., GCN 18119) starting at 04:09:05 UT, 176 s after the burst. Observations were performed with an automatic sequence in the V, I, and clear (roughly R) filters, and the exposure time was 20 s per image. Due to a focus problem, the first useful image started at about 364 s after burst, and observations lasted about 5.5 hours later. The optical afterglow (Butler et al., GCN 18120; GCN 18132, Zheng et al., GCN 18121, Kuin et al., GCN 18122; 18131, Japelj et al., GCN 12123, Perley & Cenko, GCN 12125, Moskivitin, GCN 12128) was well detected in I filters. We confirm the peak of the OT around ~13 m reported by Perley & Cenko (GCN 12125). After 3 ks after the burst, the light curve can be fit by a power law with index of -1.02, consistent with the value reported by Butler et al. (GCN 18132). A preliminary light curve is posted at: http://astro.berkeley.edu/~zwk/grb/GRB150811A/GRB150811A_kait.png
GCN Circular #18140
Nat Butler (ASU), Alan M. Watson (UNAM), Alexander Kutyrev (GSFC), William H. Lee (UNAM), Michael G. Richer (UNAM), Chris Klein (UCB), Ori Fox (UCB), J. Xavier Prochaska (UCSC), Josh Bloom (UCB), Antonino Cucchiara (ORAU/GSFC), Eleonora Troja (GSFC), Owen Littlejohns (ASU), Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz (UCSC), Jos=C3=A9 A. de Diego (UNAM), Leonid Georgiev (UNAM)= , Jes=C3=BAs Gonz=C3=A1lez (UNAM), Carlos Rom=C3=A1n-Z=C3=BA=C3=B1iga (UNAM), Neil Geh= rels (GSFC), and Harvey Moseley (GSFC) report:
We observed the field of GRB 150811A (Evans, et al., GCN 18119) with the Reionization and Transients Infrared Camera (RATIR; www.ratir.org) on the 1.5m Harold Johnson Telescope at the Observatorio Astron=C3=B3mico Nacion= al on Sierra San Pedro M=C3=A1rtir from 2015/08 13.14 to 2015/08 13.40 UTC (47.= 37 to 53.59 hours after the BAT trigger), obtaining a total of 4.93 hours exposure in the r, i, and z bands.
We continue to detect the optical afterglow. Relative to the flux report= ed in Butler et al. (GCN 18132), the source continues to appear to fade approximately as t^(-1). In comparison with the USNO-B1 and 2MASS catalogs, we obtain the following detections and upper limit (3-sigma):
```
  r =3D 22.00 +/- 0.20
  i =3D 21.83 +/- 0.20
  z > 20.40
```
These magnitudes are in the AB system and are not corrected for Galactic extinction in the direction of the GRB.
We thank the staff of the Observatorio Astron=C3=B3mico Nacional in San Pedro M=C3=A1rtir.
GCN Circular #18141
Nat Butler (ASU), Alan M. Watson (UNAM), Alexander Kutyrev (GSFC), Willia= m H. Lee (UNAM), Michael G. Richer (UNAM), Ori Fox (UCB), J. Xavier Prochas= ka (UCSC), Josh Bloom (UCB), Antonino Cucchiara (ORAU/GSFC), Eleonora Troja (GSFC), Owen Littlejohns (ASU), Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz (UCSC), Jos=C3=A9 A. = de Diego (UNAM), Leonid Georgiev (UNAM), Jes=C3=BAs Gonz=C3=A1lez (UNAM), Ca= rlos Rom=C3=A1n-Z=C3=BA=C3=B1iga (UNAM), Neil Gehrels (GSFC), Harvey Moseley (= GSFC), John Capone (UMD), V. Zach Golkhou (ASU), and Vicki Toy (UMD) report:
We observed the field of GRB 150811A (Evans, et al., GCN 18119) with the Reionization and Transients Infrared Camera (RATIR; www.ratir.org) on the 1.5m Harold Johnson Telescope at the Observatorio Astron=C3=B3mico Nacion= al on Sierra San Pedro M=C3=A1rtir from 2015/08 14.22 to 2015/08 14.41 UTC (73.= 12 to 77.68 hours after the BAT trigger), obtaining a total of 3.56 hours exposure in the r, i, and z bands.
In comparison with the USNO-B1 and 2MASS catalogs, we obtain the followin= g detections and upper limit (3-sigma):
```
  r =3D 22.4 +/- 0.3
  i =3D 22.0 +/- 0.4
  z > 20.37
```
These magnitudes are in the AB system and are not corrected for Galactic extinction in the direction of the GRB. The fading of the source remains consistent with t^(-1) (see, Butler et al., 18120, 18132, 18140).
We thank the staff of the Observatorio Astron=C3=B3mico Nacional in San P= edro M=C3=A1rtir.

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