Gamma-ray Burst 221120A

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Results of Observations

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/FERMI NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 20 Nov 22 21:29:56 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Fermi-GBM Flight Position
RECORD_NUM:      47
TRIGGER_NUM:     690672572
GRB_RA:           31.483d {+02h 05m 56s} (J2000),
                  31.840d {+02h 07m 22s} (current),
                  30.707d {+02h 02m 50s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         +43.500d {+43d 30' 00"} (J2000),
                 +43.608d {+43d 36' 30"} (current),
                 +43.262d {+43d 15' 42"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       12.62 [deg radius, statistical plus systematic]
GRB_INTEN:       451 [cnts/sec]
DATA_SIGNIF:     10.40 [sigma]
INTEG_TIME:      0.256 [sec]
GRB_DATE:        19903 TJD;   324 DOY;   22/11/20
GRB_TIME:        77367.85 SOD {21:29:27.85} UT
GRB_PHI:         192.00 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        55.00 [deg]
DATA_TIME_SCALE: 0.2560 [sec]
HARD_RATIO:      0.15
LOC_ALGORITHM:   3 (version number of)
MOST_LIKELY:      92%  GRB
2nd_MOST_LIKELY:   5%  Distant Particles
DETECTORS:       0,0,0, 0,0,0, 1,0,0, 0,0,1, 0,0,
SUN_POSTN:       236.30d {+15h 45m 13s}  -19.83d {-19d 49' 53"}
SUN_DIST:        148.65 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.4 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      198.14d {+13h 12m 32s}   -5.31d {-05d 18' 46"}
MOON_DIST:       139.84 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      136.98,-17.33 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:       45.13, 28.74 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
LC_URL:          http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2022/bn221120895/quicklook/glg_lc_medres34_bn221120895.gif
COMMENTS:        Fermi-GBM Flight-calculated Coordinates.  
COMMENTS:        This trigger occurred at longitude,latitude = 290.32,19.25 [deg].  
COMMENTS:        The LC_URL file will not be created until ~15 min after the trigger.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/FERMI NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 20 Nov 22 21:30:14 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Fermi-GBM Ground Position
RECORD_NUM:      58
TRIGGER_NUM:     690672572
GRB_RA:           32.510d {+02h 10m 02s} (J2000),
                  32.874d {+02h 11m 30s} (current),
                  31.718d {+02h 06m 52s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         +45.870d {+45d 52' 12"} (J2000),
                 +45.977d {+45d 58' 38"} (current),
                 +45.634d {+45d 38' 03"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       9.66 [deg radius, statistical only]
DATA_SIGNIF:     10.50 [sigma]
DATA_INTERVAL:   0.256 [sec]
GRB_DATE:        19903 TJD;   324 DOY;   22/11/20
GRB_TIME:        77367.85 SOD {21:29:27.85} UT
GRB_PHI:         195.00 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        55.00 [deg]
E_RANGE:         44.032 - 279.965 [keV]
LOC_ALGORITHM:   4173 (Gnd S/W Version number)
SUN_POSTN:       236.30d {+15h 45m 13s}  -19.83d {-19d 49' 53"}
SUN_DIST:        147.54 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.4 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      198.14d {+13h 12m 33s}   -5.31d {-05d 18' 51"}
MOON_DIST:       137.37 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      136.95,-14.85 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:       46.96, 30.64 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
LC_URL:          http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2022/bn221120895/quicklook/glg_lc_medres34_bn221120895.gif
POS_MAP_URL:     http://gcn.gsfc.nasa.gov/notices_f/gbm_gnd_loc_map_690672572.fits
COMMENTS:        Fermi-GBM Ground-calculated Coordinates.  
COMMENTS:        In the LAT Field-of-view.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  
COMMENTS:        The LC_URL file will not be created/available until ~15 min after the trigger.  
COMMENTS:        The POS_MAP_URL file will not be created/available until ~1.5 min after the notice.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/FERMI NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Mon 21 Nov 22 01:17:05 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Fermi-GBM Final Position
RECORD_NUM:      0
TRIGGER_NUM:     690672572
GRB_RA:           38.700d {+02h 34m 48s} (J2000),
                  39.062d {+02h 36m 15s} (current),
                  37.912d {+02h 31m 39s} (1950)
GRB_DEC:         +40.660d {+40d 39' 36"} (J2000),
                 +40.759d {+40d 45' 33"} (current),
                 +40.442d {+40d 26' 30"} (1950)
GRB_ERROR:       9.31 [deg radius, statistical only]
GRB_DATE:        19903 TJD;   324 DOY;   22/11/20
GRB_TIME:        77367.85 SOD {21:29:27.85} UT
GRB_PHI:         191.00 [deg]
GRB_THETA:        61.00 [deg]
E_RANGE:         50.000 - 300.000 [keV]
LOC_ALGORITHM:   415 (Gnd S/W Version number)
SUN_POSTN:       236.47d {+15h 45m 52s}  -19.87d {-19d 51' 59"}
SUN_DIST:        154.37 [deg]   Sun_angle= -10.8 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      200.04d {+13h 20m 09s}   -6.27d {-06d 16' 21"}
MOON_DIST:       141.55 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      11 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      143.29,-18.09 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
ECL_COORDS:       49.55, 24.15 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the burst (or transient)
LC_URL:          http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2022/bn221120895/quicklook/glg_lc_medres34_bn221120895.gif
LOC_URL:         http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/FTP/fermi/data/gbm/triggers/2022/bn221120895/quicklook/glg_locplot_all_bn221120895.png
COMMENTS:        Fermi-GBM Final Position.  
COMMENTS:        This Notice was ground-generated -- not flight-generated.  
COMMENTS:        The LC_URL file should be available by the time this FINAL notice is produced.  
COMMENTS:        This notice has human-in-the-loop processing.

GCN/BACODINE POSITION NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 20 Nov 22 21:33:58 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Source List
TRIGGER_NUM:     1141030,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:         41.337d {+02h 45m 21s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       +43.191d {+43d 11' 26"} (J2000)
POINT_ROLL:      327.074d
IMG_START_DATE:  19903 TJD;   324 DOY;   22/11/20
IMG_START_TIME:  77466.68 SOD {21:31:06.68} UT,   68569.1 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
BKG_MEAN:        2.231
N_STARS:         120
X_OFFSET:        568 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        602 [pixels]
X_MAX:           1527 [pixels]
Y_MAX:           1561 [pixels]
DET_THRESH:      12
PHOTO_THRESH:    6
SL_URL:          sw01141030000msufc932569.fits
SUN_POSTN:       236.31d {+15h 45m 13s}  -19.83d {-19d 49' 55"}
SUN_DIST:        153.54 [deg]   Sun_angle= -11.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      198.17d {+13h 12m 41s}   -5.33d {-05d 19' 48"}
MOON_DIST:       136.73 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      144.02,-14.97 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:       52.53, 25.87 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Source List.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 20 Nov 22 21:34:11 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Source List
TRIGGER_NUM:     1141030,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:         41.337d {+02h 45m 21s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       +43.191d {+43d 11' 26"} (J2000)
POINT_ROLL:      327.074d
IMG_START_DATE:  19903 TJD;   324 DOY;   22/11/20
IMG_START_TIME:  77466.68 SOD {21:31:06.68} UT,   68569.1 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
BKG_MEAN:        2.231
N_STARS:         120
X_OFFSET:        568 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        602 [pixels]
X_MAX:           1527 [pixels]
Y_MAX:           1561 [pixels]
DET_THRESH:      12
PHOTO_THRESH:    6
SL_URL:          sw01141030000msufc932569.fits
SUN_POSTN:       236.31d {+15h 45m 13s}  -19.83d {-19d 49' 55"}
SUN_DIST:        153.54 [deg]   Sun_angle= -11.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      198.17d {+13h 12m 41s}   -5.33d {-05d 19' 51"}
MOON_DIST:       136.73 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      144.02,-14.97 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:       52.53, 25.87 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Processed Source List.  
COMMENTS:        All 4 attachments are included.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 20 Nov 22 21:35:21 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     1141030,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:         41.337d {+02h 45m 21s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       +43.191d {+43d 11' 26"} (J2000)
ROLL:            327.074d
IMG_START_DATE:  19903 TJD;   324 DOY;   22/11/20
IMG_START_TIME:  77466.68 SOD {21:31:06.68} UT,   68569.1 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
EXPOSURE_ID:     690672696
X_OFFSET:        887 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        921 [pixels]
WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
X_GRB_POS:       1047
Y_GRB_POS:       1081
BINNING_INDEX:   1
IM_URL:          sw01141030000msuni932600.fits
SUN_POSTN:       236.31d {+15h 45m 14s}  -19.83d {-19d 49' 56"}
SUN_DIST:        153.54 [deg]   Sun_angle= -11.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      198.18d {+13h 12m 43s}   -5.34d {-05d 20' 09"}
MOON_DIST:       136.74 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      144.02,-14.97 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:       52.53, 25.87 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Image.  
COMMENTS:        The GRB Position came from the Window Position in the Mode Command.  
COMMENTS:        The image has 2x2 binning (compression).

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 20 Nov 22 21:35:28 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     1141030,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:         41.337d {+02h 45m 21s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       +43.191d {+43d 11' 26"} (J2000)
ROLL:            327.074d
IMG_START_DATE:  19903 TJD;   324 DOY;   22/11/20
IMG_START_TIME:  77466.68 SOD {21:31:06.68} UT,   68569.1 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
EXPOSURE_ID:     690672696
X_OFFSET:        887 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        921 [pixels]
WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
X_GRB_POS:       1047
Y_GRB_POS:       1081
BINNING_INDEX:   1
IM_URL:          sw01141030000msuni932600.fits
SUN_POSTN:       236.31d {+15h 45m 14s}  -19.83d {-19d 49' 56"}
SUN_DIST:        153.54 [deg]   Sun_angle= -11.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      198.18d {+13h 12m 44s}   -5.34d {-05d 20' 10"}
MOON_DIST:       136.74 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      144.02,-14.97 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:       52.53, 25.87 [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 NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 20 Nov 22 21:41:39 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Source List
TRIGGER_NUM:     1141030,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:         41.338d {+02h 45m 21s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       +43.190d {+43d 11' 25"} (J2000)
POINT_ROLL:      327.072d
IMG_START_DATE:  19903 TJD;   324 DOY;   22/11/20
IMG_START_TIME:  77678.67 SOD {21:34:38.67} UT,   68781.1 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          7, U
BKG_MEAN:        0.631
N_STARS:         190
X_OFFSET:        328 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        362 [pixels]
X_MAX:           1767 [pixels]
Y_MAX:           1801 [pixels]
DET_THRESH:      7
PHOTO_THRESH:    3
SL_URL:          sw01141030000msufc932781.fits
SUN_POSTN:       236.31d {+15h 45m 15s}  -19.83d {-19d 50' 00"}
SUN_DIST:        153.54 [deg]   Sun_angle= -11.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      198.23d {+13h 12m 56s}   -5.36d {-05d 21' 45"}
MOON_DIST:       136.79 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      144.02,-14.97 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:       52.53, 25.87 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Source List.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 20 Nov 22 21:43:00 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     1141030,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:         41.338d {+02h 45m 21s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       +43.190d {+43d 11' 25"} (J2000)
ROLL:            327.072d
IMG_START_DATE:  19903 TJD;   324 DOY;   22/11/20
IMG_START_TIME:  77678.67 SOD {21:34:38.67} UT,   68781.1 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          7, U
EXPOSURE_ID:     690672908
X_OFFSET:        887 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        921 [pixels]
WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
X_GRB_POS:       1047
Y_GRB_POS:       1081
BINNING_INDEX:   1
IM_URL:          sw01141030000msuni932812.fits
SUN_POSTN:       236.31d {+15h 45m 15s}  -19.83d {-19d 50' 00"}
SUN_DIST:        153.54 [deg]   Sun_angle= -11.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      198.24d {+13h 12m 59s}   -5.37d {-05d 22' 05"}
MOON_DIST:       136.80 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      144.02,-14.97 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:       52.53, 25.87 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Image.  
COMMENTS:        The GRB Position came from the Window Position in the Mode Command.  
COMMENTS:        The image has 2x2 binning (compression).

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 20 Nov 22 21:41:53 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Source List
TRIGGER_NUM:     1141030,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:         41.338d {+02h 45m 21s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       +43.190d {+43d 11' 25"} (J2000)
POINT_ROLL:      327.072d
IMG_START_DATE:  19903 TJD;   324 DOY;   22/11/20
IMG_START_TIME:  77678.67 SOD {21:34:38.67} UT,   68781.1 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          7, U
BKG_MEAN:        0.631
N_STARS:         190
X_OFFSET:        328 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        362 [pixels]
X_MAX:           1767 [pixels]
Y_MAX:           1801 [pixels]
DET_THRESH:      7
PHOTO_THRESH:    3
SL_URL:          sw01141030000msufc932781.fits
SUN_POSTN:       236.31d {+15h 45m 15s}  -19.83d {-19d 50' 00"}
SUN_DIST:        153.54 [deg]   Sun_angle= -11.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      198.24d {+13h 12m 56s}   -5.36d {-05d 21' 48"}
MOON_DIST:       136.79 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      144.02,-14.97 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:       52.53, 25.87 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Processed Source List.  
COMMENTS:        All 4 attachments are included.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 20 Nov 22 21:43:10 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     1141030,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:         41.338d {+02h 45m 21s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       +43.190d {+43d 11' 25"} (J2000)
ROLL:            327.072d
IMG_START_DATE:  19903 TJD;   324 DOY;   22/11/20
IMG_START_TIME:  77678.67 SOD {21:34:38.67} UT,   68781.1 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          7, U
EXPOSURE_ID:     690672908
X_OFFSET:        887 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        921 [pixels]
WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
X_GRB_POS:       1047
Y_GRB_POS:       1081
BINNING_INDEX:   1
IM_URL:          sw01141030000msuni932812.fits
SUN_POSTN:       236.31d {+15h 45m 15s}  -19.83d {-19d 50' 00"}
SUN_DIST:        153.54 [deg]   Sun_angle= -11.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      198.25d {+13h 12m 59s}   -5.37d {-05d 22' 08"}
MOON_DIST:       136.80 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      144.02,-14.97 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:       52.53, 25.87 [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 NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 20 Nov 22 21:46:43 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Source List
TRIGGER_NUM:     1141030,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:         41.337d {+02h 45m 21s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       +43.190d {+43d 11' 23"} (J2000)
POINT_ROLL:      327.073d
IMG_START_DATE:  19903 TJD;   324 DOY;   22/11/20
IMG_START_TIME:  78231.52 SOD {21:43:51.52} UT,   69334.0 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
BKG_MEAN:        2.150
N_STARS:         190
X_OFFSET:        328 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        362 [pixels]
X_MAX:           1767 [pixels]
Y_MAX:           1801 [pixels]
DET_THRESH:      12
PHOTO_THRESH:    6
SL_URL:          sw01141030000msufc933333.fits
SUN_POSTN:       236.31d {+15h 45m 15s}  -19.83d {-19d 50' 02"}
SUN_DIST:        153.54 [deg]   Sun_angle= -11.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      198.28d {+13h 13m 06s}   -5.38d {-05d 23' 02"}
MOON_DIST:       136.83 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      144.02,-14.97 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:       52.52, 25.87 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Source List.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 20 Nov 22 21:48:08 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     1141030,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:         41.337d {+02h 45m 21s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       +43.190d {+43d 11' 23"} (J2000)
ROLL:            327.073d
IMG_START_DATE:  19903 TJD;   324 DOY;   22/11/20
IMG_START_TIME:  78231.52 SOD {21:43:51.52} UT,   69334.0 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
EXPOSURE_ID:     690673461
X_OFFSET:        887 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        921 [pixels]
WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
X_GRB_POS:       1047
Y_GRB_POS:       1081
BINNING_INDEX:   1
IM_URL:          sw01141030000msuni933364.fits
SUN_POSTN:       236.32d {+15h 45m 16s}  -19.83d {-19d 50' 03"}
SUN_DIST:        153.54 [deg]   Sun_angle= -11.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      198.29d {+13h 13m 09s}   -5.39d {-05d 23' 23"}
MOON_DIST:       136.84 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      144.02,-14.97 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:       52.52, 25.87 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Image.  
COMMENTS:        The GRB Position came from the Window Position in the Mode Command.  
COMMENTS:        The image has 2x2 binning (compression).

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 20 Nov 22 21:47:02 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Source List
TRIGGER_NUM:     1141030,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:         41.337d {+02h 45m 21s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       +43.190d {+43d 11' 23"} (J2000)
POINT_ROLL:      327.073d
IMG_START_DATE:  19903 TJD;   324 DOY;   22/11/20
IMG_START_TIME:  78231.52 SOD {21:43:51.52} UT,   69334.0 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
BKG_MEAN:        2.150
N_STARS:         190
X_OFFSET:        328 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        362 [pixels]
X_MAX:           1767 [pixels]
Y_MAX:           1801 [pixels]
DET_THRESH:      12
PHOTO_THRESH:    6
SL_URL:          sw01141030000msufc933333.fits
SUN_POSTN:       236.31d {+15h 45m 16s}  -19.83d {-19d 50' 02"}
SUN_DIST:        153.54 [deg]   Sun_angle= -11.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      198.28d {+13h 13m 07s}   -5.39d {-05d 23' 07"}
MOON_DIST:       136.83 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      144.02,-14.97 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:       52.52, 25.87 [deg] ecliptic lon,lat of the pointing direction
COMMENTS:        SWIFT-UVOT Processed Source List.  
COMMENTS:        All 4 attachments are included.

GCN NOTICE

TITLE:           GCN/SWIFT NOTICE
NOTICE_DATE:     Sun 20 Nov 22 21:48:20 UT
NOTICE_TYPE:     Swift-UVOT Processed Image
TRIGGER_NUM:     1141030,   Seg_Num: 0
POINT_RA:         41.337d {+02h 45m 21s} (J2000)
POINT_DEC:       +43.190d {+43d 11' 23"} (J2000)
ROLL:            327.073d
IMG_START_DATE:  19903 TJD;   324 DOY;   22/11/20
IMG_START_TIME:  78231.52 SOD {21:43:51.52} UT,   69334.0 [sec] since BAT Trigger Time
FILTER:          10, White
EXPOSURE_ID:     690673461
X_OFFSET:        887 [pixels]
Y_OFFSET:        921 [pixels]
WIDTH:           160 [pixels]
HEIGHT:          160 [pixels]
X_GRB_POS:       1047
Y_GRB_POS:       1081
BINNING_INDEX:   1
IM_URL:          sw01141030000msuni933364.fits
SUN_POSTN:       236.32d {+15h 45m 16s}  -19.83d {-19d 50' 03"}
SUN_DIST:        153.54 [deg]   Sun_angle= -11.0 [hr] (East of Sun)
MOON_POSTN:      198.29d {+13h 13m 09s}   -5.39d {-05d 23' 26"}
MOON_DIST:       136.84 [deg]
MOON_ILLUM:      12 [%]
GAL_COORDS:      144.02,-14.97 [deg] galactic lon,lat of the pointing direction
ECL_COORDS:       52.52, 25.87 [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 #32955
R. A. J. Eyles-Ferris (U Leicester), J.D. Gropp (PSU), J. A. Kennea (PSU), K. L. Page (U Leicester), D. M. Palmer (LANL), M. H. Siegel (PSU) and A. Tohuvavohu (U Toronto) report on behalf of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Team:
At 21:29:28 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located GRB 221120A (trigger=1141030). Swift slewed immediately to the burst. The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 41.3225 43.1970 which is
```
   RA(J2000) = 02h 45m 17s
   Dec(J2000) = 43d 11' 49"
```
with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including systematic uncertainty). The BAT trigger duration was 0.256 s, suggesting a possible short burst. Due to a telemetry gap, no further BAT information will be available until ground contact.
Using promptly downlinked data we find an uncatalogued X-ray source with an enhanced position: RA, Dec 41.33852, 43.24280 which is equivalent to:
```
   RA(J2000)  = 02h 45m 21.24s
   Dec(J2000) = +43d 14' 34.1"
```
with an uncertainty of 1.9 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This position may be improved as more data are received; the latest position is available at https://www.swift.ac.uk/sper.
A power-law fit to a spectrum formed from promptly downlinked event data does not constrain the column density.
UVOT took a finding chart exposure of 150 seconds with the White filter. No credible afterglow candidate has been found in the initial data products. The 2.7'x2.7' sub-image covers 0% 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.
Burst Advocate for this burst is R. A. J. Eyles-Ferris (raje1 AT leicester.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/)
GCN Circular #32956
V. Swain (IITB), H. Kumar (IITB), R. Norboo (IAO), V. Bhalerao (IITB), G. C. Anupama (IIA), S. Barway (IIA) report on behalf of the GIT team:
We observed the short GRB 221120A detected by Swift (R. A. J. Eyles-Ferris et al., GCN 32955), with the 0.7m GROWTH-India Telescope (GIT). The observations started at 22:31:28 UT on 2022-11-20, 62 mins after the Swift trigger. We obtained multiple 300-sec exposures in the g', r' and i' filters. We did not detect any new source in our stacked images within the 1.9 arcsec radius circle around R.A.= 02h 45m 21.24s, Dec.= +43d 14' 34.1". The obtained upper limits follow as:
```
-------------------------------------------------------------------
JD (mid) | T_mid-T0(hrs) | Exposure (sec) | Filter | Lim_mag (5-sigma) |
-------------------------------------------------------------------
2459904.44036416 | 1.08 | 3 x 300 (stacked) | g' | > 21.24 |
2459904.46842522 | 1.75 | 8 x 300 (stacked) | r' | > 21.37 |
2459904.46658235 | 1.70 | 3 x 300 (stacked) | i' | > 20.44 | 
-------------------------------------------------------------------
```
The magnitudes are calibrated against PanSTARRS DR1 (Chambers et al., 2016) and not corrected for Galactic extinction.
The GROWTH India Telescope (GIT; Kumar et al. 2022 <https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ac7bea >) is a 70-cm telescope with a 0.7-degree field of view, set up by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) with funding from DST-SERB and IUSSTF. It is located at the Indian Astronomical Observatory (Hanle), operated by IIA. We acknowledge funding by the IITB alumni batch of 1994, which partially supports the telescope窶冱 operations. Telescope technical details are available at https://sites.google.com/view/growthindia/ .
GCN Circular #32957
B. O'Connor (UMD/GWU), I. Andreoni (UMD), S. B. Cenko (NASA/GSFC), E. Troja (UTV/ASU), S. Dichiara (PSU), A. Kutyrev (NASA/GSFC), S. Veilleux (UMD), J. Durbak (UMD), on behalf of a larger collaboration:
We performed target of opportunity observations of GRB 221120A (Eyles-Ferris et al., GCN 32955) with the 4.3m Lowell Discovery Telescope in Happy Jack, AZ. Observations began on October 21, 2022 at 01:32:08.76 UT corresponding to ~4 hr after the GRB. We obtained 8x150 s exposures in r-band under good conditions.
At the North-East edge of the XRT localization we detect a faint source with magnitude r~24.1 AB mag. The source position is:
RA, DEC (J2000) = 02:45:21.36, 43:14:34.9 +/- 0.5"
No other sources are detected within 5" of the GRB localization to depth r>24.5 AB mag. At present we cannot evaluate whether this source is the counterpart to GRB 221120A. These results are consistent with previous upper limits (Swain et al., GCN 32956).
We note the presence of a nearby bright galaxy at an offset of ~16.5" from the center of the XRT localization (Eyles-Ferris et al., GCN 32955). The galaxy has a photometric redshift from SDSS of z~0.12. At this redshift, the offset from the XRT position is ~37 kpc. The probability of chance coincidence is Pcc<0.05. Therefore. this is a plausible host galaxy of GRB221120A.
Magnitudes are calibrated against nearby SDSS stars.
These magnitudes are not corrected for Galactic interstellar reddening E(B-V)~0.08 mag.
We thank the staff of the Lowell Observatory for assistance with these observations.
Further observations are planned.
GCN Circular #32958
Paul Kuin (MSSL/UCL) and Rob Eyles-Ferris (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift/UVOT team:
The Swift/UVOT began settled observations of the field of GRB 221120A 208 s after the BAT trigger (Eyles-Ferris et al., GCN Circ. 32955). An optical detection in r' has been reported by O'Connor et al. (GCN Circ. 32957). No optical afterglow consistent with the enhanced XRT position 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

u_FC               208          458          246         >19.9
white              761          911          295         >21.0
u                  208          458          246         >19.9
```
The magnitudes in the table are not corrected for the Galactic extinction due to the reddening of E(B-V) = 0.093 in the direction of the burst (Schlegel et al. 1998).
GCN Circular #32959
Confirming the "likely" classification from GCN 32955, GRB 221120A has a measured T90 duration of ~0.8 seconds (15-195 keV) in the Swift/BAT data. Followup is encouraged.
GCN Circular #32961

Simone Leonini, M. Conti, P. Rosi and L.M. Tinjaca Ramirez (Montarrenti Observatory, Siena, Italy) report:

We observed the field of the short GRB221120A (Trigger 1141030, R.A.J. Eyles-Ferris et al., GCN Circ. 32955) with the automatic 0.53m RC telescope + U47 detector at Montarrenti Observatory (Siena, Italy, IAU code C88).

The observations were started under good weather conditions at 2022-11-20 22:35:10 UT (2.240s after notice) stacking 10x30s clear filter CCD exposures.

We have not found optical transient within the error-box of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory position (RA 02h 45m 17.00s, Dec +43d 11m 49.0s - J2000).
Mag. upper limit R = 19.86+/-0.14

Magnitudes were obtained from USNO-B1 catalogue and are not corrected for galactic extinction.

Observations are consistent with previous upper limits (Swain et al., GCN 32956).
GCN Circular #32962
M.R. Goad, J.P. Osborne, A.P. Beardmore and P.A. Evans (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team.
Using 1363 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 2 UVOT images for GRB 221120A, 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 = 41.33982, +43.24315 which is equivalent to:
```
RA (J2000): 02h 45m 21.56s
Dec (J2000): +43d 14' 35.4"
```
with an uncertainty of 2.4 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 #32963
S. Dichiara (PSU), J.A. Kennea (PSU), K.L. Page (U. Leicester), A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester), P.A. Evans (U. Leicester), A. D'Ai (INAF-IASFPA), A. Melandri (INAF-OAB), T. Sbarrato (INAF-OAB), A. Tohuvavohu (U. Toronto) and R.A.J. Eyles-Ferris report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team:
We have analysed 8.4 ks of XRT data for GRB 221120A (Eyles-Ferris et al. GCN Circ. 32955), from 103 s to 47.0 ks after the BAT trigger. The data are entirely in Photon Counting (PC) mode. The enhanced XRT position for this burst was given by Goad et al. (GCN Circ. 32962).
The light curve can be modelled with a power-law decay with a decay index of alpha=1.6 (+/-0.3).
A spectrum formed from the PC mode data can be fitted with an absorbed power-law with a photon spectral index of 1.9 (+1.1, -0.9). The best-fitting absorption column is 3.2 (+2.4, -1.7) x 10^22 cm^-2, in excess of the Galactic value of 1.2 x 10^21 cm^-2 (Willingale et al. 2013). The counts to observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux conversion factor deduced from this spectrum is 7.9 x 10^-11 (1.8 x 10^-10) erg cm^-2 count^-1.
A summary of the PC-mode spectrum is thus:
```
Total column:	     3.2 (+2.4, -1.7) x 10^22 cm^-2
Galactic foreground: 1.2 x 10^21 cm^-2
Excess significance: 3.0 sigma
Photon index:	     1.9 (+1.1, -0.9)
```
If the light curve continues to decay with a power-law decay index of 1.6, the count rate at T+24 hours will be 8.2 x 10^-6 count s^-1, corresponding to an observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux of 6.5 x 10^-16 (1.5 x 10^-15) erg cm^-2 s^-1.
The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis are available at http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/01141030.
This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.
GCN Circular #32964
P. Veres and C. Meegan (both UAH) report on behalf of the Fermi GBM Team:
"At 21:29:27.85 UT on 20 November 2022, the Fermi Gamma-Ray Burst Monitor (GBM) triggered and located GRB 221120A (trigger 690672572 / 221120895) which was also detected by the Swift/BAT (Eyles-Ferris et al., GCN 32955). The GBM on-ground location is consistent with the Swift position.
The angle from the Fermi LAT boresight at the GBM trigger time is 62 degrees.
The GBM light curve consists of two pulses with a duration (T90) of about 0.64 s (50-300 keV). The time-averaged spectrum from T0-0.13 s to T0+0.58 s is best fit by a power law function with an exponential high-energy cutoff. The power law index is 0.11 +/- 0.31 and the cutoff energy, parameterized as Epeak, is 379 +/- 65 keV.
The event fluence (10-1000 keV) in this time interval is (7.8 +/- 0.9)E-7 erg/cm^2. The 64 ms peak photon flux measured starting from T0+0.38 s in the 10-1000 keV band is 7.45 +/- 0.91 ph/s/cm^2.
The spectral analysis results presented above are preliminary; final results will be published in the GBM GRB Catalog: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/W3Browse/fermi/fermigbrst.html
For Fermi GBM data and info, please visit the official Fermi GBM Support Page: https://fermi.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssc/data/access/gbm/"
GCN Circular #32965
J. Rastinejad, C. D. Kilpatrick, A. E. Nugent and W. Fong (Northwestern) report:
We analyzed stacked images from the Pan-STARRS 3pi Data Release 1 image archive (Flewelling et al. 2016) of the location of the short-duration GRB 221120A (Eyles-Ferris et al., GCN 32955, Tohuvavohu et al., GCN 32959). We detect a faint source in multiple bands centered at
```
RA (J2000): 02:45:21.31
Dec (J2000): +43:14:35.35
```
This source is just outside the enhanced XRT position (90% confidence, Goad et al., GCN 32962) and marginally consistent with the optical source reported by O'Connor et al. (GCN 32957) using their reported 0.5'' uncertainty. Performing forced aperture photometry of the source with an aperture approximately equal to the FWHM size (0.9 - 2.0''), we measure the following magnitudes:
```
g > 23.8 mag
r = 23.2 +/- 0.5 mag
i = 23.1 +/- 0.3 mag
z = 23.5 +/- 0.5 mag
y = 22.0 +/- 0.4 mag
```
All magnitudes are in the AB system. The source appears extended although the low S/N precludes a firm conclusion. Using the i-band magnitude and an offset of 2.7'' between the centers of this possible galaxy and the XRT position, we calculate a probability of chance coincidence (Pcc; Bloom et al. 2002) of 0.05. The bright, offset galaxy previously reported by O'Connor et al. (GCN 32957), PSO J041.3414+43.242, is also apparent in the PS1 imaging, and for which we measure r_AB = 17.6 mag (similar to the tabulated SDSS magnitude for this source). At an angular offset of 13.2'', we find a Pcc of 0.02.
Thus, it is possible that the optical afterglow candidate reported by GCN 32957 is actually the galaxy apparent in PS1 imaging. Given the comparable Pcc values of both sources, it is difficult to make a clear host association with present information. Confirmation of a fading counterpart is critical to refining the position of the counterpart and determining the true host.
GCN Circular #32966
B. P. Gompertz, M. Nicholl (U. Birmingham), N. Tanvir, G. Lamb, P. O'Brien (U. Leicester) and K. Wiersema (U. Lancaster) report:
We observed short GRB 221120A (Eyles-Ferris et al., GCN 32955) with the IO:O optical camera on the 2m robotic Liverpool Telescope. Observations began on November 20, 2022 at 23:50:33 UT (~2.5h after the Swift trigger) and consist of a series of 10x150s exposures in each of the SDSS r' and i' filters.
We place the following 3-sigma upper limits on an optical source at the location of the the X-ray afterglow (Goad et al., GCN 31962) at the time of observation:
```
r' > 21.82
i' > 21.88
```
Magnitudes are in the AB system, calibrated against nearby PS1 stars, and are not corrected for the Galactic reddening of E(B-V) = 0.08 magnitudes along the line of sight (Schlafly & Finkbeiner 2011). Our observations are only weakly constraining to any evolution in the afterglow candidate identified by O'Connor et al. (GCN 32957), precluding power-law decays steeper than ~t^-4 between the two epochs.
GCN Circular #32967
Viraj Karambelkar (Caltech), Zach Vanderbosch (Caltech), Mansi Kasliwal (Caltech), Igor Andreoni (U. of Maryland)
We observed the location of the short duration GRB 221120A (Eyles-Ferris et al., GCN 32955, Tohuvavohu et al., GCN 32959) in the NIR J-band with the Wide-Field Infrared Camera (WIRC, Wilson et al. 2003) on the 200-inch Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory. Observations began on November 21, 2022 at 06:22:07 UT (approx. 9 hours since the Swift detection), and comprise a series of 30x45 second exposures.
We detect a faint source centered at RA = 02:45:21.3, Dec = +43:14:35.2 (J2000).
Performing forced aperture photometry at the location of this source suggests a J-band magnitude of
m_J = 22.0 +/- 0.3 mag (AB).
This source is spatially coincident with that reported by Rastinejad et al. (GCN 32965) from archival PS1 images, and also consistent with the position of the LDT afterglow candidate (O'Connor et al., GCN 32957).
The magnitude reported above is not corrected for Galactic interstellar reddening E(B-V)~0.08 mag
GCN Circular #32968
Mohammad Odeh of Al-Khatim Observatory (AKO) operated by the International Astronomical Center, in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
We observed the short GRB 221120A detected by Swift (R. Eyles-Ferris et al., GCN 32955), with our 0.35m telescope. The observation was done on 21 November 2022 from 15:36:06 to 15:48:28 (UT), 18.2 hours after the Swift trigger. We obtained multiple 180-sec exposures in Ic filter. We did not detect any afterglow within XRT localization (M.R. Goad et al., GCN 32962).
The following upper limit was calculated using Atlas catalogue as a reference:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
JD (mid), T_mid-T0(hrs), Exposure (sec), Filter, Lim_mag
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
2459905.155422, 18.2, 5 x 180 (stacked), Ic, > 19.5
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -
These magnitudes are not corrected for galactic extinction.
GCN Circular #32970
T. Sakamoto (AGU), S. D. Barthelmy (GSFC), H. A. Krimm (NSF), S. Laha (GSFC/UMBC), A. Y. Lien (U Tampa), C. B. Markwardt (GSFC), D. M. Palmer (LANL), T. Parsotan (GSFC/UMBC), M. Stamatikos (OSU) (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 221120A (trigger #1141030) (Eyles-Ferris et al., GCN Circ. 32955). The BAT ground-calculated position is RA, Dec = 41.363, 43.241 deg which is
```
   RA(J2000)  =  02h 45m 27.1s
   Dec(J2000) = +43d 14' 26.5"
```
with an uncertainty of 1.8 arcmin, (radius, sys+stat, 90% containment). The partial coding was 97%.
The BAT light curve shows several peaks within a duration of ~1 sec T90 (15-350 keV) is 0.79 +- 0.16 sec (estimated error including systematics).
The time-averaged spectrum from T-0.60 to T+0.27 sec is best fit by a simple power-law model. The power law index of the time-averaged spectrum is 0.85 +- 0.27. The fluence in the 15-150 keV band is 1.1 +- 0.2 x 10^-07 erg/cm2. The 1-sec peak photon flux measured from T-0.67 sec in the 15-150 keV band is 1.2 +- 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/1141030/BA/
GCN Circular #32972
B. O'Connor (UMD/GWU), N. Butler (ASU), A. Watson (UNAM), E. Troja (UTV/ASU), S. Dichiara (PSU), on behalf of a larger collaboration:
We observed the short GRB 221120A (Eyles-Ferris et al., GCN 32955, Tohuvavohu et al., GCN 32959) using OSIRIS at the 10.4m Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC). The observation started on November 22, 2022 at 00:44:32 UTC (~1.13 d) for a total exposure of 540 s in r-band.
At the location of the source reported by O'Connor et al. (GCN 32957) we detect a source with magnitude r~24.38+/-0.08 AB mag calibrated using nearby SDSS stars. This serves as confirmation of the underlying galaxy (Rastinejad et al., GCN 32965) and demonstrates a lack of fading of the source found by O'Connor et al. (GCN 32957). While the host association is unclear, if this galaxy is associated to GRB 221120A, the observed r-J color (Karambelkar et al., GCN 32967) suggests that GRB 221120A was a distant event (see, e.g., O'Connor et al. 2022, MNRAS, 515, 4890).
We thank the GTC staff for rapidly scheduling and executing these observations.
GCN Circular #32976
R. Querrard (UVI), P. Gokuldass (Florida Institute of Technology), N. Orange (OrangeWave Innovative Science, LLC), K. Noonan (UVI), K. Smith (UVI), D. Morris (UVI) report:
We observed the field of GRB221120A (R. A. J. Eyles-Ferris et al., GCN 32955) with the 0.5m Virgin Island Robotic Telescope (VIRT) at the University of the Virgin Islands' Etelman observatory on 11-21-2022 starting at 01:20:09 UT (T+3.8 hrs). We performed a series of exposures in the R filter with a total exposure of 4000 s. The weather conditions were
partly cloudy to cloudy during the hours of observation with an average airmass of 1.1.
We detect no new source within the enhanced XRT position error circle (Goad et al., GCNC 32962) consistent with other non-detections (Swain et al., GCN 32956, O'Connor
et al., GCN 32957, Leonini et al. GCN 32961, Gompertz et al, GCN 32966; and Odeh et al., GCN 32968) and report the following 5-sigma upper limit:
T_mid ||Exposure ||Filter ||Limit
T+ 4.3 hrs ||4000s ||R ||>20.34
The limit is estimated from comparison to nearby USNO B1 stars and is not corrected for Galactic extinction. The VIRT is still in the commissioning phase.
We acknowledge financial support from NASA MUREP MIRO award 80NSSC21M0001, NASA EPSCoR award 80NSSC22M0063, and NSF EiR award 1901296. R.Q. and N.B.O. also acknowledge financial support from South Carolina Space Grant award 80NSSC20M0054. This message can be cited.
GCN Circular #32978
R. Strausbaugh (UMN), D. Warshofsky (UMN), P. L. Kelly (UMN) report on behalf of a larger collaboration:
We observed the GRB 221120A (Eyles-Ferris et al., GCN 32955) field with the Total-Coverage Ultrafast Response to Binary-Mergers Observatory (TURBO) prototype telescope in St. Paul, Minnesota on November 21, from 01:34 to 01:36 UT (corresponding to 4.08 hours after GRB trigger) in SDSS g-band and from 02:45 to 02:47 UT (5.25 hours after GRB trigger) in SDSS r-band filters.
We acquired a series of 5x30s exposures in each band. We do not detect any fading uncatalogued sources in the XRT error region in either band, which is consistent with available optical upper limits (Swain et al., GCN 32956; Kuin et al., GCN 32958; Gompertz et al., GCN 32966; Odeh et al., GCN 32968; Querrard et al., GCN 39276).
The following 3-sigma upper limits in AB magnitudes are calculated using the Pan-STARRS catalog as reference:
g > 16.0
r > 15.4
These magnitudes are not corrected for foreground Galactic extinction.
The TURBO prototype in St. Paul consists of two co-mounted 11-inch telescopes each with a 6.6 square degree field of view. TURBO will consist of two arrays of 8 pairs of co-mounted 11-inch telescopes at two dark-sky sites: Magdalena Ridge Observatory, New Mexico, USA and Skinakas Observatory, Crete, Greece.
GCN Circular #32982
J. Ripa (Masaryk U.), A. Pal (Konkoly Observatory),� N. Werner (Masaryk U.), M. Ohno (Hiroshima U.),� L. Meszaros, B. Csak (Konkoly Observatory), H. Takahashi (Hiroshima U.), F. Munz , M. Topinka, F. Hroch, M. Dafcikova, N. Husarikova, J.-P. Breuer (Masaryk U.), J. Hudec, J. Kapus, M. Frajt, M. Rezenov (Spacemanic s.r.o), R. Laszlo (Needronix), G. Galgoczi (Wigner Research Center/Eotvos U.), N. Uchida (ISAS/JAXA), T. Enoto (Kyoto U.), Zs. Frei (Eotvos U.), Y. Fukazawa, K. Hirose, H. Matake (Hiroshima U.), S. Hisadomi (Nagoya U.), Y. Ichinohe (Rikkyo U.), L. L. Kiss (Konkoly Observatory),� T. Mizuno (Hiroshima U.), K. Nakazawa (Nagoya U.), H. Odaka (Univ of Tokyo), K. Torigoe (Hiroshima U.), P. Svoboda, V. Daniel, J. Dudas, M. Junas, J. Gromes (VZLU), I. Vertat (FEL ZCU)� -- the VZLUSAT-2/GRB payload collaboration.
A short-duration GRB 221120A (Swift/BAT detection: Eyles-Ferris et al., GCN Circ. 32955; Fermi/GBM detection: Veres and Meegan et al., GCN Circ. 32964; GECAM-B detection trig. num. 75; INTEGRAL/SPI-ACS detection peak at 2022-11-20 21:29:28 UT) was detected by the GRB detector on board of the VZLUSAT-2 3U CubeSat (https://www.vzlusat2.cz/en/).
The data acquisition was performed by GRB detector unit no. 1 and the subthreshold detection was confirmed at the peak time 2022-11-20 21:29:27 UTC. The T90 duration was measured to be 2 s with the light curve cadence of 1 s. The overall significance during T90 reaches 4.4 sigma.
The light curve obtained by VZLUSAT-2 is available here: https://vzlusat2.konkoly.hu/static/share/GRB221120A_GCN_VZLUSAT2.pdf
GRB detectors on VZLUSAT-2 are a demonstration payload for a future CubeSats constellation (Werner et al. Proc. SPIE 2018). Two GRB modules of VZLUSAT-2 are placed in a perpendicular manner and each consists of a 75 x 75 x 5 mm3 CsI scintillator read out by a SiPM array, covering the energy range from ~30 keV to ~1000 keV. VZLUSAT-2 was launched on 2022 January 13 from Cape Canaveral.

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