GRB 970828
Abstract
D. Smith, A. Levine, R. Remillard, and A. Wood, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, communicate: "A refined analysis of the RXTE ASM observations of GRB 970828 (described on IAUC 6726), using the two 90-s observations simultaneously, yields a best-fit location and 90-percent confidence ellipse. The center of this ellipse lies at the position reported on IAUC 6726; its axes lie along the local R.A. and Decl. lines, such that its major axis spans 5'.0 in R.A. and its minor axis 2'.0 in Decl. This 90- percent-confidence ellipse includes an estimate of the systematic errors added in quadrature, and it is smaller than the 1-sigma error region reported previously." K. Hurley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, on behalf of the Ulysses Gamma-Ray Burst Team; C. Kouveliotou, G. Fishman, C. Meegan, and V. Connaughton, on behalf of the Gamma Ray Observatory BATSE Team; and J. van Paradijs, University of Amsterdam and University of Alabama in Huntsville, report: "A preliminary triangulation has been done using Ulysses and BATSE data. The resulting position is an annulus whose half-width is conservatively estimated to be 0.027 deg at 3-sigma confidence, centered at R.A. = 10h46m13s, Decl. = +19o10'.3 (equinox 2000.0), with central radius 83.518 deg. This annulus passes through the corners of the RXTE error box (IAUC 6726) but does not reduce its size substantially. The annulus is therefore also consistent with the RXTE PCA source reported on IAUC 6727. Further processing will reduce the annulus width."
- Publication:
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International Astronomical Union Circular
- Pub Date:
- August 1997
- Bibcode:
- 1997IAUC.6728....1S