Swift/BAT detection of a burst from SGR J1745-29
Abstract
At 11:17:26 UT on June 7th, 2013 Swift/BAT triggered on a burst from the region near Sgr A*, which contains the currently active magnetar SGR J1745-29 (Kennea et al. 2013; Mori et al. 2013). The initial onboard data showed a short duration single soft peak < 0.32s in duration (Barthelmy et al., GCN #14805). We have analyzed the downlinked BAT data and find a refined position of RA/Dec = 266.4340, -28.9876 with an estimated error of 2.6 arc-min.
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- June 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013ATel.5124....1K
- Keywords:
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- X-ray;
- Transient