GRB 210704A: Swift-XRT afterglow detection
Abstract
Swift-XRT has performed follow-up observations of the Fermi/LAT-detected burst GRB 210704A (Berretta et al. GCN Circ. 30375), collecting 2.6 ks of Photon Counting (PC) mode data between T0+53.5 ks and T0+61.1 ks. An uncatalogued X-ray source is detected and is above the 2SXPS 3-sigma upper limit at this position, and is therefore likely the GRB afterglow. Using 2378 s of PC mode data and 2 UVOT images, we find an enhanced XRT position (using the XRT-UVOT alignment and matching UVOT field sources to the USNO-B1 catalogue): RA, Dec = 159.02219, +57.21636 which is equivalent to: RA (J2000): 10h 36m 05.33s Dec(J2000): +57d 12' 58.9" with an uncertainty of 3.2 arcsec (radius, 90% confidence). This position is 5.9 arcmin from the Fermi/LAT position. We cannot determine at the present time whether the source is fading. The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis are available at http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/00021454. The results of the full analysis of the XRT observations are available at https://www.swift.ac.uk/ToO_GRBs/00021454. This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.
- Publication:
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GRB Coordinates Network
- Pub Date:
- July 2021
- Bibcode:
- 2021GCN.30379....1D