GRB 241101A: Swift detection of a burst

At 05:41:45 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located GRB 241101A (trigger=1264304). The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 204.333, +28.264 which is RA(J2000) = 13h 37m 20s Dec(J2000) = +28d 15' 49" with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve showed a double-peaked structure with a duration of about 15 sec. The peak count rate was ~2300 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~1 sec after the trigger. Due to a Sun observing constraint, Swift cannot slew to the BAT position until 17:57 UT on 2024 November 05. There will thus be no XRT or UVOT data for this trigger before this time. Burst Advocate for this burst is T. M. Parsotan (tyler.parsotan AT nasa.gov). 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/)