[AAVSO-HEN] GRB 080723B - Swift-XRT position

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TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  8008
SUBJECT: GRB 080723B - Swift-XRT position
DATE:    08/07/23 20:58:43 GMT
FROM:    Kim Page at U.of Leicester  <kpa at star.le.ac.uk>

K.L. Page (U. Leicester) reports on behalf of the Swift-XRT team:

Swift started observing the INTEGRAL- and Super-AGILE-detected GRB 080723B
~13.4 ks after the trigger (Gotz et al., GCN Circ. 8002; Del Monte et al., 
GCN Circ. 8003). In ~560 s of data, the XRT clearly detects a source 
within the error circles, at a position of RA, Dec = 176.83393,
-60.2414, which is equivalent to

RA(J2000) =   11 47 20.14
Dec(J2000) = -60 14 29.1

with an uncertainty of 3.9 arcsec (radius, 90% containment).

Currently there are insufficient data to say whether the source is fading. 
An updated circular will be written when further data have been obtained.

This is an official product of the Swift-XRT team.