J/ApJS/120/399 ULYSSES supplement to GRB 3B catalog (Hurley+, 1999)
The ULYSSES Supplement to the BATSE 3B Catalog of Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts
Hurley K., Briggs M. S., Kippen R. M., Kouveliotou C.,
Meegan C., Fishman G., Cline T., Boer M.
<Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 120, 399 (1999)>
=1999ApJS..120..399H 1999ApJS..120..399H (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Combined data; Gamma rays; Fundamental catalog
Mission_Name: ULYSSES
Keywords: catalogs - gamma rays: bursts
Abstract:
We present interplanetary network localization information for 218
gamma-ray bursts in the third BATSE catalog obtained by analyzing the
arrival times of these bursts with the Ulysses and Compton Gamma Ray
Observatory spacecraft. For any given burst observed by these two
spacecraft, arrival time analysis (or "triangulation") results in an
annulus of possible arrival directions whose half-width varies between
7'' and 32', depending on the intensity and time history of the burst and
the distance of the Ulysses spacecraft from Earth. This annulus
generally intersects the BATSE error circle, which results in an
average reduction of a factor of 30 of the error box area.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table2.dat 75 218 Interplanetary network GRB parameters
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See also:
J/ApJS/122/465 : 4th BATSE gamma-ray burst catalog (Paciesas+, 1999)
J/ApJS/122/497 : Ulysses supplement to the BATSE 4Br catalog (Hurley+, 1999)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 4 I4 yr Burst.Y Year of Burst (UT)
5- 7 A3 "month" Burst.M Month of Burst (UT)
9- 10 I2 d Burst.D Day of Burst (UT)
14- 15 I2 h Burst.h Hour of Burst (UT)
17- 18 I2 min Burst.m Minute of Burst (UT)
20- 21 I2 s Burst.s Second of Burst (UT)
23- 26 I4 --- 3B BATSE burst number
28- 33 F6.2 deg BRAdeg [0,360] BATSE RA (J2000)
35- 40 F6.2 deg BDEdeg [-90,+90] BATSE Dec (J2000)
42- 46 F5.2 deg BRad BATSE error annulus radius (1σ)
48- 54 F7.3 deg RAdeg InterPlanetary Network (IPN) RA (J2000) (1)
56- 62 F7.3 deg DEdeg IPN Dec (J2000) (1)
64- 69 F6.3 deg Rad IPN error annulus radius (1)
71- 75 F5.3 deg halfW ]0,] IPN annulus half-width
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Note (1): Corrected to the heliocentric frame.
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History:
From ApJ electronic edition
(End) Greg Schwarz (AAS) 26-Jan-2000