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BAT XRT UVOT NASA Explorer 3 instruments Rapid slewing spacecraft Primary science is gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) Swift is opening a new window on the transient universe . Swift Mission BAT Position - 2 arcmin T<10 sec XRT Position - 5 arcsec T<90 sec UVOT Position - < 1 arcsec T<2 min .
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UVOT. XRT. BAT. Swift Mission. NASA Explorer 3 instruments Rapid slewing spacecraft Primary science is gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) Swift is opening a new window on the transient universe. XRT Position - 5 arcsec. BAT Position - 2 arcmin. UVOT Position - < 1 arcsec. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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BAT
XRTUVOT
NASA Explorer
3 instruments
Rapid slewing spacecraft
Primary science is gamma-ray bursts (GRBs)
Swift is opening a new window on the transient universe
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Swift Mission
BAT Position - 2 arcmin
T<10 sec
XRT Position - 5 arcsec
T<90 sec
UVOT Position - < 1 arcsec
T<2 min.
Launch in November 2004
317 GRBs detected and studied
~50% of time spent on GRBs
550 Target of Opportunity pointings to non-GRB transients such as: - supernovae - novae - flare stars - active galaxy outbursts - galactic black holes - comets
Swift Synopsis
Example Supernova Observations
optical UV X-ray
SN 1979C&
SN 2006Xin M100
SN 2006bpin NGC 3953
