TITLE:                      RXTE_ASM TRANSIENT RAPID POSITION NOTICE
REF_NUM:		    21
NOTICE_TYPE:                Crossed_Scan
NOTICE_DATE/TIME:           Tue Jan  9 12:51:01 GMT 2001
TRANS_TIME:                  35325 SOD {09:48:44} UT
TRANS_DATE:                  11918 TJD; 10 DOY; 01/01/10
TRANS_RXTE_ASM_RA:          154.575d (J2000)
TRANS_RXTE_ASM_DEC:         +68.666d (J2000)
TRANS_RXTE_ASM_CORNER1:     154.191d +69.259d (J2000)
TRANS_RXTE_ASM_CORNER2:     154.300d +69.274d (J2000)
TRANS_RXTE_ASM_CORNER3:     154.391d +69.071d (J2000)
TRANS_RXTE_ASM_CORNER4:     154.498d +69.085d (J2000)
TRANS_RXTE_ASM_ERROR:       0.616 [deg radius, 90%, stat + sys]
TRANS_RXTE_ASM_INTEN:         80 [mCrab]
COMMENTS:      
COMMENTS:      TIME SINCE EVENT: -1257 minutes
COMMENTS:      
COMMENTS:      This alert is generated by two crossed lines of position
COMMENTS:      with a very high level of confidence for localizing a
COMMENTS:      real uncatalogued x-ray transient or gamma-ray burst.
COMMENTS:      Optical counterparts to GRBs have ONLY ONCE been observed
COMMENTS:      less than a few hours after the event.  We claim no 
COMMENTS:      ownership of any results that follow from this report.
COMMENTS:      We'd like to encourage you to take advantage of this 
COMMENTS:      opportunity to make the next big discovery.
COMMENTS:      
COMMENTS:      Below are quanities to aid in evaluating this alert.
COMMENTS:      Values of chi-sq. less than 1.15 and S/N > 6.0 are good
COMMENTS:      indicators of a strong, real detection.
COMMENTS:
COMMENTS:      Chi-sq.    1.311472 and 1.291300
COMMENTS:      S/N ratio  5.125357 and 5.195685
COMMENTS: 
COMMENTS:      The following comments should help indicate whether or not
COMMENTS:      this alert was spawned by the detection of a GRB.  They are
COMMENTS:      not definitive, but we are confident that there *will* be
COMMENTS:      something new of Astronomical interest in this error box.
COMMENTS:
COMMENTS:      COMMENTS: 

COMMENTS:    
COMMENTS:      SSC 2: No short-term variability detected in ASM MTS data.
COMMENTS:      SSC 2: No short-term variability detected in ASM MTS data.
COMMENTS: 
COMMENTS:      This alert was generated by software by Donald A. Smith.
COMMENTS:      Please feel free to email me (dasmith@space.mit.edu)
COMMENTS:      with any questions.
COMMENTS:      A record of ASM Crossed-box alerts is kept at
COMMENTS:      http://xte.mit.edu/crossbox/
COMMENTS:      Please check there for sky maps and time-series data.
COMMENTS:      Please report any results as soon as possible via the
COMMENTS:      GCN circulars and any other means you see fit to use.
COMMENTS:      If you have no immediate means of distributing your 
COMMENTS:      results, feel free to call Don Smith at home: 
COMMENTS:      (617) 720-1612 or at work: (617) 258-8108 for assistance.