Precise interplanetary network localization of a new soft gamma repeater, SGR 1627-41

We present Ulysses, Konus-Wind, and BATSE observations of bursts from a new soft gamma repeater that was active in 1998 June and July. Triangulation o f the bursts results in a similar to 1.degrees 8 by 16 " error box whose ar ea is similar to 7.6 arcmin(2) and which contains the Galactic supernova re mnant G337.0-0.1. This error box intersects the position of a BeppoSAX X-ra y source that is also consistent with the position of G337.0-0.1 and is tho ught to be the quiescent counterpart to the repeater. If so, the resulting error box is similar to 2' x 16 " and has an area of similar to 0.6 arcmin( 2). The error box location within the supernova remnant suggests that the n eutron star has a transverse velocity of similar to 200-2000 hm s(-1).