[vsnet-grb-info 11460] GRB 120119A: MMT redshift confirmation

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  12867
SUBJECT: GRB 120119A: MMT redshift confirmation
DATE:    12/01/19 06:24:14 GMT
FROM:    Edo Berger at Harvard  <eberger at cfa.harvard.edu>

D. Milisavljevic, M. Drout, and E. Berger (Harvard) report:

"We obtained an optical spectrum of GRB 120119A (GCN 12859) with the
Blue Channel spectrograph mounted on the MMT 6.5-m telescope.  In a
single 1800 sec exposure covering 3500-8500 Ang we find a wide range
of absorption features (from CII1335 to MgI2853) at a common redshift
of z=1.728, confirming the results of Cucchiara & Prochaska (GCN
12865)."