[vsnet-grb-info 11468] GRB 120102A, the review of the sky area in plate archive

GCN Circulars gcncirc at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Fri Jan 20 00:43:06 JST 2012


TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  12875
SUBJECT: GRB 120102A, the review of the sky area in plate archive
DATE:    12/01/19 15:43:02 GMT
FROM:    Valentyna Golovnya at Main Astro Obs,Kyiv  <golov_v at ukr.ne>

V. V. Golovnya (Main Astro Obs, Kyiv)
report: 
We have undertaken the review of the sky area in vicinity of 
GRB 120102A (A.P. Beardmore et al., GCN Circ.12795) on 
astronegatives, collected in Ukrainian NAS Main astronomical
observatory plate archive (1976-1996). All the plates with 
the possible object appearance are digitized using Microtek 
ScanMaker 9800XL TMA and Epson Expression 10000XL flatbed 
scanners and have been placed into Golosiiv Plate Archive 
database DBGPA with open access to them.
 	The list of plates is given in the table:
YYYYMMDD/TimeUT	--Plates---	Exp.	LimM	Star USNOA2 
19890629/211821	EAO040B001801	13.5	16.50	1125-09467284
19890708/212336	GUA040C001487	16.0	16.45	1125-09467782
19890803/192540	GUA040C001492A	16.0	16.00	1125-09466499
19890803/194958	GUA040C001493	16.0	16.00	1125-09466499
19890905/172315	EAO040B001991	13.5	16.50	1125-09467284
Plates-the plate's identifier in	
GUA040C archive of DWA (D/F=400/2000, M=103"/mm) of the	
	Ukrainian NAS Main Astro obs in Kyiv	
	(Marsden's number - 83) and	
EAO040B archive of DWAZ (D/F=400/2000, M=103"/mm) of the 
	Engelhardt South. St. Zelenchuk Russia	
	(Marsden's number - 114) [1].	
Exp.   - Duration of the maximum exposure (minutes).	
LimM - Limited V mag, derived in the 8 minutes area around 
	the location given in GCN Circ.12795:		
	RA(J2000): 18h 24m 53.93s, Dec(J2000): +24d 42' 48.7"
Star USNOA2 - Comparison star.	
  The preview images of 5 areas together with  
the 8x8 min.of arc area from SkyMap can be found in  
http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/img/grb/120102A/index.html
The images with full resolution are available via e-mail on 
demand.
References: 
1.L.Pakuliak DATABASE of GOLOSIIV PLATE ARCHIVE (DBGPA V2.0),
http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org


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