[vsnet-grb-info 11740] GRB120326A: TNT optical observation

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  13131
SUBJECT: GRB120326A: TNT optical observation
DATE:    12/03/27 06:52:51 GMT
FROM:    L.P. Xin at NAOC  <xlp at bao.ac.cn>

L.P. Xin, J. Y.Wei, Y.L. Qiu, J. Wang,  J.S. Deng, 
C. Wu,  X. H. Han on behalf of EAFON report:

We began to observe GRB120326A (Siegel et al., GCN Circ. 13105)
with Xinglong TNT telescope in R-band at 20:47:11.734 (UT),  19.45 hours after 
the burst. The optical counterpart (e.g. Klotz et al. GCN Cir 13107) 
was clearly detected with a brightness of 18.56 mag relatively to USNO B1.0 R2 mag 

Further observations are planed.

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We thank Liang Ma for performing these observations.