[vsnet-grb-info 11806] GRB 120403A: MASTER follow up observations

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  13197
SUBJECT: GRB 120403A: MASTER follow up observations 
DATE:    12/04/03 16:40:05 GMT
FROM:    Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs  <gcncirc at observ.inetcomm.ru>

V.Yurkov, Yu.Sergienko, D.Varda, E.Sinyakov
Blagoveschensk Educational State University, Blagoveschensk


E. Gorbovskoy, V. Lipunov, V.Kornilov, D.Kuvshinov, A.Belinski, N.Tyurina,
N.Shatskiy, P.Balanutsa, D.Zimnukhov, A.Kuznetsov,  V.V.Chazov, A.Kuznetsov,
A.Sankovich
Moscow Lomonosov State University, Sternberg Astronomical Institute,

K.Ivanov, S.Yazev, N.M.Budnev, O.Gres, O.Chuvalaev, V.A.Poleshchuk
Irkutsk State University

A. Tlatov, A.V. Parhomenko, D. Dormidontov, V.Sennik
Kislovodsk Solar Station of the Pulkovo Observatory

V.Krushinski, I.Zalozhnich,  A. Popov, A. Bourdanov, A. Punanova
Ural Federal University

Hugo Levato and Carlos Saffe
Instituto de Ciencias Astronomicas, de la Tierra y del Espacio (ICATE)

Claudio Mallamaci, Carlos Lopez and Federico Podest
Observatorio Astronomico Felix Aguilar (OAFA)


MASTER II  robotic telescope (MASTER-Net: http://observ.pereplet.ru) 
located in Blagoveschensk was pointed to the  GRB120403A 35321 sec s 
after notice time and 36026 sec after GRB time at 2012-04-03 11:05:49.415 
UT. On our first (180s exposure) set we haven`t found optical transient 
within SWIFT error-box (Beardmore et al., GCN Circ 13191).
The 5-sigma upper limit has been about 16.0 mag
The message may be cited.

The long delay  was due to the  Eath rotation.

The message may be cited.