[vsnet-grb-info 12750] GRB 121226A: Optical Observations
GCN Circulars
gcncirc at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Thu Dec 27 16:29:38 JST 2012
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 14109
SUBJECT: GRB 121226A: Optical Observations
DATE: 12/12/27 07:29:30 GMT
FROM: Shashi Bhushan Pandey at ROTSE <shaship at umich.edu>
V.K. Bhatt, S.B. Pandey and Brajesh Kumar ((ARIES Nainital, India, on
behalf
of larger Indian GRB collaboration)
We observed GRB 121226A (Swift trigger 518731, Krimm et al. 2012, GCNC
14105) field with the 1.04m telescope at ARIES, Nainital starting at
2012-12-26
21:09:09 (UT). Several frames in R_c and I_c pass-bands, with an exposure
time
of 300 sec each, were obtained.
Within the XRT error-circle, we do not detect any optical source down to
following limiting magnitudes.
Dec 26.9118 UT, 300sx4, I_c ~ 18.8 mag
Dec 26.9292 UT, 300sx6, R_c ~ 19.5 mag
The nearby USNO stars have been used for calibrate.
This massage may be cited.
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