[vsnet-grb-info 13052] GRB 130418A: REM NIR observations

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  14389
SUBJECT: GRB 130418A: REM NIR observations
DATE:    13/04/19 05:37:23 GMT
FROM:    Stefano Covino at Brera Astronomical Observatory  <stefano.covino at gmail.com>

S. Covino, D. Fugazza, V. d'Elia, on behalf of the REM team report:

We imaged the field of GRB130418A (De Pasquale et al., GCN 14377) with  
the
REM NIR camera equippe with the J, Hand Ks filters.

Observations started at 2013/04/18 23:12:37, i.e. about 4.2 hours after
the prompt event.
The optical counterpart detected by UVOT was well detected at  
H=15.7+-0.1
(preliminary calibration) at the beginning of our observations.