[vsnet-grb-info 13634] GRB 130107A: VLT/X-shooter redshift

Mon Jul 1 21:48:01 JST 2013

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  14956
SUBJECT: GRB 130107A: VLT/X-shooter redshift
DATE:    13/07/01 12:47:53 GMT
FROM:    Valerio D'Elia at ASDC  <delia at asdc.asi.it>

D. Xu (DARK/NBI), A. de Ugarte Postigo (IAA-CSIC, DARK/NBI), D. Malesani (DARK/NBI), P. Vreeswijk (Weizmann), V. D'Elia (INAF-OAR, ASI-ASDC), J. P. U. Fynbo (DARK/NBI), B. Milvang-Jensen (DARK/NBI), H. Flores (GEPI/Obs. de Paris), O. Hartoog (Amsterdam), P. Goldoni (APC, CEA/Irfu), L. Kaper (Amsterdam), S. D. Vergani (CNRS/GEPI)

We observed the afterglow of GRB 130701A (Kuin et al. GCN 14953, Leloudas et al. GCN 14954) with VLT/X-shooter, beginning at 2013-07-01 09:45 UT, about 5.5 hours after the burst. We obtained 2 spectra of 600s each, covering the wavelength range 3000-21000A.