[vsnet-grb-info 16192] GRB 150212A, the review of the sky area in plate archives

GCN Circulars gcncirc at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Sun Feb 15 03:49:56 JST 2015


TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  17473
SUBJECT: GRB 150212A, the review of the sky area in plate archives
DATE:    15/02/14 18:49:48 GMT
FROM:    Valentyna Golovnya at Main Astro Obs,Kyiv  <golov_v at ukr.net>

V.V. Golovnya (Main Astro Obs., Kyiv)
report: 
We have undertaken the review of the sky area of GRB 150212A (P.A. Evans
GCN Circ. 17452) on astronegatives, collected in Ukrainian plate archive
(1976-1996). All the plates with the possible object appearance are
digitized using Epson Expression 10000XL flatbed scanner and the images
have been placed into Golosiiv Plate Archive database DBGPA with open
access to them. The list of plates is given in the table:

yyyymmdd/TimeUT   ---Plates----- Exp. -Mag- --USNO-B1--
19840720/21:19:40 GUA040C000430A 22.5 15.93 1373-0374987
19770622/22:14:06 GUA040C000535B 60.0 17.17 1374-0373547
19860716/21:18:54 GUA040C000961  16.0 17.42 1373-0374984
19870701/22:16:16 GUA040C001064  16.0 17.42 1373-0374984
19870822/19:11:46 GUA040C001078A 16.0 16.33 1373-0374866

Plates:–the plates archive identifier of DWA D/F=400/2000, M=103"/mm
(Marsden's number - 83) the plate number [1].
Exp. - Duration of the maximum exposures (minutes).
Mag - Limited Bmag, derived in the 7 minutes area around the location
given in Evans GCN Circ. 17452:
RA(J2000): 19h 01m 55.27s, Dec(J2000): +47d 21' 57.6".
USNO-B1 - Comparison star.
  The preview images of 5 areas together with the 7 min. of arc area
from Aladin can be found in
"http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/img/grb/150212A/index.html".
The images with full resolution are available via e-mail on demand.

References:
1.L.Pakuliak DATABASE of GOLOSIIV PLATE ARCHIVE (DBGPA V2.0),
"http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org".


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