[vsnet-grb-info 17875] GRB 160417A: iTelescope T11 optical observations
GCN Circulars
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Mon Apr 18 02:11:44 JST 2016
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 19321
SUBJECT: GRB 160417A: iTelescope T11 optical observations
DATE: 16/04/17 17:10:58 GMT
FROM: Veli-Pekka Hentunen at Taurus Hill Obs,A95 <veli-pekka.hentunen at kassiopeia.net>
Veli-Pekka Hentunen, Markku Nissinen and Tuomo Salmi (Taurus Hill
Observatory, Varkaus, Finland) report:
We have detected GRB 160417A optical afterglow at iTelescope observatory
T11 (Mayhill, New Mexico) using 0.50-m f/6.8 astrograph and FLI
PL11002M CCD. The observations were started at 2016-04-17
05:08:31 (UT). Two unfiltered images with 300 sec exposure time were taken.
The afterglow was detected at the position RA 08:01:01.65 and DEC
+07:39:47.6.
The following magnitude was obtained from the observations using
USNO-B1.0 0976-0191477 (R2=16.67) as a comparison star:
Tmid(s)+T0 Filter Exp. time Mag Mag. Err.
2996 Clear 2x300s 18.6CR 0.3
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