[vsnet-grb-info 18210] GRB 160705B: LT optical candidate

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  19658
SUBJECT: GRB 160705B: LT optical candidate
DATE:    16/07/05 22:14:16 GMT
FROM:    Cristiano Guidorzi at Ferrara U,Italy  <guidorzi at fe.infn.it>

C. Guidorzi (U. Ferrara), C.G. Mundell (U. Bath), S. Kobayashi, I.A. 
Steele (LJMU), A. Gomboc (U. Nova Gorica) on behalf of a large 
collaboration report:

The 2-m Liverpool Telescope began observing Swift GRB 160705B (Cannizzo 
et al., GCN 19657) on July 05, 21:05:14 UT (3.1 minutes after the burst 
trigger). Inside the XRT error circle we find an uncatalogued source 
which is not present in the SDSS at the following position:

RA(J2000)=  11:12:26.27
Dec(J2000)= +46:42:01.2

with an uncertainty of 0.5 arcsec and r~21 mag (AB) @ 36 minutes post GRB.