[vsnet-grb-info 1963] GRB050813: Gemini Imaging

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  3802
SUBJECT: GRB050813: Gemini Imaging
DATE:    05/08/14 20:28:39 GMT
FROM:    Josh Bloom at UC Berleley  <jbloom at astron.berkeley.edu>

GRB 050813: Gemini Imaging

J. S. Bloom reports:

"Imaging acquired in i-band with GMOS/Gemini-N on Aug 14.4 UT under
program GN-2005B-Q-6 reveals a compact faint source 2.3 arcseconds to the
South-East of the centroid of galaxy C (Gorosabel et al.; GCN #3796). We
cannot confirm variability at this time but if it is at the redshift of
this galaxy (z=0.722; Berger GCN #3801) then it lies 16.5 kpc in
projection from the galaxy center, suggesting it is a viable counterpart
to the short-hard GRB 050813 (Retter et al., GCN 3788)."

An image will be posted shortly at
http://astro.berkeley.edu/~jbloom/grb050813-gemini.jpg

We thank K. Roth and the Gemini Observing Staff for assistance in
acquiring this data.