[vsnet-grb-info 20552] GRB 180418A: LCO FTN afterglow confirmation
GCN Circulars
gcncirc at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Wed Apr 18 16:48:22 JST 2018
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 22648
SUBJECT: GRB 180418A: LCO FTN afterglow confirmation
DATE: 18/04/18 07:47:13 GMT
FROM: Cristiano Guidorzi at Ferrara U,Italy <guidorzi at fe.infn.it>
C. Guidorzi, R. Martone (U. Ferrara), S. Kobayashi (LJMU), C.G. Mundell
(U. Bath), A. Gomboc (U. Nova Gorica), I.A. Steele (LJMU) on behalf of a
large collaboration report:
The LCO 2-m Faulkes Telescope North (Hawaii) began observing Swift short
GRB 180418A (D'Elia et al. GCN 22646) on April 18, 07:18:19 UT (34
minutes since the GRB) with the SDSS-I filter. We clearly detect the
optical afterglow (Zheng et al. GCN 22647) with the following magnitude:
Mid time since GRB Exp Filter Magnitude
(hrs) (s)
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0.62 5x60 SDSS-I 19.2 +- 0.1
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as calibrated against nearby SDSS objects.
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