[vsnet-grb-info 21032] GRB 180812A: BOOTES-5/JGT optical afterglow detection
GCN Circulars
gcncirc at capella2.gsfc.nasa.gov
Sun Aug 12 18:53:37 JST 2018
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 23130
SUBJECT: GRB 180812A: BOOTES-5/JGT optical afterglow detection
DATE: 18/08/12 09:52:43 GMT
FROM: Irene Carrasco at Inst.De Astrofisica de Andalucia <irene at iaa.es>
I. Carrasco (Univ. de Malaga), Y. Hu, E. Fernandez-Garcia, J. C. Tello
and A. J. Castro-Tirado (IAA-CSIC), D. Hiriart and W. H. Lee (UNAM), S.
Jeong and I. H. Park (SKKU), M. D.
Caballero-Garcia (ASU-CAS, CZ) and R. Cunniffe (Inst. of Physics, CZ) on
behalf of a larger collaboration, report:
The 60cm BOOTES-5/JGT robotic telescope at Observatorio Astronomico
Nacional in San Pedro Martir (Mexico) automatically responded in 22s
(and 52s after the GRB onset) to the
Swift trigger of GRB 180812A (Lien et al., GCNC 23129). The first image
(10s exposure, r-band) was obtained at 08:23:25 UT. At the position of
the Swift X-ray afterglow, a variable optical source with r about 17 mag
is detected, which is fading in brightness in the late images. Therefore
we propose this source to be the optical afterglow to GRB 180812A.
Spectroscopic observations are encouraged.
We thank the staff at Observatorio Astronomico Nacional in San Pedro
Martir for its excellent support.
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