[vsnet-grb-info 2114] GRB050908: VLT R-band decay index.
GCN Circulars
gcncirc at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Fri Sep 9 03:11:39 JST 2005
TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER: 3953
SUBJECT: GRB050908: VLT R-band decay index.
DATE: 05/09/08 18:09:26 GMT
FROM: Angelo Antonelli at Obs. Astro. di Roma <a.antonelli at mporzio.astro.it>
S. Piranomonte, L. Calzoletti (INAF/OAR), P. D'Avanzo (INAF/OABr),
L.A. Antonelli (INAF/OAR), N. Patat, C. Ledoux (ESO), D. Malesani
(SISSA/ISAS), G. Chincarini (INAF/OABr & Univ. Milano-Bicocca), S.
Covino, D. Fugazza, G. Tagliaferri(INAF/OABr), F. Fiore and L. Stella
(INAF/OAR), report on behalf of the MISTICI collaboration:
"We observed the optical afterglow (Torii, GCN 3943; Cenko, Fox &
Berger, GCN 3944) of GRB 050908 (Goad et al., GCNs 3942, 3946) with the
ESO-VLT UT2, equipped with the FORS1 instrument. R-band observations
were performed in Rapid Response Mode (RRM) on Sep 8.268 UT and as a
ToO on Sept 8.415 UT (42 and 255 minutes after the GRB respectively).
During the two epoch observations the afterglow decays as a power law
having decay index of -0.93+/-0.05.
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