[vsnet-grb-info 21957] GRB190404C: Counterpart retraction

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  24056
SUBJECT: GRB190404C: Counterpart retraction
DATE:    19/04/06 03:35:57 GMT
FROM:    Varun Bhalerao at Indian Inst of Tech  <varunb at iitb.ac.in>

Gaurav Waratkar(IITB), Harsh Kumar (IITB), Viraj Karambelkar (IITB), Tsewang Stanzin (IAO, IIA), Varun Bhalerao (IITB), G.C. Anupama (IIA) report on behalf of the GROWTH-India collaboration:

Further analysis of GROWTH-India data reveals that the reported object is actually not a counterpart, but asteroid 2010 FQ3. A fainter object seen in subsequent images was a background star. We hereby retract GCN 24051.