[vsnet-grb-info 2449] GRB 051117B,optical observation

GCN Circulars gcncirc at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Fri Nov 18 03:49:10 JST 2005


TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  4286
SUBJECT: GRB 051117B,optical observation
DATE:    05/11/17 18:46:58 GMT
FROM:    Eri Sonoda at U of Miyazaki/Japan  <sonoda at astro.miyazaki-u.ac.jp>

E.Sonoda,S.Maeno,M.Yamauchi
(University of Miyazaki)


"We have observed the field covering the error circle of
GRB 051117B(GCN4281;Swift-BAT Trigger time is 13:22:54 UT)
with the unfiltered CCD camera on the 30-cm telescope
at University of Miyazaki.
The observation was started 14:03:16 on Nov.17.
After co-adding a set of 7 images (14:03:16 - 14:10:31 UT)
of 30 sec exposures, we have compared with the USNO A2.0 catalog.
Preliminary analysis shows there is no new source brighter than
17.6 mag. in the XRT error region is reported by A.Beardmore et
al.(GCN4282)."



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