[vsnet-grb-info 2531] GRB 051221: Improved astrometry of the IR
counterpart
GCN Circulars
gcncirc at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Wed Dec 21 16:22:35 JST 2005
TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER: 4368
SUBJECT: GRB 051221: Improved astrometry of the IR counterpart
DATE: 05/12/21 07:20:22 GMT
FROM: Josh Bloom at UC Berkeley <jbloom at astron.berkeley.edu>
J. S. Bloom (UC Berkeley) reports:
We have reduced the second epoch of our PAIRITEL imaging (beginning
2005-12-21 03:02:32 UTC; total integration = 690 sec) and detect the
source mentioned in GCN 4367 in a stacked mosaic. The source appears
to be best detected in the full stack J-band image at a revised
position of J2000:
21:54:48.662 +16:53:26.97
The uncertainty relative to the USNOB1.0 is 180 mas in each
coordinate (the previous two circulars were based upon an astrometric
match using far fewer 2MASS sources in the field). This position is
1.41 arcsec from the Burrows et al. XRT position (GCN 4366). Because
the source is observed near the detection level, we cannot confirm
fading behavior at this time. Still, given the proximity to the XRT
location, we advance that this source is the IR counterpart to GRB
051221 (GCN 4363). If so, this would be the first infrared
counterpart detected for a short-hard GRB.
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