[vsnet-grb-info 2665] GRB060108: Faulkes North afterglow evidence

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TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  4502
SUBJECT: GRB060108: Faulkes North afterglow evidence
DATE:    06/01/13 19:35:23 GMT
FROM:    Alessandro Monfardini at JMU/Liverpool Robotic Tele  <am at astro.livjm.ac.uk>

A. Monfardini, C.G. Mundell, C. Guidorzi, I. A. Steele, A. Gomboc,
C.J. Mottram, R.J. Smith, D. Bersier, A. Melandri, S. Kobayashi, 
D. Carter, M.F. Bode (Liverpool JMU), P. O'Brien, E. Rol, N. Bannister
(Leicester) report:
 
"The 2-m Faulkes North Telescope observed GRB060108 (Guidorzi et al, 
GCN4447) starting within minutes from the alert. We report evidence for an
afterglow in i' band at the position:
 
RA: 09:48:01.98   DEC: +31:55:08.6  (~0.5" error)
 
Fully consistent with the revised XRT position suggested in GCN4500 by N. 
Butler and J. S. Bloom. A finding chart is in:

http://www.astro.livjm.ac.uk/~cgm/FTNvsSDSS.pdf

(candidate within the green square)

By comparison with USNOB1 we estimated i' = 21.6 +/- 0.3 at a mean epoch
of about 35minutes from the GRB. 

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