[vsnet-grb-info 2684] GRB060116: Faulkes North observation

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  4521
SUBJECT: GRB060116: Faulkes North observation
DATE:    06/01/16 11:18:20 GMT
FROM:    Cristiano Guidorzi at ARI,Liverpool JMU  <crg at astro.livjm.ac.uk>

C. Guidorzi, A. Melandri, I. A. Steele, C.G. Mundell, A. Monfardini,
A. Gomboc, C.J. Mottram, R.J. Smith, M.F. Bode (Liverpool JMU),
P. O'Brien, E. Rol, N. Bannister (Leicester) report:

"The 2-m Faulkes Telescope North robotically followed up GRB060116
(SWIFT trigger 177533) 18.5 min after the GRB trigger time.
The 4.6'x 4.6' field of view covered about 75% of the BAT error circle. 
The automatic "detection mode" procedure did not find any afterglow
candidate brighter than R~19 mag (vs USNOB1) from a 3x10s exposure.
The visual extinction of the field is A_V~0.8 according
to the Schlegel et al. maps.
Further automated observations were conducted immediately following the
"detection mode" exposures in B, R and SDSS-I filters.
Manual inspection of subsequent datasets
reveals no afterglow candidate down to the DSS limit."