[vsnet-grb-info 2955] GRB 060218: MDM Redshift
GCN Circulars
gcncirc at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Mon Feb 20 12:35:04 JST 2006
TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER: 4792
SUBJECT: GRB 060218: MDM Redshift
DATE: 06/02/20 03:32:23 GMT
FROM: Jules Halpern at Columbia U. <jules at astro.columbia.edu>
N. Mirabal (U. Michigan) and J. P. Halpern (Columbia U.) report on behalf
of the MDM Observatory GRB follow-up team:
"We obtained a low-resolution spectrum of the optical afterglow and
host galaxy of GRB 060218 using the MDM 2.4m telescope and Boller &
Chivens (CCDS) Spectrograph on Feb. 20 02:20 UT. Strong, narrow emission
lines of H-beta, [O III] 4959,5007, and H-alpha at z=0.0331 are seen,
superposed on a blue continuum, which is still much brighter than the
SDSS pre-burst magnitudes. The line ratios are typical of a high-excitation
starburst. This confirms the low-redshift, extragalactic nature of this
unusual GRB.
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