[vsnet-grb-info 3090] GRB 060211A: optical observation

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  4927
SUBJECT: GRB 060211A: optical observation
DATE:    06/03/27 12:11:35 GMT
FROM:    Alexei Pozanenko at IKI, Moscow  <apozanen at iki.rssi.ru>

D. Sharapov (MAO, and NOT, La Palma),  M. Ibrahimov, (MAO), A. Pozanenko
(IKI) and V. Rumyantsev (CrAO) on behalf of larger GRB follow up
collaboration report:

We observed the refined XRT error box reported by Hurkett et al. (GCN 4740)
of  GRB 060211A (Hurkett et al. GCN 4736; Krimm et al. GCN 4757) with 1.5m
telescope of  Maidanak Astronomical Observatory in R-band on Feb. 11 (UT)
15:02 - 15:22. The limiting  magnitude is based on USNO B1.0:

Mid. time,   Exp.,   Limit,  Seeing
(UT)         (s)

Feb.11.640   1860    22.0    ~1.5"

The extended object   in the FOV with coordinates RA(J2000)= 03:53:31 (+/-
10 arcsec)  Dec(J2000)= +21:28:58 (+/- 10 arcsec)  with R~21.5 is the
asteroid 16306 moving  toward N-E.

The combined image can be found in
http://grb.rssi.ru/GRB060211/GRB060211_AZT22R.jpg