[vsnet-grb-info 3266] GRB 060510b: Gemini NIR observations

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  5101
SUBJECT: GRB 060510b: Gemini NIR observations
DATE:    06/05/10 11:23:00 GMT
FROM:    Paul Price at IfA,UH  <price at ifa.hawaii.edu>

P.A. Price (IfA, Hawaii), S.B. Cenko (Caltech) and D.B. Fox (Penn State)
report on behalf of a larger collaboration:

We have observed the XRT localisation of GRB 060510b (GCN #5096) with
the Gemini North telescope + NIRI.  Our observations consisted of 18 x
60 sec integrations commencing 2006 May 10.415 UTC.  We detect the
optical afterglow candidate of Mirabal & Halpern (GCN #5098), and
estimate that the source is J ~ 19 mag (based on comparison with 2MASS
star at 239.121115,+78.575104 with J = 16.6 mag).

A finding chart is available at:
	http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/~price/grb060510b.ps

We have triggered optical spectroscopy observations with Gemini North.