[vsnet-grb-info 3310] GRB 060512: TNG optical spectroscopy
GCN Circulars
gcncirc at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Wed May 17 01:49:23 JST 2006
TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER: 5145
SUBJECT: GRB 060512: TNG optical spectroscopy
DATE: 06/05/16 16:48:31 GMT
FROM: Daniele Malesani at SISSA-ISAS,Trieste,Italy <malesani at sissa.it>
S. Piranomonte (INAF/OARm), E. Maiorano (INAF/IASF Bo), V. D'Elia
(INAF/OARm), N. Masetti (INAF/IASF Bo), F. Fiore (INAF/OARm), D.
Malesani (SISSA/ISAS), G. Mainella, A. Magazzu' (INAF/TNG), report on
behalf of a larger collaboration:
We observed the optical transient of GRB 060512 (Cummings et al. GCN
5117; Mundell et al., GCN 5119) with the 3.6m TNG telescope located in
the Canary Islands. Two mid-resolution spectra (~10 A FWHM) were
obtained with TNG+DOLoRes, starting on 2006 May 13.0423 UT, for a total
exposure time of 40 minutes. The spectra cover the range 4000-8000 A.
Inspection of the spectrum does not reveal any obvious absorption
system. We find no signs of the continuum break around 4800 A reported
by Starling et al. (GCN 5131). Our spectrum shows a continuum extending
blueward down to ~4000 A (the limit of our grism), suggesting z < 2.3.
We thank the observing staff at TNG.
This message can be cited.
More information about the vsnet-grb-info
mailing list