[vsnet-grb-info 3733] GRB060912: optical observations

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TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  5567
SUBJECT: GRB060912: optical observations
DATE:    06/09/13 00:40:52 GMT
FROM:    Alexei Pozanenko at IKI, Moscow  <apozanen at iki.rssi.ru>

B. Hafizov,  M. Ibrahimov  (MAO),  A. Pozanenko (IKI), on behalf of larger
GRB follow up collaboration report:

We observed the afterglow of GRB060912 (Hurkett et al. GCN 5558) with 1.5m
telescope of Maidanak Astronomical Observatory (MAO) in BR-bands on
September 12  between  (UT) 17:25 and 19:30.  The afterglow candidate
(Hurkett et al. GCN 5558,   Zhai et al. GCN 5560) is detected on a single
120 s images. Preliminary photometry of the optical transient in R-band at
Sep. 12 17:30 (UT)  is R~20.5m.