[vsnet-grb-info 4477] GRB 070406: photo-z of a bright galaxy in BAT error circle

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  6249
SUBJECT: GRB 070406: photo-z of a bright galaxy in BAT error circle
DATE:    07/04/06 21:29:54 GMT
FROM:    Eran Ofek at Tel Aviv U.  <eran at wise1.tau.ac.il>

E. O. Ofek (Caltech) reports on behalf of a larger collaboration:

Within the BAT error circle of GRB070406 (Cummings et al.; GCN 6247),
there is a relatively bright (g~18.5) SDSS galaxy.
The coordinates of the galaxy are:

13:15:52.94 +16:31:26.0   J2000.0

and it has a photometric redshift of 0.11.