[vsnet-grb-info 4503] GRB 070412: Nearby bright galaxy
GCN Circulars
gcncirc at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Thu Apr 12 11:31:05 JST 2007
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 6275
SUBJECT: GRB 070412: Nearby bright galaxy
DATE: 07/04/12 02:30:59 GMT
FROM: Edo Berger at Carnegie Obs <eberger at ociw.edu>
E. O. Ofek (Caltech) and E. Berger (Carnegie) reports on behalf of a larger
collaboration:
The XRT error circle of GRB 070412 (Romano et al. 2007; GCN 6273),
coincides with the outskirts of a nearby (z=0.037) bright (r=13.6) galaxy
(CGCG 215-024).
The XRT position is 46.5" from the galaxy center (34 kpc projected).
The SDSS coordinates of the galaxy are:
RA = 12:06:07.818
DEC= +40:09:02.68 (J2000)
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