[vsnet-grb-info 5270] GRB 071021: retraction of Faulkes Telescope South candidate

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  6964
SUBJECT: GRB 071021: retraction of Faulkes Telescope South candidate
DATE:    07/10/21 18:17:51 GMT
FROM:    Cristiano Guidorzi at INAF-OAB  <cristiano.guidorzi at brera.inaf.it>

C. Guidorzi (U. Bicocca & INAF-OAB), A. Melandri, I.A. Steele,
R.J. Smith, C.J. Mottram, M.F. Bode, D. Carter, S. Kobayashi,
D.F. Bersier, C.G. Mundell (Liverpool JMU), A. Gomboc (U. Ljubljana),
P. O'Brien, E. Rol, N. Bannister (U. Leicester) report:

The fading optical candidate reported in our previous message
(Guidorzi et al., GCN Circ. 6959) has been found to be spurious
due to technical problems.

We apologise for the inconvenience caused.