[vsnet-grb-info 5287] GRB 071020: SARA observations

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  6979
SUBJECT: GRB 071020: SARA observations
DATE:    07/10/22 20:23:05 GMT
FROM:    Adria C. Updike at Clemson U  <aupdike at clemson.edu>

Adria C. Updike, Dieter H. Hartmann (Clemson University) and Todd 
Hillwig (Valparaiso University) report on behalf of the Clemson GRB 
Follow-Up Team:

We observed the field of GRB 071020 (GCN 6949, Holland et al.) beginning 
1 hour after the trigger with the SARA 0.9m telescope on Kitt Peak.   In 
48 minutes of stacked exposures, we detect the afterglow (GCN 6948, 
Schaefer et al.) in the R band at 19.7 +/- 0.2, calibrated relative to 
10 field stars in the USNO B1.0 catalog.  Observations ended at 2 hours 
and 11 minutes after the burst.

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