[vsnet-grb-info 5735] GRB080310, optical observations with LBT

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  7390
SUBJECT: GRB080310, optical observations with LBT
DATE:    08/03/10 10:18:39 GMT
FROM:    Peter Garnavich at U of Notre Dame  <pgarnavi at nd.edu>

P. Garnavich (Notre Dame), J. L. Prieto, R. Pogge (OSU) report:

We observed the position of GRB 080310 (Chornock et al. GCN 7381;
Cummings et al., GCN 7382) with the Large Binocular Telescope and
LBC red and blue cameras starting at 9:04 (UT) (0.44 hours
after the burst) and ending 1 hour after the burst. Observations
were obtained approximately every minute. The initial pair of
observations showed no significant decay, but then declined
rapidly into a power-law with a decay index of 0.65
(see Cobb et al., GCN 7386).

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