[vsnet-grb-info 6952] GRB 081121: ROTSE-III Detection of Optical Counterpart
GCN Circulars
gcncirc at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Sat Nov 22 05:41:35 JST 2008
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 8536
SUBJECT: GRB 081121: ROTSE-III Detection of Optical Counterpart
DATE: 08/11/21 20:41:23 GMT
FROM: Fang Yuan at ROTSE <yuanfang at umich.edu>
F. Yuan (U Mich), W. Rujopakarn (Steward) report on behalf of the ROTSE
collaboration:
ROTSE-IIIc, located at the H.E.S.S. site at Mt. Gamsberg, Namibia,
responded to GRB 081121 (Swift trigger 335105). The first image was at
20:36:30.0 UT, 57.2 s after the burst (8.9 s after the GCN notice time).
The unfiltered images are calibrated relative to USNO A2.0. We detect a
11.6 magnitude, fading source with coordinates:
05:57:06.1 -60:36:10.3 (J2000), with positional uncertainty
of 1" or better
start UT mag mlim(of image)
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20:36:29.9 11.6 15.7
This source is not visible in DSS (second epoch), 2MASS or the MPChecker
database.
A jpeg image is available at
http://www.rotse.net/images/gsb335105_3c00_img.jpg Note that the object
marked 4 is the candidate in question.
Continuing observations are in progress.
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