[vsnet-grb-info 7151] GRB 081226: Gemini-South imaging

[GCN Circulars]

TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  8732
SUBJECT: GRB 081226:  Gemini-South imaging
DATE:    08/12/26 03:26:41 GMT
FROM:    Edo Berger at Harvard  <eberger at cfa.harvard.edu>

E. Berger (Harvard), A. Cucchiara, and D. B. Fox (Penn State) report:

"We imaged the error circle of GRB 081226 (GCN 8729) with GMOS on the
Gemini-S telescope starting on 2008 Dec 26.04 UT.  In a single 300 sec
r-band image we detect the object located by GROND within the XRT
error circle (GCN 8731).  In addition, we find a second, fainter source
within the error circle at (J2000):
	RA = 08:02:00.44
	DEC = -69:01:48.9
with an uncertainty of about 0.5" in each coordinate.  Additional
observations are on-going to determine if either of these two sources is
fading."