[vsnet-grb-info 7973] GRB 090618: KAIT optical afterglow
GCN Circulars
gcncirc at capella.gsfc.nasa.gov
Thu Jun 18 17:54:41 JST 2009
TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER: 9514
SUBJECT: GRB 090618: KAIT optical afterglow
DATE: 09/06/18 08:52:20 GMT
FROM: Daniel Perley at U.C. Berkeley <dperley at astro.berkeley.edu>
D. A. Perley reports on behalf of the KAIT GRB team:
The Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) responded to GRB 090618
and began taking data at 08:31:10 (UT). A bright (~14th magnitude)
optical afterglow is visible in the initial set of exposures at the
following position:
RA 19:35:58.80
dec +78:21:25.5
Further follow-up is in progress.
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