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GCN Circular 11685

Subject
GRB 110208A: Magellan confirmation of the optical afterglow
Date
2011-02-10T03:56:49Z (13 years ago)
From
Wen-fai Fong at CFA <wfong@cfa.harvard.edu>
W. Fong, E. Berger (Harvard), and J. Mulchaey (OCIW) report:

"We re-observed the position of GRB 110208A (GCN #11678) with LDSS3 on the
Magellan/Clay 6.5-m telescope starting on 2011 February 10.03 UT (27.5 hrs
post-burst). In a single 180-sec i-band exposure we no longer detect the
point source described by Berger et al. (GCN #11681) to a limiting
magnitude of i>22.8 mag (3-sigma). We therefore conclude that this source
is the optical afterglow of GRB 110208A."
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