GCN Circular 1228
Subject
GRB020124: Optical observations
Event
Date
2002-01-27T22:02:53Z (25 years ago)
From
Alexei Pozanenko at IKI, Moscow <apozanen@iki.rssi.ru>
S.Bondar' (Kosmoten), A.Pozanenko (IKI) and V.Rumyantsev (CrAO) report:
We have observed the entire error box of GRB 020124 / HETE #1896
(GCN #1220) with 600mm automated telescope (TT600) of Kosmoten observatory.
9 images taken at 2002 Jan 24.94 covered the entire error box.
No new objects were found in comparison with DSS-2 in the GRB error box.
Based on USNO-A2.0 catalogue we estimate limiting magnitude of the frame
covered optical transient (GCN 1221,1224 ) to be R=16.3.