GCN Circular 12875
Subject
GRB 120102A, the review of the sky area in plate archive
Date
2012-01-19T15:43:02Z (12 years ago)
From
Valentyna Golovnya at Main Astro Obs,Kyiv <golov_v@ukr.ne>
V. V. Golovnya (Main Astro Obs, Kyiv)
report:
We have undertaken the review of the sky area in vicinity of
GRB 120102A (A.P. Beardmore et al., GCN Circ.12795) on
astronegatives, collected in Ukrainian NAS Main astronomical
observatory plate archive (1976-1996). All the plates with
the possible object appearance are digitized using Microtek
ScanMaker 9800XL TMA and Epson Expression 10000XL flatbed
scanners and have been placed into Golosiiv Plate Archive
database DBGPA with open access to them.
The list of plates is given in the table:
YYYYMMDD/TimeUT --Plates--- Exp. LimM Star USNOA2
19890629/211821 EAO040B001801 13.5 16.50 1125-09467284
19890708/212336 GUA040C001487 16.0 16.45 1125-09467782
19890803/192540 GUA040C001492A 16.0 16.00 1125-09466499
19890803/194958 GUA040C001493 16.0 16.00 1125-09466499
19890905/172315 EAO040B001991 13.5 16.50 1125-09467284
Plates-the plate's identifier in
GUA040C archive of DWA (D/F=400/2000, M=103"/mm) of the
Ukrainian NAS Main Astro obs in Kyiv
(Marsden's number - 83) and
EAO040B archive of DWAZ (D/F=400/2000, M=103"/mm) of the
Engelhardt South. St. Zelenchuk Russia
(Marsden's number - 114) [1].
Exp. - Duration of the maximum exposure (minutes).
LimM - Limited V mag, derived in the 8 minutes area around
the location given in GCN Circ.12795:
RA(J2000): 18h 24m 53.93s, Dec(J2000): +24d 42' 48.7"
Star USNOA2 - Comparison star.
The preview images of 5 areas together with
the 8x8 min.of arc area from SkyMap can be found in
http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/img/grb/120102A/index.html
The images with full resolution are available via e-mail on
demand.
References:
1.L.Pakuliak DATABASE of GOLOSIIV PLATE ARCHIVE (DBGPA V2.0),
http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org