GCN Circular 12906
Subject
GRB 120116A, the review of the sky area in plate archives
Date
2012-01-31T14:27:52Z (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 120116A (M.R. Goad et al., GCN Circ.12846) 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. LimMag Star USNOA2
19770906/232931 GUA040C000721B 30.0 15.95 1200-00453119
19850919/225420 GUA040C000745A 16.0 15.95 1200-00453119
19860910/234443 GUA040C001009A 16.0 15.10 1200-00451448
19870917/232503 GUA040C001119A 16.0 15.55 1200-00452448
19871023/210844 GUA040C001139A 20.0 16.15 1200-00452199
19871024/204207 GUA040C001155A 17.0 15.10 1200-00451448
Plates: �the plates archive identifier of DWA (D/F=400/2000,
GUA040C M=103"/mm) of the Ukrainian NAS Main Astro obs.
(Marsden's number - 83) the plate number [1].
Exp. - Duration of the maximum exposure (minutes).
LimMag - Limited V mag, derived in the 23 minutes area around
the location given in M.R. Goad et al. GCN Circ. 12846:
RA(J2000): 01h 04m 57.92s, Dec(J2000): +33d 55' 50.0"
Star USNOA2 - Comparison star.
The preview images of 6 areas together with
the 23x19 min.of arc area from SkyMap can be found in
http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/img/grb/120116A/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