GCN Circular 12979
Subject
GRB_120215, the_review_of_the_sky_area_in_plate_archives
Date
2012-02-22T14:14:53Z (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 120215� (P.A. Evans et al. GCN Circ.12957) 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
19881013/222653 0075 16.0 15.80 0975-00450083
19901011/221607 1722A 22.0 16.10 0975-00449483
19901013/222637 1727 16.0 16.10 0975-00449483
19911010/224551 1867 18.0 15.05 0975-00448648
19911011/223546 1875 16.0 15.80 0975-00450083
19911102/204815 1894 18.0 15.80 0975-00450083
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 26 minutes area around
the location given in P.A. Evans et al. GCN Circ.12957:
RA(J2000) = 02h 00m 11.41s, Dec(J2000) = +08d 48'06.4"
Star USNOA2 - Comparison star.
The preview images of 6 areas together with
the 26x26 min.of arc area from SkyMap can be found in
http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/img/grb/120215A/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