GCN Circular 12987
Subject
GRB 120219A, the review of the sky area in plate archives
Event
Date
2012-02-24T22:02:58Z (14 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 120219A (M.R. Goad et al. GCN Circ.12967) 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
19830312/185937 GUA040C000131A 11.7 15.3 1350-07433967
19840128/215634 GUA040C000295A 13.5 15.3 1350-07433967
19840128/221630 GUA040C000296 13.5 15.3 1350-07433967
19900105/000440 GUA040C001552A 18.0 15.3 1350-07433967
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).
LimM - Limited V mag, derived in the 20 minutes area around
the location given in M.R. Goad et al. GCN Circ.12967:
RA(J2000)= 08h 39m 09.66s, Dec(J2000)= +51d 01'54.2"
Star USNOA2 - Comparison star.
The preview images of 4 areas together with
the 20x14 min.of arc area from SkyMap can be found in
http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/img/grb/120219A/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