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GCN Circular 13014

Subject

GRB 120302A, the review of the sky area in plate archives

Date

2012-03-07T09:54:22Z (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 120302A (T. Sakamoto et al. GCN Circ.13000Not found
 
 
) 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 
19810224/200500	GUA040C001870B	60.2	14.5	1125-05523340
19810224/200504	GUA040D001871	60.2	14.5	1125-05523340
19900222/193842	GUA040C001572	16.0	16.3	1125-05523532
19900224/194049	GUA040C001590	16.0	15.0	1125-05523428
19900303/191807	GUA040C001624	16.0	15.0	1125-05523428
19920226/201021	GUA040C001952	18.0	15.0	1125-05523428
Plates: �the plates archive identifier of DWA (D/F=400/2000, 
GUA040C,  M=103"/mm) of the Ukrainian NAS Main Astro obs.
GUA040D   (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 T. Sakamoto et al. GCN Circ.13000Not found
 
 
: 
      RA(J2000)= 08h 09m 48.14s, Dec(J2000)= +29d 39'35.3"
Star USNOA2 - Comparison star.
  The preview images of 6 areas together with  
the 25x25 min.of arc area from SkyMap can be found in  
http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/img/grb/120302A/index.html