GCN Circular 13014
Subject
GRB 120302A, the review of the sky area in plate archives
Event
Date
2012-03-07T09:54:22Z (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 120302A (T. Sakamoto et al. GCN Circ.13000) 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.13000:
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