GCN Circular 13066
Subject
GRB 120312A, the review of the sky area in plate archives
Date
2012-03-15T16:45:55Z (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 120312A (V. Mangano et al. GCN Circ.13053) 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
19810626/221142 GUA040C001973B 34.0 15.00 1125-07810808
19810626/221142 GUA040D001974 34.0 15.00 1125-07810808
19870424/003510 GUA040C001043A 18.0 16.10 1125-07808472
19870424/010141 GUA040C001044 16.0 15.00 1125-07810808
19890601/214206 GUA040C001474 18.0 16.65 1125-07808939
19900621/205220 GUA040C001663A 16.5 15.00 1125-07810808
19910615/211004 GUA040C001806A 22.5 16.10 1125-07808472
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 24 minutes area around
the location given in V. Mangano et al. GCN Circ.13053:
RA(J2000)= 16h 47m 09.16s, Dec(J2000)= +23d 51' 29.4"
Star USNOA2 - Comparison star.
The preview images of 7 areas together with
the 24x24 min.of arc area from SkyMap can be found in
http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/img/grb/120312A/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