GCN Circular 133
Subject
GRB 980703
Date
1998-07-07T15:23:11Z (26 years ago)
From
Adriano Guarnieri at O.A.di Bologna <adriano@astbo3.bo.astro.it>
GRB 980703
C. Bartolini, S. Bernabei, A. Guarnieri, N. Masetti, A. Piccioni and G.
Valentini, University of Bologna, F. Frontera (on behalf of the BeppoSAX Team)
communicate: "A preliminary analysis of two 30 min CCD frames of the error box
of GRB 980703 in R band obtained with the 1.5-m telescope of the Bologna
University and the Bologna Astronomical Observatory on 1998 July 5.06 and 6.06
UT shows no variable object within 0.3 mag. The seeing was 2".7 on July 5,
2".3 on July 6; the measurable limiting magnitude was R ~ 21 in both nights.
However, in the position indicated in GCN 128 and GCN 130 a faint object is
barely visible."
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