GCN Circular 1357
Subject
GRB 020409: Optical observations
Event
Date
2002-04-11T09:21:06Z (24 years ago)
From
Eran Ofek at Tel Aviv U. <eran@wise1.tau.ac.il>
E. O. Ofek, A. Gal-Yam, S. Kaspi, J. Dann, P. Ibbetson (Wise observatory,
TAU) report:
We have observed the error box of GRB 020409 (Piro, GCN 1347)
using the Wise observatory 1m telescope equipped with the FOSC instrument.
We obtained 4 exposures of 360 s in R-band on 2002 Apr 10.717 UTC,
20.0 hours after the burst.
Comparison of the combined image with the POSS-II E plate
reveals no candidate optical transients, to a limiting magnitude of R=19,
within the 4' BeppoSAX error circle.