GCN Circular 13728
Subject
Skynet/PROMPT Observations of GRB120909A
Date
2012-09-09T02:24:04Z (12 years ago)
From
Aaron LaCluyze at U.North Carolina <lacluyze@email.unc.edu>
J. Haislip, A. LaCluyze, K. Ivarsen, D. Reichart, J. Moore, H. T.
Cromartie, R. Egger, A. Foster, N. Frank, M. Nysewander, A. Oza, E.
Speckhard, A.Trotter, and J. A. Crain report:
Skynet observed the field of GRB120909A (GCN 13727, Swift trigger #533060)
with the PROMPT telescopes located at CTIO in Chile beginning ~4 minutes
after the burst. We detect a fading, uncataloged source at RA 18:22:56.72
DEC -59:26:54.0, roughly coinciding with the location of the Swift trigger
with an initial magnitude of ~16.3 in R, calibrated to the NOMAD catalog.
Further observations are ongoing.