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GCN Circular 14294

Subject
GRB 130313A: MASTER-Net optical observations
Date
2013-03-13T16:47:08Z (11 years ago)
From
Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs <gcncirc@observ.inetcomm.ru>
V.Yurkov, Yu.Sergienko, D.Varda, E.Sinyakov
Blagoveschensk Educational State University, Blagoveschensk

K.Ivanov, S.Yazev, N.M.Budnev, O.Gres, O.Chuvalaev, V.A.Poleshchuk
Irkutsk State University

E. Gorbovskoy, V. Lipunov, V.Kornilov, D.Kuvshinov, A.Belinski, N.Tyurina, 
N.Shatskiy, P.Balanutsa, D.Zimnukhov, A.Kuznetsov, V.V.Chazov, 
D.Denisenko,  A.Sankovich
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University

V.Krushinski, I.Zalozhnih,  A. Popov
Ural Federal University, Kourovka

A. Tlatov, A.V. Parhomenko, D. Dormidontov, V.Sennik
Kislovodsk Solar Station of the Pulkovo Observatory

Hugo Levato and Carlos Saffe
Instituto de Ciencias Astronomicas, de la Tierra y del Espacio (ICATE)

Claudio Mallamaci, Carlos Lopez and Federico Podest
Observatorio Astronomico Felix Aguilar (OAFA)

MASTER II  robotic telescope (MASTER-Net: http://observ.pereplet.ru) 
located in Blagoveschensk was pointed to the  GRB130313A 27 sec after 
notice and 45 sec after GRB time at 2013-03-13 16:08:56.268 UT in two 
polarizations. On our first (10s exposure) set we haven`t found optical 
transient  within SWIFT error-box (ra=15 45 39 dec=+00 21 34 r=0.05 d).
The 5-sigma upper limit has been about 15.0 mag.

MASTER II  robotic telescope 
located in Tunka was pointed to the  GRB130313A 85 sec after GRB time at 
2013-03-13 16:09:36.11 UT in two polarizations. On our first (20s 
exposure) set we haven`t found optical transient  within SWIFT error-box.
The 5-sigma upper limit has been about 13.3 mag. Such a low limit is 
connected to large zenith distance of observed field (z>85 deg).

The observations are continued.
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