GCN Circular 14531
Subject
GRB 130502A: TNG candidate counterpart
Date
2013-05-02T21:37:53Z (11 years ago)
From
Daniele Malesani at Dark Cosmology Centre, Niels Bohr Inst <malesani@dark-cosmology.dk>
D. Malesani (DARK/NBI), P. D'Avanzo (INAF/OABr), M. Cecconi (INAF/FGG),
C. P. Padilla-Torres (INAF/FGG), report on behalf of the CIBO collaboration:
We observed the field of GRB 130502A (Troja et al., GCN 14527) with the
TNG equipped with DOLoRes. A 10-minute image in the SDSS r filer was
taken starting on May 2.872 UT (3.08 hr after the GRB trigger).
Close to the edge of the current XRT error circle (see
http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_positions/), we detect a faint object, with
coordinates (J2000):
RA = 09:14:16.42
Dec = -00:07:23.0
The object has r = 23.49 +- 0.16 AB, calibrated against nearby SDSS DR8
stars.
At the present time, we cannot assess the variability of the target, nor
its relation with GRB 130502A. Further observations are planned.