GCN Circular 1470
Subject
GRB020813: Candidate Optical Afterglow
Date
2002-08-13T06:21:11Z (22 years ago)
From
Derek Fox at CIT <derekfox@astro.caltech.edu>
D.W. Fox and C. Blake (Caltech) with P. Price (RSSA/ANU) report:
"We have observed the localization of GRB020813 (HETE Trigger #2262)
with the Oschin/NEAT system for three 120s unfiltered exposures
beginning at 13 August 2002 04:37, 04:43, and 04:47 UT. Inspection of
the images reveals a star-like object that is not present in DSS
images of the region. The coordinates of the object are:
RA 19:46:41.88, Dec -19:36:05.1 (J2000)
with a one-sigma uncertainty of 0.5 arcsec in each axis, remaining
constant over the time span of our exposures. We suggest that this
object is the optical afterglow of GRB020813."