{
  "bibcode": "1998GCN...150....1H",
  "body": "David W. Hogg (Institute for Advanced Study) and Edwin L. Turner\n(Princeton University Observatory) report:\n\nThe very nearby (~15 pc) Galactic star SAO 15663, with V=6.7 mag, lies\n2.8 arcmin from the position of the optical transient associated with\nGRB971214 (not 1 arcmin as stated in Kulkarni et al, 1998, Nature 393\n35; see the SIMBAD database).  There are 1.0x10^{4} stars, all-sky, as\nbright as V=6.7 mag (Allen 1973, Astrophysical Quantities); the\nprobability that the optical transient lies this close to one of them,\nby chance, is 1.7x10^{-3}.  This is comparable to the probability\nthat, by chance, the optical transient lies along the line of sight to\nthe galaxy (at z=3.42) identified as the GRB971214 host, according to\nKulkarni et al (ibid).\n\nThis message may be cited.  We thank Kulkarni and Ramaprakash for\nhelping to check the GRB-star offset.",
  "circularId": 150,
  "createdOn": 903281465000,
  "email": "hogg@ias.edu",
  "subject": "GRB971214, association with a Galactic star?",
  "submitter": "David W. Hogg at Institute for Advanced Study  <hogg@ias.edu>",
  "eventId": "GRB 971214"
}