GCN Circular 16650
Subject
GRB 140709A, the review of the sky area in plate archives
Date
2014-08-01T12:43:56Z (10 years ago)
From
Valentyna Golovnya at Main Astro Obs,Kyiv <golov_v@ukr.ne>
V.V.Golovnya (Main Astro Obs, Kyiv)report:
We have undertaken the review of the sky area in vicinity of
GRB 140709A (P.A. Evans et al. GCN Circ.16548) on
astronegatives, collected in Ukrainian NAS Main astronomical
observatory plate archive (1976-1996). All the plates with
the possible object appearance are digitized using Microtek
ScanMaker 9800XL TMA and Epson Expression 10000XL flatbed
scanners and have been placed into Golosiiv Plate Archive
database DBGPA with open access to them.
The list of plates is given in the table:
YYYYMMDD/TimeUT --Plates-- Exp. LimMag Star USNOA2
19840822/200650 GUA040C000445A 12.5 16.10 1350-12048943
19840825/201235 GUA040C000458A 16.0 16.95 1350-12054971
19840905/193326 GUA040C000485A 22.5 16.20 1350-12052525
19850711/224521 GUA040C000678A 16.0 16.75 1350-12052468
19850711/230927 GUA040C000679A 16.0 16.95 1350-12054971
Plates: ���the plates archive identifier of DWA (D/F=400/2000,
GUA040C, M=103"/mm) of the Ukrainian NAS Main Astro obs.
(Marsden's number - 83) the plate number [1].
Exp. - Duration of the maximum exposure (minutes).
LimM - Limited V mag, derived in the 12 minutes area around
the location given in P.A. Evans et al. GCN Circ.16548:
RA(J2000)= 20h 18m 38.96s, Dec(J2000)= +51d 13' 29.9"
Star USNOA2 - Comparison star.
The preview images of 5 areas together with
the 12x12 min.of arc area from SkyMap can be found in
http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/img/grb/140709A/index.html
The images with full resolution are available via e-mail on
demand.
References:
1.L.Pakuliak DATABASE of GOLOSIIV PLATE ARCHIVE (DBGPA V2.0),
http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org