GCN Circular 17468
Subject
GRB 150213B: AAO optical observations
Event
Date
2015-02-14T07:06:15Z (11 years ago)
From
Alexei Pozanenko at IKI, Moscow <apozanen@iki.rssi.ru>
A. Pozanenko (IKI), R. Inasaridze (AAO), E. Mazaeva (IKI), A. Volnova (IKI),
Molotov (KIAM), report on behalf of larger GRB follow-up collaboration:
We observed the field of the Swift GRB 150213B (Pagani et al., GCN 17464)
with AS-32 (0.7m) telescope of Abastumani Observatory. We obtained several
unfiltered images starting on Feb. 13 (UT) 23:24:58 and ending Feb. 14 (UT)
01:06:30. In the first single images of 120 s exposure we clearly detect
the optical afterglow (Pagani et al., GCN 17464; Kann et al., GCN 17465;
Malesani et al., GCN 17467). Preliminary photometry of the afterglow is
19.7m (at 54 minutes after burst trigger) in comparison with nearby
USNO-B1.0 stars (R2 mags).
Data receiving and reduction is ongoing.