GCN Circular 1750

Subject

GRB 021211, optical observations

Event

Date

2002-12-13T15:53:08Z (24 years ago)

From

Peter Garnavich at U of Notre Dame <pgarnavi@miranda.phys.nd.edu>

B. McLeod (CfA), N. Caldwell, T. Grav, K. Luhman (CfA),
  P. Garnavich (Notre Dame), and K.Z. Stanek (CfA)

We observed the afterglow of GRB 021211 (GCN 1731Loading...
 
 ) with the MMT plus
MiniCam imager beginning Dec. 12.3 (UT) (20.6 hours after the burst).
The afterglow is well detected in B,V,R filters and the
R-band magnitude is estimated to be 23.20+/-0.18 based on
Landolt standards observed the previous night (although
some cirrus was seen on the night the afterglow was observed).
The image is consistent with a point source and is quite blue
compared to stars in the field. The R-band image shows
very faint emission 1" to the northeast of the afterglow
which may be the host galaxy (see GCN 1744Loading...
 
 ). 

The R-band image can be viewed at:
http://www.nd.edu/~pgarnavi/grb021211.jpg

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