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GCN Circular 187

Subject
GRB981220, sub-millimeter observations
Date
1999-01-02T22:20:45Z (26 years ago)
From
Ian Smith at Rice U <ian@spacsun.rice.edu>
I. A. Smith (Rice University), R. P. J. Tilanus and F. Baas (Joint
Astronomy Centre) report on behalf of the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope
(JCMT) GRB collaboration:
 
We used the SCUBA sub-millimeter continuum bolometer array on the JCMT to 
observe the variable radio source J034228.94+170914.6 in the error box of 
GRB 981220 (Galama et al. GCN #168, Frail et al. GCN #170).  The observation, 
performed in mediocre weather, started UT 1998 Dec 30.24 and lasted 3.8
hours.   No source was detected at this location: the 850 micron flux
density was 0.1 +/- 1.6 mJy.
 
This report may be cited in publications.
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