GCN Circular 1966
Subject
GRB 030323: SARA Optical Observations
Event
Date
2003-03-26T22:52:11Z (23 years ago)
From
Kevin Lindsay at Clemson U <jlkevin@clemson.edu>
K. Lindsay, D. H. Hartmann, L. Harris, A. Manning (Clemson University),
M. Lopez-Morales (UNC Chapil Hill), M. Castelaz (PARI)
We have observed the optical afterglow of GRB030323,
originally reported by Henden et al. GCN 1949, with the
SARA 0.9m telescope at KPNO. We obtained 29, 300s
exposures in the Johnson R band filter. Observations
began at 03:32:56UT, and ended at 07:22:56UT, on March
25th. The obsevations were carried out under good seeing
conditions. Aperture photometry was performed, and
calibrated utilizing standards reported by Henden et al.,
GCN 1948.
We find a mean R magnitude of 20.6 +- 0.1.
More information on the SARA Observatory
can be found at http://www.saraobservatory.org/.
This report may be cited.