GCN Circular 22544
Subject
GRB 180325A: GROND observations
Date
2018-03-25T17:51:03Z (7 years ago)
From
Alexander Kann at IAA-CSIC <kann@iaa.es>
T. Schweyer (MPE), and D. A. Kann (HETH/IAA-CSIC) report:
We observed the field of GRB 180325A (Swift trigger 817564; E. Troja et
al., GCN #22532) simultaneously in g'r'i'z'JHK with GROND (Greiner et
al. 2008, PASP 120, 405) mounted at the 2.2 m MPG telescope at ESO La
Silla Observatory (Chile).
Observations started at 02:53 UTC on March 25, 1.0 hours after the GRB
trigger. They were performed at an average seeing of 1".5 and at an
average airmass of 1.7.
We clearly detect the NIR/optical transient of GRB 180325A within the
enhanced XRT position (J. P. Osborne et al., GCN #22539), in agreement
with the optical transient detected by UVOT (E. Troja et al., GCN
#22532).
Based on 7 minutes of exposure centered around 03:30 UTC, we measure the
following magnitudes (all in AB system).
g' = 20.45 +/- 0.03 mag
r' = 19.57 +/- 0.02 mag
i' = 19.18 +/- 0.02 mag
z' = 18.30 +/- 0.02 mag
J = 17.42 +/- 0.02 mag
H = 16.85 +/- 0.02 mag
K = 16.34 +/ 0.03 mag
Given magnitudes are calibrated against SDSS in g'r'i'z' and 2MASS field
stars in JHK, and are not corrected for the Galactic foreground
extinction corresponding to a reddening of E_(B-V)= 0.015 in the
direction of the burst (Schlafly & Finkbeiner 2011).
We acknowledge the excellent support from the TiO and the current
observer at the 2.2m in La Silla, Angela Hempel and Victor Marian.