TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  22648
SUBJECT: GRB 180418A: LCO FTN afterglow confirmation
DATE:    18/04/18 07:47:13 GMT
FROM:    Cristiano Guidorzi at Ferrara U,Italy  <guidorzi@fe.infn.it>

C. Guidorzi, R. Martone (U. Ferrara), S. Kobayashi (LJMU), C.G. Mundell 
(U. Bath), A. Gomboc (U. Nova Gorica), I.A. Steele (LJMU) on behalf of a 
large collaboration report:

The LCO 2-m Faulkes Telescope North (Hawaii) began observing Swift short 
GRB 180418A (D'Elia et al. GCN 22646) on April 18, 07:18:19 UT (34 
minutes since the GRB) with the SDSS-I filter. We clearly detect the 
optical afterglow (Zheng et al. GCN 22647) with the following magnitude:

Mid time since GRB���� Exp������� Filter�������� Magnitude
(hrs)����������������� (s)
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0.62������������������ 5x60������ SDSS-I�������� 19.2 +- 0.1
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as calibrated against nearby SDSS objects.