GCN Circular 22800
Subject
GRB 180620A: ISON-MN afterglow confirmation
Event
Date
2018-06-20T09:21:07Z (7 years ago)
From
Alexei Pozanenko at IKI, Moscow <apozanen@iki.rssi.ru>
L. Elenin (KIAM), A. Pozanenko (IKI), A. Volnova (IKI), E. Mazaeva, I.
Molotov (KIAM) report on behalf of larger GRB follow-up collaboration:
We observed the field of the Swift GRB 180620A (Evans et al., GCN 22798)
with ISON-NM observatory. Observation started 84 s after burst trigger. We
find fading object in coordinates (J2000) 18:39:35.09 +23:14:39.0 which
correspond to the OT candidate (Evans et al., GCN 22798). Preliminary
photometry of the OT in the first image started on 2018-06-20T08:36:21.666
is 17.1m in clear filter. Observation is ongoing.