GCN Circular 23160
Subject
GRB 180821A: iTelescope optical afterglow detection
Event
Date
2018-08-21T19:26:09Z (7 years ago)
From
Albert Kong at NTHU <akhkong@gmail.com>
A.K.H. Kong (NTHU, Taiwan) reports
We observed the field of GRB 180821A (Tohuvavohu et al. GCN 23158)
with the T30 0.51m telescope of iTelescope.Net in Siding Spring,
Australia. The observation was done with a luminance filter (400-700
nm) beginning at 2018-08-21 17:26:22 UT (46 min after the BAT
trigger). At the position of the Swift X-ray afterglow, an optical
source is marginally detected with a magnitude of 20.4 +/- 0.2. We
propose this source is the optical afterglow to GRB 180821A. Follow-up
observations are encouraged.