GCN Circular 259
Subject
GRB990217 Optical observation
Date
1999-02-18T21:26:26Z (26 years ago)
From
Brad Schaefer at Yale U <schaefer@grb2.physics.yale.edu>
Bradley E. Schaefer (Yale) reports:
"I have examined the BeppoSAX error circle for GRB990217 (Tarei et al.
IAUCirc 7110) with the Yale 1-m telescope on Cerro Tololo. At this early
time, the only comparison available is the Digital Sky Survey, and no
optical transient is apparent. The images were taken in R and I starting
at 18 February 2:17 UT with 900s exposures, and these reach considerably
deeper than the Digital Sky Survey."