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GCN Circular 2751

Subject
GRB040924,optical observation
Date
2004-09-26T16:49:37Z (20 years ago)
From
Eri Sonoda at U of Miyazaki/Japan <sonoda@astro.miyazaki-u.ac.jp>
E.Sonoda,S.Maeno,Y.Matsuo,M.Yamauchi
(University of Miyazaki)

"We have observed the field covering the error box of
GRB040924 (HETE trigger 3564; trigger time 11:52:11 UT)
with unfiltered CCD camera on the 30-cm telescope at
University of Miyazaki.The observation was started
15:53:50 UT on Sep.24.
 Observed field of view is 43 arcmin centerd on
R.A.= 02h 06m 56.75s , Dec.= +16d 07m 27.5s,and include
the position given by D.B.Fox and D.-S.Moon (GCN 2734).
 After co-adding a set of 3 images of 30 sec exposures,
we have compared with the USNO A2.0 catalog. Preliminary
analysis shows there is no new sorce brighter than 16.6 mag."
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