{
  "bibcode": "2020GCN.28146....1G",
  "body": "P. Gokuldass (UVI), D. Morris (UVI), N. Orange (OrangeWave Innovative\nScience, LLC), A. Cucchiara (UVI/College of Marin), R. Strausbaugh (UVI)\nreport:\n\nWe observed the field of GRB200716C (Ukwatta et al, GCN 28124) with the\n0.5m Virgin Island Robotic Telescope (VIRT) at the University of the Virgin\nIslands' Etelman Observatory on 07-17-2020 starting at 01:48:10 UT (T+2.8\nhrs). We performed a series of exposures in R filter with a total exposure\nof 1210 s. The weather conditions were clear during the hours of\nobservation with an average airmass of 2.2.\n\nWe detect a source consistent with the UVOT position (Ukwatta et al, GCN\n28124) and optical transient identified by others (Lipunov et al. 28125, Hu\net al. 28126, Kumar et al. 28138) with magnitude:\n\n  R= 17.1 +/- 0.2\n\nThe magnitude is estimated from comparison to nearby USNO B1 stars and is\nnot corrected for Galactic extinction. Further analysis is in progress to\nconfirm the decaying nature of the source. The VIRT is still in the\ncommissioning phase.\n\nThis work is supported by NASA-MUREP-MIRO grant NNX15AP95A, NSF EiR AST\nAward 1901296, and NSF HBCU-UP AST Award 1831682. This message can be cited.",
  "circularId": 28146,
  "createdOn": 1595196618000,
  "email": "priyadass.94@gmail.com",
  "subject": "GRB 200716C: VIRT optical detection.",
  "submitter": "Priyadarshini Gokuldass at U. of the Virgin Islands  <priyadass.94@gmail.com>",
  "eventId": "GRB 200716C"
}