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GCN Circular 2998

Subject
GRB050128,optical observations
Date
2005-01-28T21:57:57Z (19 years ago)
From
Shouta Maeno at U.of Miyazaki <shouta@astro.miyazaki-u.ac.jp>
S.Maeno,E.Sonoda,Y.Matsuo,M.Yamauchi
(University of Miyazaki)


"We have observed the field covering the error box of
GRB 050128 (GCN 2992;Swift-BAT Trigger time is 04:19:54 UT) 
with the unfiltered CCD camera on the 30-cm telescope
at University of Miyazaki.
The observation was started 19:23:52 UT on Jan.28.
Observed field of view is 43 arcmin centerd on 
R.A.=14h 38m 11s
Dec= -34d 42' 34"
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 source brighter than 17.5 mag.
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