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GCN Circular 3029

Subject
GRB 050215b, BOOTES-2 simultaneous optical observations
Date
2005-02-15T18:22:51Z (20 years ago)
From
Alberto Castro-Tirado at Inst.de Astro. de Andalucia <ajct@iaa.es>
M. Jel�nek, A. J. Castro-Tirado, J. Gorosabel, 
 A. de Ugarte Postigo (IAA-CSIC Granada), 
 P. Kubanek, R. Hudec (Astronomical Institute 
 of the Academy of Sciences, Ondrejov), 
 T. J. Mateo Sanguino (Universidad de Huelva), 
 T. Soria, R. Fern�ndez (EELM-CSIC, M�laga) and 
 J. Fabregat (Universidad de Valencia)
 
 report:
 
 The BOOTES-2 very wide field camera, located at the 
 Estaci�n Experimental de La Mayora (EELM-CSIC) in 
 M�laga, observed the region of the sky containing the 
 SWIFT/BAT error box for GRB 050215b (Barthelmy et al. 
 GCN 3024) as part of its routine observing schedule. 
 A 30 s exposure started at 02:33:05 UT (7 s prior to 
 the onset of the 10 s long burst), with the following 
 frame starting at 02:34:05 UT. Limiting (unfiltered) 
 magnitude of 10.0 is derived for any prompt optical 
 flash arising from this event.
 
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