{
  "bibcode": "2005GCN..3068....1B",
  "body": "E. Berger (Carnegie Observatories), S.B. Cenko, D. Leonard (Caltech) and\nB.E. Penprase (Pomona College) report on behalf of a larger collaboration:\n                                                                                  \n\"We observed the position of the near-IR afterglow candidate of GRB 050126\n(Berger et al. astro-ph/0502468) with WIRC on the Palomar 200-inch\ntelescope on 2005, Feb 28.5 UT.  A total of 30 minutes were obtained in\nthe Ks band.  We find that the object has faded by at least 1.1 mag\nconfirming that it is in fact the afterglow.  In addition, a faint source\nis detected at the same position which is presumably the host galaxy.\"",
  "circularId": 3068,
  "createdOn": 1109726409000,
  "email": "eberger@ociw.edu",
  "subject": "GRB 050126: Confirmation of the NIR afterglow candidate",
  "submitter": "Edo Berger at Carnegie Obs  <eberger@ociw.edu>",
  "eventId": "GRB 050126"
}