GCN Circular 3163
Subject
GRB 050401: Optical afterglow candidate
Date
2005-04-01T15:48:05Z (20 years ago)
From
Paul Price at IfA,UH <price@ifa.hawaii.edu>
R. McNaught (RSAA, ANU) and P.A. Price (IfA, Hawaii) report on behalf of
a larger collaboration:
We have observed the XRT position of GRB 050401 (Swift trigger 113120)
with the 40-inch telescope at Siding Spring Observatory starting at
April 1.637 UTC. In an unfiltered exposure of 120 sec, we identify a
source near the limiting magnitude of our observations, at approximate
coordinates:
16:31:28.81 +02:11:14.2 J2000
This source is within the XRT error circle, and not present in the DSS.
The source is about R ~ 20.3 mag. A subsequent image reveals that the
source is stationary.
Further observations are planned.
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