{
  "bibcode": "2005GCN..3192....1D",
  "body": "A. de Ugarte Postigo (IAA-CSIC Granada), V. Komarova,\nT. Fathkullin, T. Sokolova, V. Sokolov, V. Vlasyuk,\nYu. Balega (SAO RAS, Russia), S. Guziy (Univ. of Nikolaev),\nM. Jelinek, J. Gorosabel and A.J. Castro-Tirado\n(IAA-CSIC Granada),\n\nreport:\n\nFollowing the detection by HETE-2 of the long X-ray gamma-\nray burst GRB 050408 (Sakamoto et al., GCN 3189), we have\ntaken R-band images at the 1m and 6m telescope at the Special\nAstrophysical observatory starting at 20.25 UT (i.e. 3.9 hr\nafter the event). Within the X-ray error box provided by\nSWIFT/XRT (Wells et al. GCN 3191), we identify three\npoint-like sources. The brightest one (R = 20.5) is at\npreliminary coordinates RA(2000) = 12 02 17.32, Dec(2000) =\n+10 51 10 (error 1\"), which we identify at the potential\nGRB 050408 optical afterglow. The object does not appear in\nthe corresponding DSS-2 plate. Further observations are in\nprogress.\n\nWe thanks the SAO RAS director Yu. Balega for his support\nfor the SAO RAS GRB ToO programme.",
  "circularId": 3192,
  "createdOn": 1112991873000,
  "email": "ajct@laeff.esa.es",
  "subject": "GRB 050408 optical candidate",
  "submitter": "Alberto Castro-Tirado at LAEFF-INTA  <ajct@laeff.esa.es>",
  "eventId": "GRB 050408"
}