GCN Circular 36573
Subject
GRB 240529A: AKO Optical Afterglow Detection
Event
Date
2024-05-30T07:19:31Z (a year ago)
From
Mohammad Odeh at Al Khatim Observatory M44 <mshodeh@gmail.com>
Via
legacy email
Mohammad Odeh (Al-Khatim Observatory, AKO, operated by the International
Astronomical Center in Abu Dhabi, UAE), Nidhal Guessoum, Dalya Akl, Ilmah
Aabdi, and Shaikha AlShamsi (American University of Sharjah, UAE), report:
We observed the field of GRB 240529A (Eyles-Ferris et al., GCN 36556), with
our 0.36m f/7.7 robotic telescope. The observation started on 29 May 2024 at
21:57 (UT) to 30 May 2024 at 00:23 (UT), about 20.2 hours from the trigger.
We obtained multiple 180-sec exposures in Ic and Clear filters. We clearly
detected the optical afterglow at:
R.A. (J2000): 22:21:25.97
Dec. (J2000): +51:33:42.6
Our detection is consistent with the results of (Kumar et al., GCN 36559; Fu
et al., GCN 36561; Shilling et al., GCN 36562; Perez-Garcia et al., GCN
36563; Dutton et al., GCN 36568; Mo et al., GCN 36569).
The following observations were calculated using Atlas catalogue as a
reference:
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ObsTime (mid), Exposure (sec), Filter, Mag
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2024-05-29T23:08:00Z, 24 x 180s (stacked), Ic, 17.9 +/- 0.10
2024-05-29T23:11:00Z, 24 x 180s (stacked), C, Sr = 18.9 +/- 0.07
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The magnitudes are not corrected for galactic extinction.