GCN Circular 36841
Subject
EP240708a: SVOM/C-GFT optical upper limit
Date
2024-07-10T14:15:39Z (5 months ago)
From
Chao Wu at NAOC <wuchao.lamost@gmail.com>
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Chao Wu (NAOC), Xuhui Han (NAOC), Zhe Kang (CHO), Liping Xin (NAOC),
Pinpin Zhang (NAOC)，Xiaomeng Lu (NAOC), Zhenwei Li (CHO)，Ruosong Zhang
(NAOC)，Yujie Xiao(NAOC), Yulei Qiu (NAOC)，You Lv (CHO)，Jing
Wang(GXU/NAOC), and Jianyan Wei (NAOC) on behalf of SVOM GRB team
We observed the field of the fast X-ray transient EP240708a (Chen et al.,
GCN 36838) on 18:00:53 UT, July, 9th, 2024, about 18.54 hours after the
Einstein Probe (EP) mission trigger with C-GFT (Chinese Ground Follow-up
Telescope in SVOM mission) in System Test Mode (STM). C-GFT is located at
Jilin (long.=126.33 deg, lat.= 43.8243778 deg), Changchun Observatory,
National Astronomical Observatories, CAS. It has FOV of 1.28 deg X 1.28 deg
with a 4k*4k CMOS detector mounted on the primary focus of
1.2-meter-aperure telescope.
A series of g ,r,and i band images were obtained. The exposure time was
12*10 seconds for each band.
No optical afterglow was detected within the enhanced FXT error box (Hu et
al., GCN 36840) down to a limit magnitude of 18.2,18.9 and 18.9 for g,r,and
i band respectively, which was consistent with the report (Lai et al.,
36839; ) at a similar time range.
The photometry was calibrated with nearby UCAC 4 catalogs.
We thank the observation assistant Guangsheng Zhang at Jilin observatory
for their excellent support.