GCN Circular 36988

Nello Ruocco at Osservatorio Nastro Verde - Sorrento (Naples) - Italy
in a large collaboration with:
M.G. Dainotti (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), 
Y. Niino (Tokyo University, Institute of Astronomy), 
K. Kalinowski (Aarhus University, Department of Physics and Astronomy),
B. De Simone (Universita' degli Studi Di Salerno)
report: 

We image the field of GRB 240730A (Trigger 1245636 S. B. Cenko (GSFC), P. A. Evans (U Leicester),
R. A. J. Eyles-Ferris (U Leicester), K. L. Page (U Leicester) and
D. M. Palmer (LANL) GCN Circular 36976
Not found
 
 
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with telescope of Nastro Verde Observatory - Sorrento (Naples), Italy. Member of: 
AAVSO - American Association of Variable Star Observers.
UAI/SSV - Unione Astrofili Italiani/sezione stelle variabili.
AstroCampania Associazione

The observations started at 22:08 UT of 2024/07/30, after about 14.20 hours after the GRB trigger, with clear sky,
with principal telescope  SC 0.35 f/10 with focal reduced + CCD Sbig ST10 XME
I took 20 image of 60 sec each. All images are unfiltered, calibrated with masterdark and masterflat,stacked with Tycho Tracker software
We have not detected any clearly visible sources, up to 19.5th magnitude with clear skies.
 Start T0+                End T0+       Rlim
22:08:20 UT             22:32:39 UT     19.5

We did not found any optical counterpart in the error box of the XRTcandidate.




Magnitudes were estimated with the Gaia DR2 cat. and 
are not corrected for galactic dust extinction.



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