{
  "eventId": "EP241217a",
  "subject": "EP 241217a: NIR detection with P200/WIRC",
  "submitter": "Viraj Karambelkar at Indian Inst of Tech,Bombay <karambelkarvraj21197@gmail.com>",
  "bibcode": "2024GCN.38627....1K",
  "circularId": 38627,
  "createdOn": 1734556218411,
  "submittedHow": "email-legacy",
  "body": "Viraj Karambelkar (Caltech), Tomas Ahumada (Caltech), and Mansi Kasliwal\n(Caltech) report:\n\nWe observed the location of EP 241217a (Zhou et al., GCN 38586;)  in the\nNIR J-band and Ks-band with the Wide-Field Infrared Camera (WIRC, Wilson et\nal. 2003) on the 200-inch Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory.\nObservations began on  2024-12-18 01:40:00 UT (approx. 20 hours after the\nEP detection), and comprise a series of 36 x 45 s exposures in the J-band\nand 17 x 30 s in the K-band.\n\nWe detect a possible source at the Gemini counterpart location (Levan et\nal., GCN 38587; Fan et al. GCN 38592; Levan et al. GCN 38593). We measure a\nbrightness of J ~ 20.7 +/- 0.1 mag (AB) and K ~ 19.3 +/- 0.1 mag (AB). We\nthank Héctor Arce and the P200 staff for granting the observations.\n\nWe subsequently observed this transient with NIRES (Wilson et al. 2004) on\nthe Keck II telescope starting 2024-12-18 05:00:00 UT. We thank Michael\nLui, and the Keck staff for facilitating the observations.\n"
}