GCN Circular 3874
Subject
GRB 050824: Spectroscopic redshift from the VLT
Date
2005-08-25T12:40:03Z (19 years ago)
From
Johan U. Fynbo at U.Copenhagen <jfynbo@astro.ku.dk>
GRB 050824: Spectroscopic redshift from the VLT
J. P. U. Fynbo, B. L. Jensen, J. Sollerman, J. Hjorth,
D. Watson, K. Pedersen, P. Jakobsson, J. M. Castro Cer�n
(DARK Cosmology Centre/Niels Bohr Institute), Javier Gorosabel
(IAA-CSIC) report:
"Using FORS2 on the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) we have obtained
spectra of the afterglow of GRB 050824 (GCN 3865, 3866) on 2005,
Aug 25.4 UT. We detect [OII], [OIII], H-beta, and [NeIII] in emission
and MgII in absorption, corresponding to a redshift of z=0.83.
We acknowledge excellent support from the Paranal staff, especially
Emmanuel Jehin."