TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  39544
SUBJECT: GRB 250225B: VLT near-infrared afterglow confirmation 
DATE:    25/03/01 18:56:01 GMT
FROM:    Yu-Han Yang at University of Rome Tor Vergata <yyang@roma2.infn.it>

Yu-Han Yang (U Rome), Muskan Yadav (U Rome), Eleonora Troja (U Rome) on behalf of the ERC BHianca team:

We re-observed the field of GRB 250225B (Williams et al., GCN 39473) with the HAWKI imager on the ESO VLT UT4 (Yepun). Observations began at T+3.6 d days and were carried out at an average airmass of about 2.4 in the J filter.

In comparison to our first epoch of observations, the candidate counterpart (Schneider et al. GCN 39494, Yang et al. GCN 39495, Rayson et al. GCN 39535) appears to have substantially faded by about 1 mag.  Image subtraction between the two epochs, reveals no other credible counterpart within the BAT error circle. We therefore confirm that this is the GRB afterglow. 

We thank the staff at the VLT, for the rapid execution of these observations.