GCN Circular 40093
Subject
EP250404a / GRB 250404A: Montarrenti Observatory optical observations
Event
Date
2025-04-06T13:49:11Z (8 months ago)
From
Simone Leonini at Montarrenti Observatory (Siena, Italy) <s.leonini@iol.it>
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S. Leonini, A. Lorini, M. Conti, P. Rosi, L.M. Tinjaca Ramirez (Montarrenti Observatory, Siena, Italy, part of UAI/SSV-GRB section), M.G. Dainotti (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), Y. Niino (Tokyo University, Institute of Astronomy) and K. Kalinowski (Aarhus University, Department of Physics and Astronomy) report:
we observed the field of the X-ray transient EP250404a (Einstein Probe mission, Trigger ID 01709133918) probably associated with GRB 250404A (Fermi team, GCN 40050) with the automated and remoted 0.53m Ritchey-Chretien telescope at Montarrenti Observatory (Siena, Italy, IAU code C88).
The observations were started at 2025-04-04 18:36:04 UT (approximately 4 hours after burst) ending at 2025-04-04 22:00:50 UT stacking a set of Rc-band CCD images. Observations were performed under thin cloud cover in the second part of the night.
The optical afterglow (Jiang et al., GCN 40052; Perez-Garcia et al., GCN 40053; Du et al., GCN 40058; Zhu et al., GCN 40061; Konno et al., GCN 40063; Odeh et al, GCN 40064; He et al., GCN 40069; Perez-Fournon et al., GCN 40071; Jelinek et al., GCN 40072; Rakotondrainibe et al, GCN 40073; Taguchi et al., GCN 40074; Ruocco et al., GCN 40076; Martin-Carrillo et al., GCN 40080; Pavoni et al., GCN 40083; Li et al., GCN 40084; Yin et al., GCN 40085; Pankov et al., GCN 40086; Chu Chen et al., GCN 40088 and Chen et al., GCN 40089) was clearly detected at the following position:
RA (J2000.0) 08h 20m 14.57s +/-0.06
Decl. (J2000.0) +35° 31' 42.0" +/-0.04
Preliminary photometry was obtained using nearby PanSTARRS stars as follows:
Observation Mid-Time T-T0 (hr) Exposure Filter Mag. Err.
2025-04-04 18:36:24 UT 4.27 50x40s Rc 19.60 +/-0.10
2025-04-04 19:11:30 UT 4.85 50x40s Rc 19.67 +/-0.10
2025-04-04 19:46:31 UT 5.43 50x40s Rc 19.81 +/-0.15
2025-04-04 20:21:33 UT 6.02 54x40s Rc 20.25 +/-0.20
2025-04-04 21:07:10 UT 6.78 78x40s Rc 20.16 +/-0.12
Magnitude was calibrated with the nearby PanSTARRS stars converted using Lupton (2005) equations. No correction for galactic dust extinction was applied.
Along the span of our observations and within our uncertainties, the afterglow evolves in agreement with a power-law decay with a rate alpha ~1.40.