GCN Circular 40311
Subject
GRB 250430A: SVOM/VT optical observations
Date
2025-05-02T03:29:23Z (2 days ago)
From
SVOM_group <svomgroup@bao.ac.cn>
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H. L. Li, , L. P. Xin, Y. L. Qiu, C. Wu, Z. H. Yao, X. H. Han, Y. Xu, J. Wang, P. P. Zhang, W. J. Xie, Y. J. Xiao, H. B. Cai, L. Lan, J. S. Deng, J. Y. Wei (NAOC), L. Zhang(IHEP), W. K. Zheng (UCB) report on behalf of the SVOM/VT team:
SVOM/VT conducted ToO follow-up observations for GRB 250430A. The observation started on 2025 Apr 24 04:54:31 UT in VT_B (400nm-650nm) and VT_R (650nm-1000nm) channel simultaneously.
The optical counterpart (Parsotan et al., GCN 40292; Odeh et al., GCN 40295;Garnichey et al., GCN 40301; Komesh et al., GCN 40307; Zheng et al., GCN 40310) was clearly detected in our observations.
The afterglow was fading during our observations and the brightness was estimated to be 21.69+/-0.05 mag in VT_R, and 22.96+/-0.10 mag in VT_B, at the mid time of 13.39 hours post the burst. The photometry was estimated in AB magnitude and not corrected for Galactic extinction. Considering the host galaxy's brightness and red color (Garnichey et al., GCN 40301)，the photometry might be contaminated by the host galaxy's light, particularly in the VT_R band.
The Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) is a China-France joint mission led by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA, China), National Center for Space Studies (CNES, France) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS, China), which is dedicated to observing gamma-ray bursts and other transient phenomena in the energetic universe. VT was jointly developed by Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (XIOPM), CAS and National astronomical observatories (NAOC),CAS.