GCN Circular 41777
Subject
GRB 250910A / EP250910a: VLT/HAWK-I near-infrared observations
Event
Date
2025-09-10T11:26:08Z (2 days ago)
From
Daniele Bjørn Malesani at Cosmic Dawn Center, Niels Bohr Institute <daniele.malesani@nbi.ku.dk>
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M. Garnichey (LUX-Paris Obs.), V. D'Elia (ASI-SSDC), B. Schneider (LAM), A. J. Levan (Radboud U.), D. B. Malesani (DAWN/NBI and Radboud), A. Martin-Carrillo (UCD), A. Saccardi (CEA/Irfu), A. L. Thakur (INAF-IAPS), S. D. Vergani (LUX-Paris Obs.) report on behalf the Stargate collaboration:
We observed the field of GRB 250910A / EP250910a (Ma et al., GCN 41769; Götz et al. GCN 41770; Wu et al., GCN 41772; Li et al., GCN 41774; Liu et al., GCN 41776) using the ESO VLT UT4 (Yepun) equipped with the HAWK-I NIR camera. We obtained 15 min imaging in the J band, beginning on 2025-09-10 at 08:28 UT (5.2 hr post-trigger).
Within the 20"-radius EP/FXT error circle (Liu et al., GCN 41776), several objects are visible in the stack of our data. All have an archival optical counterpart in the Legacy Survey (and they are thus not high-redshift candidates). Any of these sources could in principle contain an afterglow contribution, but a new template image is required to isolate any transient flux that might be present in our image. Further observations are planned with HAWK-I.
We acknowledge excellent support from the ESO observing staff in Paranal, in particular Julien Drevon.