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  "body": "A. Bochenek, D. A. Perley (LJMU) report:\n\nWe observed the field of EP260227a (Wang et al., GCN 43869) using the IO:O optical camera on the 2m robotic Liverpool Telescope. We obtained 5x120s exposures in SDSS r and i filters and 3x100s + 2x120s in SDSS z, starting at 2026-02-28 02:54:00 UT, approximately 6.69 hours after trigger.\n\nWe report detections in stacked images in all filters at the position first reported by Eyles-Ferris et al. (GCN 43867) and Li et al. (GCN 43868).\n\nMJD (mid)      T_mid-T_0      Filter      Mag. (AB)\n61099.12483\t6.79 h         r        21.31 ± 0.19\n61099.13319\t6.99 h         i        21.10 ± 0.12\n61099.14035\t7.16 h         z        20.71 ± 0.11\n\nOur results are consistent with the slower fading of the optical counterpart as reported by and Eyles-Ferris et al. (GCN 43875), comparing to the observations of Fu et al. (GCN 43873), Mandarakas et al. (GCN 43874) and Eyles-Ferris et al. (GCN 43875).\n\nThe photometry was obtained using nearby PanSTARRS secondary standards and was not corrected for extinction.",
  "bibcode": "2026GCN.43880....1B",
  "createdOn": 1772309103431,
  "subject": "EP260227a: Liverpool Telescope optical observations",
  "circularId": 43880,
  "eventId": "EP260227a",
  "format": "text/plain",
  "submittedHow": "web",
  "submitter": "A. Bochenek at Liverpool John Moores University <a.m.bochenek@2023.ljmu.ac.uk>"
}