GCN Circular 45040
A. Bochenek, D. A. Perley (LJMU), report:
We observed the field of EP260623a (Waang et al., GCN 45020; Wang et al., GCN 45035) using the IO:O optical camera on the 2m robotic Liverpool Telescope. We obtained 6x120s exposures in SDSS griz filters, starting at 2026-06-24 01:15:57 UT, approximately 22.4 hours after EP trigger. Multiple exposures across all filters had to be discarded prior to stacking due to an issue with the telescope rotator.
We detect a source in the images in all filters at the position reported by Li et al. (GCN 45021), also Izzo et al. (GCN 45022); Angulo et al. (GCN 45024); Brivio et al. (GCN 45025); Jiang et al. (GCN 45026); Li et al. (GCN 45027); Jelinek et al. (GCN 45029); Lee et al. (GCN 45030); Saikia et al. (GCN 45034). The preliminary photometry is:
| MJD (mid) | T_mid-T_0 | Filter | Mag. (AB) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61215.05694 | 22.49 h | g | > 21.44 |
| 61215.06840 | 22.76 h | r | 21.96 ± 0.23 |
| 61215.08921 | 23.26 h | i | 21.59 ± 0.13 |
| 61215.09872 | 23.50 h | z | 21.06 ± 0.16 |
The photometry is in the AB magnitude system, was calibrated using nearby PanSTARRS secondary standards and was not corrected for extinction.