GCN Circular 4534
Subject
GRB 060117: nearby galaxy
Date
2006-01-17T07:39:54Z (19 years ago)
From
Nial Tanvir at IofA U.Cambridge <nrt@ast.cam.ac.uk>
N.R. Tanvir (U. Hertfordshire) notes:
The galaxy that is within 2.7 arcmin of the BAT position of GRB 060117
(GCN 4533) is at redshift z=0.042, and there are other galaxies visible
on DSS2 in the same field, which could well be at similar redshift.
Given the high luminosity of this burst, it is therefore a candidate
to be at low-redshift, and followup observations are encouraged, despite
the poor location on the sky.