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GCN Circular 4580

Subject

GRB 060124: Swift/UVOT Observation

Date

2006-01-24T21:01:27Z (18 years ago)

From

Stephen Holland at USRA/NASA/GSFC/SSC <sholland@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov>

GRB 060124: Swift/UVOT Observation

S. T. Holland (GSFC/USRA), P. Smith (UCL-MSSL), H. Huckle (UCL-MSSL),
and N. Gehrels (GSFC) on behalf of the Swift/UVOT team

      The optical transient detected by Kann (2006, GCN Circular 4577Not found
 
 
)
is detected in the Swift/UVOT V-band exposures taken 184 and 629 s
after the BAT Trigger (Holland et al., 2006, GCN Circular 4570Not found
 
 
).  The
V-band magnitudes, uncorrected for Galactic extinction are.

Start UTC            EXPOSURE  Filter   Mag  Err    t-t0
                        (s)                           (s)
2006-01-24T15:56:39    153      V      17.08 0.08    184
2006-01-24T15:59:18    725      V      16.88 0.03    629

      The Galactic reddening in the direction of the transient is
E_{B-V) = 0.14 mag.  The Harvard Minor Planet Checker shows no known
minor planets at the location of the optical transient.