GCN Circular 46288
Subject
GRB 261113A: R-band observations with the 1.3m DFOT
Event
Date
2026-11-15T06:59:22Z (an hour ago)
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Pankaj Pawar, Divyanshu, Anshika Gupta, Debalina Kar, Dhruv Jain, Kuntal Misra, Yash Sharma, Amit K Ror and Shashi B. Pandey (ARIES, Nainital, India) report:
We observed the field of GRB 261113A (Saccardi et al., GCN 46244; Frederiks et al., GCN 46268; Dagoneau et al., GCN 46270; Zao et al., GCN 46287) with the 1.3m Devasthal Fast Optical Telescope (DFOT), India, on 2026 November 14. Observations began at 13:28:56 UT. We obtained six 300-s exposures in the R filter. The reported redshift is z = 3.580 (Saccardi et al., GCN 46261; Perez-Garcia et al., GCN 46264).
We reduced and stacked the images using standard procedures. Forced PSF photometry at the reported optical afterglow position (Lei et al., GCN 46248; Li et al., GCNs 46249, 46254; Yin et al., GCN 46250; Chen et al., GCN 46251; Wu et al., GCN 46252; Zhao et al., GCN 46253; Saikia et al., GCN 46256; Adami et al., GCN 46257; Gress et al., GCN 46258; Izzo et al., GCN 46259; Maksut et al., GCN 46262; Moskvitin et al., GCNs 46263, 46279; de Ugarte Postigo et al., GCN 46265; Dimple et al., GCN 46266; Jelinek et al., GCN 46271; Wei et al., GCN 46274; Xu, GCN 46280; also observed in the NIR by Lin et al., GCN 46247, and Brivio et al., GCN 46260) gives the following tentative measurement:
Mid-time (UT) Tmid-T0 (d) Filter Exposure (s) Mag (Vega)
2026-11-14 13:44:08 0.96743 R 6 x 300 22.77 +/- 0.37
T0 is 2026-11-13 14:31:02 UT (Saccardi et al., GCN 46244). Photometry
was calibrated against nearby Pan-STARRS DR2 stars transformed to
Cousins R using Kostov & Bonev (2018, Bulgarian Astronomical Journal,
28). The magnitude is on the Vega system and is not corrected for
Galactic extinction.