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GCN Circular 4718

Subject
GRB060209A: MASTER optical observation
Date
2006-02-09T20:05:54Z (19 years ago)
From
Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs <gcncirc@observ.inetcomm.ru>
V. Lipunov, V.Kornilov, D.Kuvshinov, N.Tyurina, A.Belinski, E.Gorbovskoy,
A.Krylov, G.Borisov, A.Sankovich, G.Antipov, V.Vladimirov
M.Sinitsin, P.Gritsyk

Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow Union 'Optic'
MASTER  robotic system (http://observ.pereplet.ru) responded to 
GRB060209A (GRB_TIME is 2006-02-09 19:08:55.6).
The first image was at 2006-02-09 19:12:52 UT, 235 sec
after the GRB time
The unfiltered image is calibrated relative to USNO A2.0 (0.8 R + 0.2 B).
The robot not find OT-candidate in error box.
Our upper limit is about  15.8 m.
The reduction is continuing.
This work is supported by RFFI  04-02-16411 grant.
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Mailto: lipunov@sai.msu.ru
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