GCN Circular 5048
Subject
GRB 060502: P60 Afterglow Confirmation
Event
Date
2006-05-02T04:45:42Z (20 years ago)
From
S. Bradley Cenko at Caltech <cenko@srl.caltech.edu>
S. B. Cenko, E. O. Ofek (Caltech), and D. B. Fox (Penn State) report on
behalf of a larger collaboration:
We have imaged the field of GRB060502 (La Parola et al., GCN 5047) with
the automated Palomar 60-inch telescope. Observations began immediately
following astronomical twilight. The UVOT optical candidate is detected
in individual 60 s R, g, and i' images and is cleary fading. We
therefore confirm this object as the afterglow of GRB060502.
We estimate the magnitude of the afterglow to be R ~ 19.8 approximately
40 minutes after the burst trigger (calculated with reference to several
nearby USNO-B objects).
Observations are continuing.