GCN Circular 5166
Subject
GRB 060526: ROTSE-III Observations of Optical Counterpart
Date
2006-05-26T21:36:39Z (18 years ago)
From
Eli Rykoff at U of Michigan/ROTSE <erykoff@umich.edu>
E.S. Rykoff (U Mich), S.A. Yost (U Mich), H. Swan (U Mich), W.
Rujopakarn (U Mich), report on behalf of the ROTSE collaboration:
ROTSE-IIIc, located at the H.E.S.S. site at Mt. Gamsberg, Namibia,
responded to GRB 060526 (Swift trigger 211957, GCN 5162). The first
image was at 17:15:11.1 UT, 2801.1 s after the burst. The unfiltered
images are calibrated relative to USNO A2.0. We detect a 17.5th
magnitude, fading source with coordinates:
15:31:18.3 +00:17:03.7 (J2000)
This is consistent with the Swift/UVOT position reported in GCN 5162.
The afterglow did not fade significantly between 2800s and ~6000s
post-burst, when it was at ~ 17.5 mag. At 6000s the lightcurve had a
break, and started decaying as a smooth power-law with index ~-1. At
13000 s post-burst, the afterglow is at 18.4+/-0.05 mag. Observations
are continuing.
A jpeg image is available at
http://www.rotse.net/images/gsb211957_3c091-100_key.jpg
