{
  "bibcode": "2006GCN..5275....1P",
  "body": "P.A. Price (IfA, Hawaii), E. Berger (OCIW) and D.B. Fox (Penn. State)\nreport on behalf of a larger collaboration:\n\nWe observed the afterglow of GRB 060614 (GCN #5254) with the Gemini\nSouth telescope + GMOS.  Our observations consisted of 4x1800 sec\nexposures with the R400 grating and 1 arcsec slit, commencing at June\n19.3 UTC.  In each image we identify a single emission line at 7388A\nsuperposed on a continuum emission with no apparent absorption\nfeatures.  If this line is due to [O II], the redshift is z = 0.98. \nHowever, there is a hint of a line at 5634A which suggests that the line\nis actually due to Halpha at z = 0.13.\n\nIn addition to the bright emission line due to the GRB host galaxy,\nthere is a brighter emission line at the same wavelength from the galaxy\n17 arcsec North of the GRB.  A spectrum from the Magellan telescope\nreveals the presence of the [N II] doublet flanking the Halpha line for\nthis galaxy, with a secure redshift of z = 0.125.  Based on the\nidentical wavelength of the lines, the two galaxies are likely related,\nat a redshift of z = 0.125; in this case, the separation in the plane of\nthe sky is 38 kpc.\n\nUsing the fluence of 2.17 x 10^-5 erg/cm^2 (GCN #5254), a redshift of z\n= 0.125 corresponds to an isotropic energy release of Eiso = 8.4 x 10^50\nerg.\n\nWe thank the Gemini South observing team for obtaining these\nobservations.",
  "circularId": 5275,
  "createdOn": 1150772206000,
  "email": "price@ifa.hawaii.edu",
  "subject": "GRB 060614: Redshift",
  "submitter": "Paul Price at IfA,UH  <price@ifa.hawaii.edu>",
  "eventId": "GRB 060614"
}