GCN Circular 5864
Subject
GRB061126: Optical afterglow observations from MIRO
Date
2006-11-26T20:36:58Z (18 years ago)
From
Kiran S Baliyan at Physical Research Lab, Ahmedabad,India <baliyan@prl.res.in>
K.S. Baliyan, S. Ganesh, UC Joshi (MIRO-PRL, Ahmedabad, India) report:
We observed the field around position of the optical counterpart of
GRB061126 (Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) trigger number 240766)
beginning about 8 hours after the burst. The 1296*1152 CCD mounted
on the 1.2 M telescope of Mt Abu IR Observatory, operated by Physical
Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad- India, was used to observe OT in RI
bands and white light. Several images with exposure times 120 secs
and 180 secs are taken.
A visible inspection of the images shows a very faint source in I
band and white light at the position reported by D. E. Vanden Berk,
B. Sbarufatti, and S. D. Barthelmy (GCN 5856). Results of the
detailed photometry will be reported later. The monitoring is on.
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