GCN Circular 5920
Subject
GRB 061210 : Faulkes North Telescope optical limit
Date
2006-12-14T14:14:46Z (17 years ago)
From
Andrea Melandri at Liverpool John Moores U <axm@astro.livjm.ac.uk>
A. Melandri, D. Carter , C. Mundell, A. Gomboc, C. Guidorzi,
I.A. Steele, C.J. Mottram, D.F. Bersier, S. Kobayashi, R.J. Smith,
M.F. Bode (Liverpool JMU), P. O'Brien, E. Rol, N. Bannister
(Leicester) report:
"The 2-m Faulkes North Telescope robotically followed up the Swift
GRB061210 (trigger #243690, Cannizzo et al) and began observing
about 2.4 minutes after the GRB trigger time.
Observations were affected by the nearby bright moon (~4.3 degrees)
and no new object was found inside the BAT error circle (Palmer et
al., GCN 5905).
From the acquired set of 3x10 seconds exposures in the R-band we
can set an upper limit for the afterglow of R>17.0 at 2.8 minutes
(mean time).
This message may be cited."