GCN Circular 5929
Subject
GRB 061217: Magellan Observations
Event
Date
2006-12-17T07:12:31Z (19 years ago)
From
Edo Berger at Carnegie Obs <eberger@ociw.edu>
E. Berger (Carnegie), A. Romanowsky (Concepcion), and C. Vega (Catolica)
report:
"We observed the error circle of GRB 061217 (GCN #5926) with IMACS on the
Magellan 6.5-m telescope for a total of 600 sec in R-band starting on 2006
Dec. 17.27 UT. A comparison to DSS reveals no new object to the limit of
the Sky Survey. We note the presence of a compact galaxy group at:
RA = 10:41:50.835
DEC= -21:05:16.68 (J2000)
This group is also apparent in the DSS images of this field. Given past
associations of short GRBs with galaxy groups and clusters, this galaxy
group may be the host of the short GRB. Further observations are
planned."