{
  "bibcode": "2006GCN..5965....1B",
  "body": "E. Berger (Carnegie) reports:\n\n\"We obtained a 2100 sec spectrum of the putative host galaxy of the short \nGRB 061217 (GCN #5949).  We clearly detect the [OII]3727 and [OIII]5007 \nemission lines at a redshift of z=0.827.  The relative faintness of the \nhost and the higher redshift compared to early short GRBs provides \nadditional support to the conclusion that a substantial fraction of short \nGRBs arise at z~1 (Berger et al. astro-ph/0611128).  At z=0.827 the \nisotropic-equivalent energy release of the burst is about 8e49 erg.\"",
  "circularId": 5965,
  "createdOn": 1166770966000,
  "email": "eberger@ociw.edu",
  "subject": "GRB 061217: Magellan host galaxy redshift",
  "submitter": "Edo Berger at Carnegie Obs  <eberger@ociw.edu>",
  "eventId": "GRB 061217"
}