{
  "bibcode": "2007GCN..6046....1M",
  "body": "D. Malesani (Dark/NBI), P.M. Vreeswijk (ESO), P. Jakobsson (Herfordshire),\nJ.P.U. Fynbo (Dark/NBI), report on behalf of a larger collaboration:\n\nWe observed the field of the faint GRB 070126 (Vetere et al., GCN 6027)\nwith the ESO VLT + FORS2 on 2006 Jan 26.17 UT (1.52 hr after the GRB).\nShort exposures (~1 min) were acquired in BVRIz. Inside the XRT error\ncircle (Vetere \\& Racusin, GCN 6045) we detect a single, extended source,\nwhich is present in the USNO-B1 catalog and in the DSS images, at the\ncoordinates (0.5\"  error):\n\nRA(J2000) = 02:14:10.03\nDec(J2000) = -73:32:05.7\n\nGiven the lack of evidence for variability of the X-ray source, the\npossible association of this galaxy with the GRB or the X-ray source is at\npresent unclear.\n\nOur images cover ~80% of the refined BAT error circle (Fenimore et al.,\nGCN 6040). No new sources brighter than the DSS limits (R~20.5) are seen\nacross the whole observed region.\n\nWe acknowledge excellent support from the ESO staff at Paranal, in\nparticular Hugues Sana, Thomas Rivinius, Leonardo Vanzi and Dominique\nNaef.",
  "circularId": 6046,
  "createdOn": 1169985608000,
  "email": "malesani@astro.ku.dk",
  "subject": "GRB 070126: VLT observations",
  "submitter": "Daniele Malesani at Niels Bohr Inst,Dark Cosmology Center  <malesani@astro.ku.dk>",
  "eventId": "GRB 070126"
}