GCN Circular 6695
Subject
GRB 070802: LCO I-band candidate
Event
Date
2007-08-02T08:52:13Z (18 years ago)
From
Edo Berger at Carnegie Obs <eberger@ociw.edu>
E. Berger and D. Murphy (Carnegie) report:
"We also obtained a 360 sec I-band image of the position of GRB 070802
(GCN 6692) starting on 2007 August 2, 08:02:19 UT. Within the XRT error
circle we detect a faint source with I~21.5 mag located at:
RA = 02:27:35.88
DEC = -55:31:39.3
with an uncertainty of about 0.5" in each coordinate. If this is the
afterglow of GRB 070802 the earlier non-detection in R-band may indicate
a redshift z~4.5-6, or a highly reddened GRB at a lower redshift."