GCN Circular 6925
Subject
GRB071013: optical observations
Date
2007-10-16T18:57:43Z (17 years ago)
From
Alexei Pozanenko at IKI, Moscow <apozanen@iki.rssi.ru>
G. Kornienko, A. Erofeeva (UAFO), A. Pozanenko (IKI) on behalf of larger GRB
follow up collaboration report:
We observed the error box of GRB071013 (Marshall et al., GCN 6907) on
Oct.13 with SR-22 telescope of UAFO observatory. A set of 50 unfiltered
images of 60 s exposure was obtained starting (UT) 12:33:04. In images
between 12:39:04 - 12:49:04 we observed an object at the position RA(J2000)
= 18:37:49.1 Dec(J2000)= +33:50:25 with uncertainties of 3" in both
coordinates. The object is not visible before and after this time
(UT)12:39:04 - 12:49:04. The object is in refined BAT error circle (Palmer
et al., GCN 6911). Based on nearby USNO-A2.0 stars we estimate brightness of
the object as R~18.2.
The source of USNO-B1.0 1238-0299614 (RA(J2000)=18 37 48.84 Dec(J2000)=
+33 50 26.7) sits close (or coincides) to our object and it has R2=19.6.
The photometry of the source in deep TLS observation (Kann et al., GCN 6917)
is R=19.5 (Kann, private communication). If the USNO-B1.0 1238-0299614
source is a galaxy, then the afterglow may be masked of the galaxy in later
times. At this time we cannot confirm the nature of the found object and we
encourage to refine observations at the same period (Xin et al., GCN 6908).
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