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GCN Circular 7236

Subject
GRB 080129: optical limit by Pi of the Sky
Date
2008-01-29T21:04:53Z (16 years ago)
From
Grzegorz Wrochna at Soltan Inst.for Nuclear Studies <wrochna@fuw.edu.pl>
M.Cwiok, W.Dominik, G.Kasprowicz, A.Majcher, A.Majczyna,
K.Malek, L.Mankiewicz, M.Molak, K.Nawrocki, L.W.Piotrowski,
D.Rybka, M.Sokolowski, J.Uzycki, G.Wrochna, A.F.Zarnecki
on behalf of "Pi of the Sky" collaboration http://grb.fuw.edu.pl

"Pi of the Sky" apparatus located at Las Campanas Observatory
imaged the region of GRB 080129 from 6:09:21 UT,
i.e. 155s after the GRB (74s after the trigger),
with 10s exposures (IR-cut filter only).
No new object has been detected within the XRT error box.

Limiting magnitude for 10s exposures is >11.8 mag.
The limit for 20 coadded images is >12.5 mag.
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