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GCN Circular 7291

Subject
GRB 080207: optical observations.
Date
2008-02-11T16:43:59Z (17 years ago)
Edited On
2024-11-18T09:44:52Z (3 months ago)
From
Javier Gorosabel at IAA-CSIC <jgu@dfe-d14.iaa.csic.es>
Edited By
Judith Racusin at NASA/GSFC <judith.racusin@nasa.gov> on behalf of Leo P. Singer at NASA/GSFC <leo.p.singer@nasa.gov>
V. Muñoz Marín, J. Sabater, A.J. Castro-Tirado, J. Gorosabel, M.
Jelínek (IAA-CSIC), A. de Ugarte Postigo (ESO, Santiago), report:

"We carried out BVRI-band observations of the GRB 080207 XRT enhanced
position of (Beardmore et al., GCN 7265) with the 2.5m NOT(+MOSCA) at
Roque de los Muchachos observatory. A preliminary analysis reveals no
optical source in the XRT error circle brighter than R~23.5 at Feb
8.26389-8.27778 UT (8.83 - 9.16 hours after the GRB)."
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