GCN Circular 7393
Subject
GRB 080310: RRM optical photometry with the VLT
Date
2008-03-10T11:28:50Z (16 years ago)
From
Stefano Covino at Brera Astronomical Observatory <stefano.covino@brera.inaf.it>
S. Covino, G. Tagliaferri, D. Fugazza, G. Chincarini, on behalf of
the MISTICI collaboration report:
We observed the field of GRB 080310 (GCN 7382, Cummings et al.) with
the VLT equipped with FORS2 with the Rapid Response Mode starting
from 2008-03-20 at 08:42:59 UT (about 5 minutes from the burst) for
almost one hour of continuous observations. The optical afterglow
(GCN 7381, Chornock et al.) is well detected and it was brighter than
R~17 (compared to USNO stars) already in the first frame.
A complete analysis is in progress.
[GCN OPS NOTE(10mar08): Per author's request, the "VBLT" in the
Subject-line was changed to "VLT".]