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GCN Circular 7431

Subject
GRB 080319B: REM observations
Date
2008-03-19T08:06:39Z (16 years ago)
From
Stefano Covino at Brera Astronomical Observatory <stefano.covino@gmail.com>
S. Covino, P. D'Avanzo, D. Fugazza, L.A. Antonelli, L.  Calzoletti,   
S. Campana, G.  Chincarini, M.L. Conciatore, S. Cutini, V. D'Elia, F.
D'Alessio, F.  Fiore, P. Goldoni, D. Guetta,  C. Guidorzi, G.L.   
Israel, E. Maiorano, N. Masetti, A. Melandri, E. Meurs, L. Nicastro,
E. Palazzi, E. Pian, S. Piranomonte, L.  Stella, G.  Stratta, G.  
Tagliaferri, G. Tosti, V.Testa, S.D. Vergani,  F. Vitali report on  
behalf of the REM
team:

The robotic 60-cm REM telescope located at La Silla (Chile) observed  
automatically the field of the GRB 080319B  on March 19 06:13:32 UT  
(about 43 seconds after the burst).

We clearly detect the afterglow reported in GCN 7427, 7428, 7430  
(Racusin et
al.; Holland et al.; Li et al.).

The object was still at H~12.5 at about 22 min from the burst time.

Further analyses and observations are in progress.
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