GCN Circular 7431
Subject
GRB 080319B: REM observations
Event
Date
2008-03-19T08:06:39Z (18 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.