{
  "bibcode": "2008GCN..7544....1M",
  "body": "Daniele Malesani, Johan P.U. Fynbo (DARK), Pall Jakobsson (Univ. \nHertfordshire), Paul M. Vreeswijk (DARK), Sami-Matias Niemi (NOT), \nreport on behalf of a larger observation:\n\nWe observed the afterglow of GRB 080330 (Mao et al., GCN 7537) with the \nNOT equipped with ALFOSC. We clealy detect the optical counterpart \n(Klotz et al., GCN 7536; Mao et al., GCN 7537, Schaefer & Guver, GCN \n7538; Gomboc et al., GCN 7539; Bloom & Starr, GCN 7542). We measure R = \n17.55 on March 30.17596 UT (32.1 min after the GRB), assuming R = 17.61 \nfor the USNO star 1206-0188558 at RA = 11:16:57.541, Dec = +30:37:51.51.\n\nA 1800 s spectrum with ALFOSC was acquired starting 46 min after the \nGRB, covering the range 3700-8000 AA. A preliminary reduction of the \ndata reveals absorption features in the spectrum from C IV, Zn II, Fe \nII, and Mg II at redshift z=1.51.\n\nWe acknowledge excellent support from the NOT staff",
  "circularId": 7544,
  "createdOn": 1206861596000,
  "email": "malesani@astro.ku.dk",
  "subject": "GRB 080330: NOT redshift",
  "submitter": "Daniele Malesani at Niels Bohr Inst,Dark Cosmology Center  <malesani@astro.ku.dk>",
  "eventId": "GRB 080330"
}