{
  "bibcode": "2008GCN..7601....1V",
  "body": "Paul M. Vreeswijk, Christina C. Thoene, Daniele Malesani, Johan P. U. \nFynbo, Jens Hjorth (DARK/NBI), Pall Jakobsson (Univ. Hertfordshire), \nNial R. Tanvir (Univ. Leicester), and Andrew J. Levan (Univ. Warwick), \nreport on behalf of a larger collaboration:\n\nWe observed the afterglow of the possibly short GRB 080413B (Stamatikos \net al., GCN 7598) with the ESO VLT equipped with FORS1. A 600 s spectrum \ncentered on Apr 13.403 UT (49.5 min after the GRB) was acquired covering \nthe range 3500-9000 AA.\n\n From detection of numerous absorption features, including Fe II, Mg II \nand Mg I lines, we infer a redshift z = 1.10. In particular, we detect \nthe Fe II 2396 fine-structure line, which confirms this redshift is very \nlikely that of the host of the GRB.\n\nWe acknowledge excellent support from the VLT staff, particularly Thomas \nSzeifert, Jose Cortes, and Gianni Marconi.",
  "circularId": 7601,
  "createdOn": 1208084327000,
  "email": "malesani@astro.ku.dk",
  "subject": "GRB 080413B: VLT redshift",
  "submitter": "Daniele Malesani at Niels Bohr Inst,Dark Cosmology Center  <malesani@astro.ku.dk>",
  "eventId": "GRB 080413B"
}