GCN Circular 7783

Subject

GRB 080602: NOT R-band upper limit

Event

GRB 080602

Date

2008-06-02T08:31:42Z (17 years ago)

Edited On

2024-11-07T19:47:38Z (a year ago)

From

Johan U. Fynbo at U.Copenhagen <jfynbo@astro.ku.dk>

Edited By

Vidushi Sharma at NASA GSFC/UMBC <vidushi.sharma@nasa.gov> on behalf of Leo P. Singer at NASA/GSFC <leo.p.singer@nasa.gov>

Daniele Malesani (DARK/NBI), Pierre-Olivier Quirion (Univ. AArhus), and
Johan Peter Uldall Fynbo (DARK/NBI), Páll Jakobsson (Univ. Hertfordshire)
report on behalf of a larger collaboration:

We observed the field of GRB 080602 (Beardmore et al., GCN 7781Loading...
 
 ) with the
NOT telescope. Observations were carried out in the R band at high airmass
(~6) and close to twilight. Mean time was June 2.203 UT, 3.4 hr after the
trigger. Inside the refined XRT error circle (Beardmore et al., GCN 7782Loading...
 
 ),
we do not detect any source down to a limiting magnitude R=22.3.
Observations will be attempted with the VLT on Cerro Paranal, but due to
weather the outlook for data is bad. We encourage observations from other
sites.