GCN Circular 7801
Subject
GRB080604: confirmation of optical afterglow
Date
2008-06-04T08:04:00Z (16 years ago)
From
Evert Rol at U.Leicester <er45@star.le.ac.uk>
E. Rol (U. Leicester), C. Guidorzi (INAF-OAB), A. Gomboc (U. Ljubljana),
I.A. Steele (Liverpool JMU), P. O'Brien (U. Leicester), A, Melandri, D.
Bersier, C.G. Mundell, R.J. Smith, D. Carter, S. Kobayashi, M. Burgdorf,
M. Bode (Liverpool JMU), N. Bannister, N. Tanvir (U. Leicester) report:
The Faulkes Telescope North observed the position of GRB080604. We confirm
the detection of an optical transient (La Parola, GCN 7800), with a
position of (J2000):
RA = 15 47 51.65
Dec = +20 33 28.1
In the first 10 second exposure, starting 5:42 minutes after the BAT
trigger, we estimate a magnitude of R = 20.12 +/- 0.15 with respect to the
USNO-B1.0 star at 15:47:52.50, +20:34:24.4.