{
  "bibcode": "2008GCN..8162....1D",
  "body": "A. de Ugarte Postigo (ESO, Santiago), A. J. Castro-Tirado, J. Gorosabel\n(IAA-CSIC, Granada), M. Morales-Calder�n and N. Hu�lamo (LAEFF-INTA,\nMadrid), on behalf of a larger collaboration, report:\n\nWe have observed the field of SGR 0501+4516 (Holland et al. GCNC 8112,\nBarthelmy et al. GCNC 8113) using the 4.2m WHT (equipped with LIRIS) on\nAug. 29.245 UT. A short integration in the K-band does not show any source\nat the position of the proposed NIR counterpart (Tanvir et al. GCNC 8126)\ndown to a 3-sigma limiting magnitude of K~19.5. This is consistent with\nthe flux decline observed by Rea et al. on Aug 25 (GCNC 8159) and would\ncorrespond with the decline in high energy activity reported by Palmer\n(GCN 8150, ATEL #1683). This implies that the source reported in the NIR\nby Tanvir et al. and in the optical by Fatkhullin et al. (GCNC 8160) is\nmost likely the counterpart for SGR 0501+4516 at these wavelengths.\n\nThis message can be quoted.",
  "circularId": 8162,
  "createdOn": 1220047564000,
  "email": "deugarte@iaa.es",
  "subject": "SGR 0501+4516: Confirmation of the NIR counterpart",
  "submitter": "Antonio Deugarte at IAA-CSIC  <deugarte@iaa.es>",
  "eventId": "SGR 0501+4516"
}