GCN Circular 8168
Subject
Recent VLA non-detection of SGR 0501+4516
Event
Date
2008-09-02T18:17:02Z (17 years ago)
From
Joseph Gelfand at NYU/NSF <jg168@cosmo.nyu.edu>
Joseph D. Gelfand (NYU / NSF), Gregory Taylor (UNM), Chryssa Kouveliotou
(NASA/MSFC), Bryan Gaensler (U. Sydney), and Alexander J. van der Horst
(NASA/ORAU) report:
A VLA observation of SGR 0501+4516 (GCN 8113) on 2008 August 31 between
1109 UT and 1358 UT did not detect a radio source at the position reported
in GCN 8148 at 4.8 GHz, the only frequency used during this observation.
The resultant five sigma upper-limit on the radio emission during this
period is < 0.1 mJy (rms = 20 uJy). We would like to thank NRAO for
promptly scheduling these VLA observations.