GCN Circular 8220
Subject
GRB 080913: REM NIR early observations
Date
2008-09-13T09:58:37Z (16 years ago)
From
Paolo D'Avanzo at INAF-OAB <paolo.davanzo@brera.inaf.it>
P. D'Avanzo, S. Covino, L.A. Antonelli, D. Malesani, D. Fugazza, L.
Calzoletti, S. Campana, G. Chincarini, M.L. Conciatore, S. Cutini, V.
D'Elia, F. D'Alessio, F. Fiore, P. Goldoni, D. Guetta, C. Guidorzi,
G.L. Israel, E. Maiorano, N. Masetti, A. Melandri, E. Meurs, L.
Nicastro, E. Palazzi, E. Pian, S. Piranomonte, L. Stella, G. Stratta,
G. Tagliaferri, G. Tosti, V.Testa, S.D. Vergani, F. Vitali report on
behalf of the REM team:
The robotic 60-cm REM telescope located at La Silla (Chile) observed
automatically the field of the GRB 080913 (Schady et al. GCN 8217) on
Sep 13 starting about 6 min after the burst. Observations were carried
out at high airmass. Coadding a series of 10s, 30s and 60s exposures, at
a mean t-t0 ~ 40 min we do not see the object reported by Rossi et al.
(GCN 8218) or any other afterglow candidate inside the refined XRT error
box (Beardmore et al.; GCN 8219) down to J > 17.1, H > 17.2 and K > 15.8
(3sigma c.l.).