{
  "bibcode": "2008GCN..8254....1F",
  "body": "J. P. U. Fynbo, D. Malesani, J. Hjorth, J. Sollerman, C. C. Thoene (DARK),\nreport on behalf of a larger collaboration.\n\nWe observed the field of GRB 080916A (Ziaeepour et al., GCN 8237) with the\nESO VLT equipped with FORS1. Observations started on 2008 Sep 17.097 UT,\n17.1 hr after the burst, for a total exposure time of 1 hr with the 300V\ngrism. Based on MgII absorption and emission lines from [OII] and [OIII]\nwe infer a redshift for GRB080916A of z=0.689 (based a preliminary\nwavelength calibration).\n\nWe acknowledge excellent support from the observing staff at\nParanal, in particular Dominique Naef, Heidi Korhonen and Chris Lidman.",
  "circularId": 8254,
  "createdOn": 1221636916000,
  "email": "jfynbo@astro.ku.dk",
  "subject": "GRB080916A: Spectroscopic redshift",
  "submitter": "Johan U. Fynbo at U.Copenhagen  <jfynbo@astro.ku.dk>",
  "eventId": "GRB 080916A"
}