TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  828
SUBJECT: GRB000911: VLT infrared observation
DATE:    00/10/03 18:07:59 GMT
FROM:    Davide Lazzati at Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera  <lazzati@merate.mi.astro.it>

S. Covino, P. Saracco, D. Lazzati, D. Fugazza and G. Ghisellini 
(Oss. Astr. Brera) report:

"Starting on Sept 28.1778 for a total observation time of ~1 hour
we have obtained a J band observation of the radio/optical candidate 
of GRB000911 (Berger et al., GCN 795; Price et al., GCN 796; see also
GCN 798 and 799), using the ISAAC instrument at the VLT-UT1.
We measure:

Date 2000 UT      Exp.(s)  Filter  Magnitude 

Sept 28.2	  2400     J       22.38 +/- 0.08


The photometry has been performed relative to the UKIRT standard star
FS28 (see ISAAC user manual for reference).

BVRIJ spectrum, images and fit informations can be found at 
http://www.merate.mi.astro.it/~lazzati/GRB000911/

We thank the ESO VLT-UT1 service observing team.

This message is citable."