{
  "bibcode": "2008GCN..8350....1D",
  "body": "P. D'Avanzo (INAF-OAB), V. D'Elia (INAF-OAR), S. Covino (INAF-OAB) \nreport, on behalf of the MISTICI collaboration:\n\nWe observed the optical afterglow of GRB 081008 (Rykoff, GCN 8343; \nRacusin et al., GCN 8344), with the ESO VLT on Oct 09 starting about 4.5 \nhours after the burst with UVES. In the UVES spectrum  we clearly detect \nthe Ly-alpha around lambda 3600 A at a redshift z = 1.96, further \nanalysis of this spectrum are ongoing. In light of this, from a refined \nanalysis of our VLT/FORS2 spectrum of this GRB (D'Avanzo et al. GCN \n8345), we can identify the metal lines reported by Cucchiara et al. (GCN \n8346) and the absorption lines CrII(2056, 2062,2066) and ZnII(2062) all \nat a redshift z = 1.9685.\n\nOur results are thus in agreement with what reported by Cucchiara et al.",
  "circularId": 8350,
  "createdOn": 1223568620000,
  "email": "paolo.davanzo@brera.inaf.it",
  "subject": "GRB 081008: VLT redshift confirmation",
  "submitter": "Paolo D'Avanzo at INAF-OAB  <paolo.davanzo@brera.inaf.it>",
  "eventId": "GRB 081008"
}