GCN Circular 8558
Subject
GRB 081126: optical observations
Event
Date
2008-11-27T02:54:03Z (18 years ago)
From
Alexei Pozanenko at IKI, Moscow <apozanen@iki.rssi.ru>
Andreev M., Sergeev A., (Terskol Branch of Institute of Astronomy), A.
Pozanenko (IKI) on behalf of larger GRB follow up collaboration report:
We observed the field of GRB 081126 detected by SWIFT (trigger 335647,
Margutti et al GCN8554 ) with the Z-600 telescope of Mt. Terskol
observatory. A set of 90 s unfiltered exposures was taken starting (UT)
Nov. 26 22:07:20. In a combined image of 3x90 s we detect a new object
not presented in DSS2(R), in near vicinity to the object of USNO-A2.0
1350-14391154. A preliminary astrometry of the new object based on
USNO-A2.0 is RA, Dec (J2000) = 21 34 03.56 +48 42 38.62 with
uncertainty of 1", which is formally outside of enhanced XRT position
(Osborne et al GCN 8556). It is not clear at this moment relation of the
new object with GRB 081126.
A combined image can be found at
http://grb.rssi.ru/GRB081126/GRB081126_z600.jpg