{
  "bibcode": "2009GCN..9136....1O",
  "body": "P. T. O'Brien and N. R. Tanvir (U. Leicester) report:\n\nWe note that the bright 2MASS galaxy at the edge of the BAT error\ncircle, pointed out by Fox (GCN 9134), has a spectrum measured as part\nof the 6dF survey, which gives a redshift of z=0.088.  This\ncorresponds to a luminosity distance of about 400 Mpc in standard\ncosmology, which would be very large for an SGR giant flare, but quite\nplausible for a short-GRB comparable in luminosity to several others\nwhich have been seen at moderate redshifts.\n\nThe spectrum can be seen at the following link:\nhttp://www-wfau.roe.ac.uk/6dFGS/cgi-bin/show.cgi?release=dr3&name=g0219477-071201&tid=-1&specid=123101",
  "circularId": 9136,
  "createdOn": 1239985659000,
  "email": "nrt@ast.cam.ac.uk",
  "subject": "GRB 090417A: nearby galaxy redshift",
  "submitter": "Nial Tanvir at IofA U.Cambridge  <nrt@ast.cam.ac.uk>",
  "eventId": "GRB 090417A"
}