GCN Circular 920

A. Oksanen and M. Moilanen (Nyr�l� Observatory GRB-team),
H. Yamaoka (Kyushu Univ. VSNET GRB-team), and
A. Henden (USRA/USNO) report:

We have observed the entire IPN error box of GRB010119 
(Hurley et al., GCN 916
Not found
 
 
) as part
of the monitoring effort by the AAVSO GRB network.
This GRB was of the short-hard variety and so is of
considerable interest.  However, at a galactic latitude
and longitude of bII=4.9, lII=43.9, the burst occurred
in a dense starfield with no visible background galaxies,
indicating considerable extinction.
  The observation was made with the Nyr�l� Observatory
0.4-m telescope and Rc-filter on 010121.17 UT, between
the two Palomar observations reported by Price, et al.
(GCN 919
Not found
 
 
).  A total of 12 two-minute exposures were stacked,
yielding a limiting magnitude of approximately R=19.5 in
3.4arcsec seeing.  The resultant image can be found at
http://www.jklsirius.fi/grb/grb010119nyt.fit
All objects on this image are also visible in the
scans of the POSS-2 red plate from the NOFS PMM pixel server.