GCN Circular 9226
Subject
GRB 090424: SDSS Galaxy at the Swift position
Event
Date
2009-04-24T15:23:49Z (17 years ago)
From
Phil Evans at U of Leicester <pae9@star.le.ac.uk>
P.A. Evans (U. Leicester) and S.T. Holland (CRESST/USRA/GSFC) report:
We note the presence of the extended source SDSS J123805.09+165014.6 in
the UVOT error circle of GRB 090424 (Cannizzo et al. GCN Circ 9223);
0.1" away from the Swift-UVOT position. This potential host galaxy has a
photo-z of 0.26. GRB 090424 was detected in the u-band by Swift/UVOT,
which is consistent with a low redshift origin of the burst.