GCN Circular 9487

S. Balman (METU), M. Parmaksizoglu (TUG)
Z. Eker (TUG), U. Kiziloglu (METU), E. Gogus (Sabanci Uni.)
I. Bikmaev, N. Sakhibullin (KSU/AST)
R. Burenin, M. Pavlinsky, R. Sunyaev (IKI),

report:

We observed the field of GRB 090530 (Swift trigger=353567, 
Cannizzo et al.,2009 GCN Circ. 9438
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) with the Russian-Turkish 1.5-m telescope
(RTT150, Bakirlitepe, TUBITAK National Observatory, Turkey) on
30 May  starting at 18:30:37.7 UT about 15.2 hours (0.633 d) after the burst 
using the TFOSC CCD (burst detected at 03:18:18 UT with Swift Burst Alert 
Telescope(BAT)).

Flewelling et al. 2009 GCN Circ. 9439
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 found the afterglow at
16.0 mag at 03:18:42.7 UT. Calibrating the data against the USNO star at
RA = 11:57:41.7, Dec = +26:35:43, Rossi et al. 2009 GCN Circ. 9458
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obtain R = (22.2 +-0.2) mag 21.3 hrs after burst. They also found a
  break in the optical light at around 22 ksec post-burst (see also 
GCN Circ.9440
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-9443, 9450-9452, 959, 9466, 9478 for white light
and UV photometry).

We obtained one 900 sec exposure using the  R band  filter (Bessell filter).
We used the Swift XRT position derived by Breadmore at al. (2009) 
GCN Circ. 9445
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 to locate the afterglow candidate. We were able see the 
source, but unable to calculate a magnitude using PSF photometry with
DAOPHOT within MIDAS software performed on the 13.3 by 13.3 arcmin field 
around the candidate. We find a frame upper limit of R = 21.1+/-0.5 mag
at 3 sigma and 21.9+/-0.5 mag at 2 sigma confidence level 
calculated using the same  USNO star mentioned in the above paragraph.


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