GCN Circular 1079
Subject
GRB010629: Optical Observations
Date
2001-07-02T10:02:27Z (24 years ago)
From
Jules Halpern at Columbia U. <jules@astro.columbia.edu>
J. P. Halpern & N. Mirabal (Columbia U.) report on behalf
of the MDM Observatory GRB team:
"Using the MDM 1.3m telescope, we obtained R-band images
covering the error box of GRB 010629 as defined by the
overlap of the HETE error circle (Ricker et al. GCN #1075)
and the IPN annulus (Hurley et al. GCN #1076) beginning on
June 30 3:35 UT and ending at 7:50 UT. These images are
deeper than the DSS. We don't see any new object, but an
asteroid passed through the error box. Moving west at a
rate of 27"/hour, it was located at 16:32:17.9, -18:49:59
(J2000) on June 30 4:34 UT.
Concerning the possible high proper motion star reported by
Henden (GCN #1077), we see both it and its neighbor 10" to
the west. Therefore, it is a `new' object, but one of many
that are near the limit of the DSS.
The proximity of the moon has prevented useful follow-up
coverage from being made."
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