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GCN Circular 13201

Subject
GRB 120326A, the review of the sky area in plate archives
Date
2012-04-03T19:56:27Z (13 years ago)
From
Valentyna Golovnya at Main Astro Obs,Kyiv <golov_v@ukr.ne>
V. Golovnya, L. Kizyun (Main Astronomical Observatory, Kyiv)
   report:
We have undertaken the review of the sky area in vicinity of 
GRB 120326AA (M.R. Goad et al., GCN Circ.13110) on 
astronegatives, collected in Ukrainian NAS Main astronomical 
observatory plate archive (1976-1996). All the plates with 
the possible object appearance are digitized using Microtek 
ScanMaker 9800XL TMA and Epson Expression 10000XL flatbed 
scanners and have been placed into Golosiiv Plate Archive 
database DBGPA with open access to them.
 	The list of plates is given in the table:
YYYYMMDD/TimeUT	--Plates--	Ex.	LimM	Star USNOA2 
19860529/234300	GUA040C000924A	18	14.90	1575-03932397
19860531/232820	GUA040C000931	25	15.65	1575-03932513
19860710/175702	TAS040A000019B	45	17.90	1575-03933870
19860710/175706	TAS040B000020	45	17.95	1575-03933903
19860716/205409	GUA040C000960	16	15.85	1575-03934841
19940726/200551	GUA040C002347	18	15.45	1575-03933972
Plates:  
GUA040C �the plates archive identifier of DWA (D/F=400/2000, 
         M=103"/mm) of the Ukrainian NAS Main Astro obs.
         (Marsden's number - 83) the plate number [1].
TAS040A,-the plates archive identifier of DAZ (D/F=400/3000,
TAS040B  M=68.8"/mm) of the Tashkent Astro obs.
         (Marsden's number - 186) the plate number [1].
Ex.  - Duration of the maximum exposure (minutes). 
LimM - Limited V mag, derived in the 15 minutes area around 
       the location given in M.R.Goad et al. GCN Circ.13110: 
       RA(J2000): 18h 15m 37.08s, Dec(J2000): +69d 15' 35.9"
Star USNOA2 - Comparison star.
  The preview images of 6 areas together with  
the 35x15 min.of arc area from SkyMap can be found in  
http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/img/grb/120326A/index.html
The images with full resolution are available via e-mail on 
demand.
References: 
1.L.Pakuliak DATABASE of GOLOSIIV PLATE ARCHIVE (DBGPA V2.0),
http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org
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