GCN Circular 15678
Subject
GRB140104A : Xinglong TNT observation. A bright star is located nearby
Event
Date
2014-01-04T16:41:59Z (12 years ago)
From
L.P. Xin at NAOC <xlp@bao.ac.cn>
L. P. Xin, J. Y. Wei, X. F. Wang, Y. L. Qiu, J. S. Deng, J. Wang,
X. H. Han and C. Wu on behalf of EAFON report:
We began to observe GRB 140104A ( trigger number 582894)
with Xinglong 0.8-m TNT telescope at 10:55:20 (UT) ,
Jan. 4th, 2014, about 7 min after the burst notice recived.
Optical observations shows that there is a very bright stars near XRT postion
of the burst. The coordiantes and the brightness of the bright star
(as noticed by XRT postion notice ) are :
RA = 03:36:47,
DEC=00:35:16,
R=5.37 mag,
Since the nearby bright star is totally satuated in our images,
no statement about the afterglow of this burst
could be made right now.
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