GCN Circular 23622
Subject
GRB 190106A: GWAC-F60B optical detection
Event
Date
2019-01-06T15:40:35Z (7 years ago)
From
L.P. Xin at NAOC <xlp@nao.cas.cn>
L. P. Xin, P. P. Zhang, R. S. Zhang, J. Wang, J. Y. Wei, E. W. Liang,
X. G. Wang, Y. J. Xiao, Y. G. Yang, X. M. Lu, L. Huang, H. B. Cai,
Y. L. Qiu, Y. Xu, Y. J. Xiao, Y. T. Zheng, C. Wu, J. S. Deng, D. W. Xu,
D. TURPIN, H. L. Li, and W. L. Dong, report:
We observed GRB 190106A ( Sonbas et al., GCN 23615 )
with GWAC-F60B 60cm optical telescope at 14:51:03 UT,
Jan. 06th 2019, about 77 min after the burst.
The optical afterglow reported by ( Sonboas et al., GCN 23615;
Lipunov et al., GCN 23636; Itoh et al., GCN23617; Mao et al., GCN 23618 )
is clearly detected in R band images. The brightness is 17.8mag
calibrated by nearby USNO-B1.0 stars.
GWAC-F60B is operated by Guangxi university and NAOC, CAS,
at Xinglong observatory, China.
Further observation is continuing.
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