{
  "bibcode": "1999GCN...296....1H",
  "body": "J. P. Halpern reports (from his office) that an optical object referred\nto in GCN #294 as \"notably absent from the DSS image\" is in fact visible\non the STScI digitized version of a 1992 April 24 UK Schmidt plate, at\nJ2000 position RA 11:54:52.9, Dec -26:43:40 with an uncertainty of about 1\"\n(astrometry based on 12 stars from the USNO A-2.0 list with rms of 0.2\").\nWhile a variety of possible scenarios leap to mind to anyone familiar with \nthe recent history of this subject, caution is urged.\n\nGo see for yourselves.  This GCN note need not be cited.",
  "circularId": 296,
  "createdOn": 926064436000,
  "email": "jules@astro.columbia.edu",
  "subject": "GRB 990506, armchair astronomy",
  "submitter": "Jules Halpern at Columbia U.  <jules@astro.columbia.edu>",
  "eventId": "GRB 990506"
}