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GCN Circular 4683

Subject
GRB060206: Optical afterglow
Event
GRB 060206
Date
2006-02-06T05:53:44Z (20 years ago)
From
Johan U. Fynbo at U.Copenhagen <jfynbo@astro.ku.dk>
Johan P. U. Fynbo, Brian L. Jensen, Jos� Mar�a Castro Cer�n
(DARK Cosmology Centre), Jyri Naeraenen (Helsinki Observatory) report
on behalf of a larger collaboration:

"Using ALFOSC on the Nordic Optical Telescope we have identified
the likely afterglow of GRB060206 (GCN #4682) to the position:

RA(2000), Dec(2000) = 13:31:43.4, +35:02:59.9  (+/-5 arcsec)

Further observations are in progress"
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