TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  4967
SUBJECT: GRB 060418: REM candidate afterglow
DATE:    06/04/18 03:34:35 GMT
FROM:    Stefano Covino at Brera Astronomical Observatory  <covino@merate.mi.astro.it>

S. Covino, L.A. Antonelli, S.D. Vergani, E. Molinari, G. Chincarini, F.M. Zerbi,
V. Testa, G. Tosti, F. Vitali, P. Conconi, G. Cutispoto, G. Malaspina,  
L. Nicastro, E. Palazzi, E. Meurs, P. Goldoni, report on behalf of  
the REM/ROSS Team:

We imaged the field of GRB 060418 (Falcone et al. GCN 4966) with the  
robotic 60-cm REM telescope located at La Silla (Chile). Observations  
were performed automatically in the near infrared (J, H, K, z bands)  
soon after the GRB alert.

We find a single bright source in the XRT error circle, not visible  
in the 2MASS survey. Its H magnitude is about 11.25.

Further observations are still in progress.


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[GCN OPS NOTE(18apr06): Per author's request, Vergani was added to the author list.]