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GCN Circular 5956

Subject
GRB 061222b: optical afterglow
Date
2006-12-22T04:33:34Z (18 years ago)
From
Edo Berger at Carnegie Obs <eberger@ociw.edu>
E. Berger (Carnegie) reports:

"We imaged the location of GRB 061222b with LDSS3 on Magellan.  Within the 
XRT error circle we find a bright optical afterglow at:
 	RA = 07:01:24.6
 	DEC = -25:51:36
with an uncertainty of about 1".  Spectroscopic observations are in 
progress."
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