{
  "bibcode": "2000GCN...602....1F",
  "body": "A. Fruchter (STScI), A. Smette (GSFC), T. Gull (GSFC), R. Gibbons,\nH. Ferguson, L. Petro, K. Sahu (STScI) for a larger HST GRB Collaboration.\n\nWe have imaged the field of GRB 000301C with HST using the STIS CCD\n50LP (open) mode. The observations were performed on the 6.22 March\n2000 UT with a total exposure time of 1440s.  We easily detect the\ntransient believed to be associated with GRB 000301C (Fynbo et al GCN\n570, Bernabei et al. GCN 571).  We find a source magnitude of\nR=21.5 +/- 0.15 or V=21.9 +/- 0.15, where the error is dominated by \nthe wide bandpass of the STIS detector and the uncertainty in the color\nof the transient (Halpern et al. GCN 585).\n\nThe OT is relatively well represented by a point source: any underlying\ngalaxy would have to have R >~ 24, or be unusually compact for it to\navoid detection in our data.  We therefore believe that the apparent\nflattening of the light curve in the R band reported by many observers\nis not due to an underlying host galaxy but rather is intrinsic to\ntransient.\n\nThe red galaxy to the north east of the transient reported by Rhoads\nand Fruchter (GCN 586) is detected in our image; however, there is no\napparent bridge of emission between these two objects.  We therefore\nnow believe it is quite likely that they are unrelated.\n\nThe image is available at http://www.stsci.edu/~fruchter/GRB/000301C",
  "circularId": 602,
  "createdOn": 952643711000,
  "email": "fruchter@stsci.edu",
  "subject": "GRB 000301C: HST/STIS CCD Imaging of the field",
  "submitter": "Andrew S. Fruchter at STScI  <fruchter@stsci.edu>",
  "eventId": "GRB 000301C"
}