GCN Circular 6385
Subject
GRB 070508: REM observations
Date
2007-05-08T05:18:53Z (17 years ago)
From
Stefano Covino at Brera Astronomical Observatory <stefano.covino@gmail.com>
S. Piranomonte, S. Covino, L.A. Antonelli, A. Burzi, L. Calzoletti,
S. Campana, G. Chincarini, M.L. Conciatore, S. Cutini, P. D'Avanzo,
V. D'Elia, F. Dalessio, F. Fiore, D. Fugazza, P. Goldoni, D. Guetta,
C. Guidorzi, G.L. Israel, D. Malesani, N. Masetti, A. Melandri, E.
Meurs, L. Nicastro, E. Palazzi, E. Pian, D. Rizzuto, L. Stella, G.
Stratta, G. Tagliaferri, G. Tosti, V. Testa, S.D. Vergani, F. Vitali
report on behalf of the REM team:
We observed the field of the GRB 070508 (Grupe et al. GCN 6383) with
the robotic 60-cm REM telescope located at La Silla (Chile). A
set of observations was performed automatically in the optical and
near infrared filters (V, R, I and J, H, K, z).
Preliminary analysis of the first frames at 4:34:11 UT (~16 min after
the burst, ~2 min after the BAT trigger) shows a marginal detection
of the UVOT afterglow at H~15.2.
Further observations are in progress.
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