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GCN Circular 7799

Subject
GRB 080603B: TAROT Calern observatory confirmation of slow optical decay
Date
2008-06-04T00:41:39Z (16 years ago)
From
Alain Klotz at CESR-CNRS <Alain.Klotz@free.fr>
Klotz, A. (CESR-OMP), Boer M. (OHP), Atteia J.L. (LATT-OMP) report:

We imaged the field of GRB 080603B from
68 min to 240 min after the trigger with TAROT.
The light curve displays a slow optical
decay compatible with alpha=0.62 +/- 0.1.
R~18.2 at t0+225 min.
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