GCN Circular 9529
Subject
GRB 090618: SARA observations
Date
2009-06-18T23:00:02Z (15 years ago)
From
Adria C. Updike at Clemson U <aupdike@clemson.edu>
Adria Updike, Sean Brittain, Dieter Hartmann (Clemson University), Andrew
Colson, Renata Cumbee, Brianne Hackett, Josiah Lewis, and Marten Kronberg
(SARA REU) report:
We observed the field of GRB 090618 (Schady et al., GCN 9512) using the
0.9m SARA telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory beginning 1.5 hours
after the trigger and continuing for 2 hours. Our observations consisted
of 45 sec exposures in the I and R bands. The afterglow was detected in
every image. Magnitudes are given below as compared to the USNOB.1
catalog. Time is given in seconds after the trigger; exposure time in
seconds.
Time Filter Exp Mag
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5400 I 45 16.2 +/- 0.05
6300 R 45 16.8 +/- 0.05
Further observations are planned.
http://www.saraobservatory.org/