[vsnet-alert 3183] GRB990704 optical observation by Michel Boer (fwd)

[Luigi Piro - BeppoSAX Mission Scientist <piro@ias.rm.cnr.it>]

We forward an e-mail by Michel Boer which is trying to send a urgent GCN
circular about GRB990704 with several mailer errors back. The text should
be useful for all observers.

Giangiacomo Gandolfi on behalf of BeppoSAX Mission Scientist

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1999 11:46:11 +0200
From: Michel Boer <Michel.Boer@cesr.fr>
To: Luigi Piro - BeppoSAX Mission Scientist <piro@ias.rm.cnr.it>
Subject: Re: BeppoSAX MAIL n. 99/14: GRB990704: possible X-ray afterglow


TEXT OF THE GCN CIRCULAR

Alain Maury (OCA), Boris Gaillard (OCA) and Michel Boer (CESR) report on
behalf of the OCA/CESR GRB collaboration, the tentative identification
of a possible optical counterpart for GRB990704 announced in GCN#360 and
GCN#361 on CCD images obtained on the 90cm Schmidt telescope of the
Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur.
An object which is not detected on the POSS has been detected at
RA2000.0 12h19m29.29s -03°47'25.8" at m19.4 (unfiltered images) on July
4th 21h01 UT.
Contact information : boer@cesr.fr or maury@obs-azur.fr
Web page with images at :
http://vsnetrc.obs-azur.fr/schmidt/observations/GRB990704.html


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Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements (CESR/CNRS)
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BP 4346
F 31028 Toulouse Cedex 4

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