[vsnet-chat 2463] GRB 991216

[aah@nofs.navy.mil]

Ok, one last email!  Like I said, there was nothing
in the original error box for this gamma ray burst
down to ~20th magnitude.  They corrected the position
upwards a few arcmin, and the MDM GRB team announced
a fading optical source.  This object is at
  05:09:31.29  +11:17:07.4 (J2000)
(about 15arcsec east of a 16th magnitude pair of stars)
and was ~19.5 last night.  Again, if you want to
catch one of these gamma ray burst optical counterparts,
this one is a reasonably good chance.  But you will
have to do it in the next couple of nights, as they
usually fade quickly.
Arne

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