[vsnet-grb-info 604] GRB021211, OT at 108 s

[GCN Circulars <gcncirc@lheawww.gsfc.nasa.gov>]

TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  1737
SUBJECT: GRB021211, OT at 108 s
DATE:    02/12/11 21:13:01 GMT
FROM:    Weidong Li at UC Berkeley KAIT/LOSS  <weidong@astron.berkeley.edu>

W. Li, A. V. Filippenko, R. Chornock, S. Jha (UCB) report:

"The Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) observed GRB021211
(HETE Trigger #2493) in real time. Four batches of observations (a
total of 60 images) were taken during the first three hours after
the burst. The image taken at 108 s after burst (11:20:22 UT) shows
a bright OT at the location reported by Fox et al. (GCN #1731), with an
unfiltered magnitude about 14.8 (USNO-A2.0 calibrations). The OT
faded to mag about 15.3 in an image taken at 171 s after burst, 
and was at mag about 15.8 in an image taken at 202 s after burst.
Photometry of subsequent images is in progress." 

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