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TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER: 1908
SUBJECT: GRB 030226: Optical observations
DATE: 03/02/28 13:57:33 GMT
FROM: Vasilij Rumjantsev at CrAO <rum@crao.crimea.ua>
V.Rumyantsev (CrAO), V.Biryukov(SAI) and A.Pozanenko (IKI) report:
We have obtained 9 unfiltered exposures (180-s each) of the GRB 030226
error box (HETE #10893). The images were taken with the AT-64 telescope of
Crimean Astrophysical observatory and cover the period UT 17:58 - UT 19:26
Feb 26, 2003. We used CCD SBIG ST-8 with maximum of sensitivity in the red
spectral band.
In a co-added image the OT is visible at the position of reported by D. Fox
et al. (GCN 1880). The brightness was estimated in respect to the stars A
and B (GCN 1885) as R~19.5 +/- 0.2.
Start time exposure OT
Feb 26 17:58 9x180 s 19.5+-0.2
Detailed calibration is underway.
The image is available at http://grb.rssi.ru/GRB030226
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