[AAVSO-HEN] GRB 051211: IAC80 optical observations

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TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  4335
SUBJECT: GRB 051211: IAC80 optical observations
DATE:    05/12/12 09:30:56 GMT
FROM:    Alberto Castro-Tirado at LAEFF-INTA  <ajct at laeff.esa.es>

A. de Ugarte Postigo (IAA-CSIC Granada), S. Fernández-Acosta
(IAC Tenerife), S. Guziy, M. Jelínek, S. B. Pandey, 
J. Gorosabel and A. J. Castro-Tirado (IAA-CSIC)

report:

"We have imaged a 7' x 7' region centred on the HETE-2/SXC
error box for GRB 051211 (Atteia et al. GCNC 4324) with the 
0.8-m IAC telescope at the Observatorio del Teide starting 
on Dec 11.279 UT (i.e. 3.9 hours after the GRB). Two frames 
(600s exposure time, R-band) were taken under poor meteo-
rological conditions (strong wind and increasing background
due to the proximity of the twilight). No optical variable 
is detected in a 3' field centred on the HETE-2/SXC error 
box down to limiting magnitude of R about 19."

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