[AAVSO-HEN] GRB 051227: MDM Observation

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TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  4405
SUBJECT: GRB 051227: MDM Observation
DATE:    05/12/28 05:39:41 GMT
FROM:    Jules Halpern at Columbia U.  <jules at astro.columbia.edu>

J. P. Halpern & S. Tyagi (Columbia U.) report on behalf of the
MDM Observatory GRB follow-up team:

"We are observing the Swift XRT position (Beardmore et al., GCN 4402)
of GRB 051227 in the SDSS r filter with RETROCAM on the MDM 2.4m,
a medium-sized telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona.  Beginning on
Dec. 28 03:55 UT, or 9.9 hours after the burst, our first 15 minutes
of exposure yields no detection to a limit R > 23, referenced to the
SDSS photometry in the field (Cool et al., GCN 4399)."