[AAVSO-HEN] GRB060206: Optical afterglow

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TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  4683
SUBJECT: GRB060206: Optical afterglow
DATE:    06/02/06 05:53:44 GMT
FROM:    Johan U. Fynbo at U.Copenhagen  <jfynbo at astro.ku.dk>

Johan P. U. Fynbo, Brian L. Jensen, José María Castro Cerón
(DARK Cosmology Centre), Jyri Naeraenen (Helsinki Observatory) report
on behalf of a larger collaboration:

"Using ALFOSC on the Nordic Optical Telescope we have identified
the likely afterglow of GRB060206 (GCN #4682) to the position:

RA(2000), Dec(2000) = 13:31:43.4, +35:02:59.9  (+/-5 arcsec)

Further observations are in progress"