[AAVSO-HEN] GRB 071003

[M. Templeton]

Hello everyone,

Swift has detected a burst this morning, and it apparently had a very bright
optical afterglow
reaching V=12.8 at 07:41:37 UT this morning.  The afterglow was detected by
KAIT rather
than Swift itself.

KAIT are reporting the coordinates of the afterglow as:

RA: 20:07:24.12
Dec: +10:56:51.8

They also supply a finder chart at
http://astro.berkeley.edu/~weidong/grb071003.finder.gif

We are several hours post burst, but it may still be bright enough to see.
Please image this
field at your earliest convenience if possible.


Clear skies,

Matthew