[AAVSO-HEN] GRB 080810: optical observations

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TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  8094
SUBJECT: GRB 080810: optical observations
DATE:    08/08/11 10:23:24 GMT
FROM:    Alexei Pozanenko at IKI, Moscow  <apozanen at iki.rssi.ru>

M. Andreev,  (Terskol Branch of Institute of Astronomy), Ju. Babina (CrAO), 
V. Petkov, A. Kurenya (BNO INR RAS), A. Pozanenko (IKI) on behalf of larger 
GRB follow up collaboration  report:

We observed the afterglow  of GRB080810 (Page  et al. GCN 8080) with 
Zeiss-600 of  Mt.Terskol observatory in R-band on Aug. 11.  The  afterglow 
is detected in a combined image in a position consistent with coordinates 
reported by Rykoff  (GCN 8084). A photometry of the OT against USNO-B1.0 
stars is following:

T0+       Exposure  R_mag
(mid)

0.45598 d  8x180 s   19.4 +/- 0.2