[AAVSO-HEN] GRB 080822B: MASTER optical observation

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TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  8123
SUBJECT: GRB 080822B: MASTER optical observation 
DATE:    08/08/23 11:08:44 GMT
FROM:    Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs  <gcncirc at observ.inetcomm.ru>

MASTER-Net Team:

D.Kuvshinov, V. Lipunov, V.Kornilov,  E.Gorbovskoy,
A.Belinski, N.Shatskiy, N.Tyurina,
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow Union 'Optic'

A. Tlatov, I.Golubov
Kislovodsk Solar Station of the Pulkovo observatory

V.Krushinski, I.Zalognikh
Ural State University, Kourovka

S.Yazev, K.Ivanov
Irkutsk State University


MASTER  robotic Net (Moscow region, http://observ.pereplet.ru)
responded to GRB080822B (Holland  et al., GCN Circ 8117) by hand
  due to internet problem at the Moscow Region Site.
The first image was started at 2008-08-22 21:21:35 UT, 18m 43s  after the 
GRB time.
The unfiltered image is calibrated relative to USNO A2.0 (0.8 R + 0.2 B).
The robot did not find OT-candidate in error box.


T-Tgrb    Mean Time     Exposition     Limit   Coadd?

1123 s     1138 s          30 s         17.0      no

1123s      1692 s         25x30 s       18.8     yes


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