[AAVSO-HEN] GRB 080319B: KAIT OA

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TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  7430
SUBJECT: GRB 080319B: KAIT OA
DATE:    08/03/19 06:56:36 GMT
FROM:    Weidong Li at UC Berkeley KAIT/LOSS  <weidong at astron.berkeley.edu>

W. Li, J. S. Bloom, R. Chornock, R. Foley, D. A. Perley, and A. V. Filippenko,
University of California at Berkeley, on behalf of the KAIT GRB team, report:

KAIT responded to GRB 080319B (Swift trigger 306757) and was taking 
images. There is a bright afterglow at position

RA = 14:31:40.97
DEC = +36:18:07.9
(equinox J2000)

The measured magnitude is R = 15.4 at 06:49:07 UT.

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