[AAVSO-HEN] GRB 080319B: Optical observation (Brno, CZ)

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TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  7504
SUBJECT: GRB 080319B: Optical observation (Brno, CZ)
DATE:    08/03/21 21:58:31 GMT
FROM:    Rudolf Novak at N.Copernicus Obs/Czech Rep  <exebece at gmail.com>

We observed GRB 080319B using 40cm Newtonian telescope, SBIG ST-7XMEi
CCD camera and R-band Kron-Cousins filter. We found afterglow to be
R=20.0+-0.3 mag at 2008.03.20 0.125 UT. Given time is mid-exposure
(total exposure: 6.7h). Weather conditions were poor because of clouds
and Moon. We used 13 nearby USNO-B1.0 stars to get R magnitude. An
aperture photometry package Munipack
(http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1998stel.conf...30H) was used for data
reduction.

Rudolf Novak
Nicholas Copernicus Observatory & Planetarium in Brno, Czech Republic
(http://ccd.astronomy.cz)

Filip Hroch
Masaryk University, Brno
(http://monteboo.blogspot.com)