[AAVSO-HEN] GRB 080514B: KPNO 4m IR observations

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TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  7725
SUBJECT: GRB 080514B: KPNO 4m IR observations
DATE:    08/05/15 11:32:00 GMT
FROM:    Adria C. Updike at Clemson U  <aupdike at clemson.edu>

Adria C. Updike, Ginger Bryngelson, and Dieter H. Hartmann (Clemson
University) report on behalf of the Clemson GRB Follow-Up Team:

We observed GRB 080514B (Hurley et al., GCN 7715) using the KPNO 4m
telescope and the NEWFIRM NIR imager under decent weather conditions.  In
4 min of stacked exposures beginning 24 hours and 20 minutes after the
trigger, we detect the afterglow (Postigo et al., GCN 7719) at J = 19.8
+/- 0.2 (as calibrated to the 2MASS catalog).  Observations are ongoing.

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