[AAVSO-HEN] GRB 080514B: Further NIR observations

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TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  7745
SUBJECT: GRB 080514B: Further NIR observations
DATE:    08/05/18 03:40:55 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 re-imaged the field of GRB 080514B (Hurley et al., GCN 7715) with the
KPNO 4m + NEWFIRM under good weather conditions.  We obtained 15 minutes
in the J and H bands approximately 48 hours after the trigger.  In stacked
images, we marginally detect the afterglow (Postigo et al., GCN 7719) at J
= 20.7 +/- 0.3 (calibrated to the 2MASS catalog).  We do not detect the
afterglow in the H band with a limiting magnitude of 20.2.

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