[AAVSO-HEN] Recent VLA non-detection of SGR 0501+4516

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TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  8168
SUBJECT: Recent VLA non-detection of SGR 0501+4516
DATE:    08/09/02 18:17:02 GMT
FROM:    Joseph Gelfand at NYU/NSF  <jg168 at cosmo.nyu.edu>

Joseph D. Gelfand (NYU / NSF), Gregory Taylor (UNM), Chryssa Kouveliotou 
(NASA/MSFC), Bryan Gaensler (U. Sydney), and Alexander J. van der Horst 
(NASA/ORAU) report:

A VLA observation of SGR 0501+4516 (GCN 8113) on 2008 August 31 between 
1109 UT and 1358 UT did not detect a radio source at the position reported 
in GCN 8148 at 4.8 GHz, the only frequency used during this observation. 
The resultant five sigma upper-limit on the radio emission during this 
period is < 0.1 mJy (rms = 20 uJy).  We would like to thank NRAO for 
promptly scheduling these VLA observations.