[AAVSO-HEN] GRB 090205: VLT candidate afterglow

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TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  8887
SUBJECT: GRB 090205: VLT candidate afterglow
DATE:    09/02/06 07:20:57 GMT
FROM:    Paolo D'Avanzo at INAF-OAB  <paolo.davanzo at brera.inaf.it>

P. D'Avanzo, C. C. Thoene, D. Fugazza (INAF-OAB), V. D'Elia, S.  
Piranomonte (INAF-OAR), R. Salvaterra, S. Covino, S. Campana (INAF-OAB), 
G. Chincarini (Univ. Bicocca) report, on behalf of the MISTICI 
collaboration:

We observed the field of GRB 090205 (Perri et al., GCN 8884) with the 
ESO-VLT in imaging mode starting about 7.1 hours after the burst. 
Observations were carried out in R and I-band with the FORS1 camera.

Inside the enhanced XRT error circle (Evans et al. GCN 8885) we find a 
source at the following coordinates (J2000):

R.A. = 14:43:38.65
Dec. = -27:51:10.7

+/- 0.4"

Preliminary photometry of this candidate afterglow gives R ~ 22.0 .


We acknowledge the VLT staff for their support, in particular G. James 
and J. Smoker.