[AAVSO-HEN] GRB 090618: KAIT optical afterglow

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TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  9514
SUBJECT: GRB 090618: KAIT optical afterglow
DATE:    09/06/18 08:52:20 GMT
FROM:    Daniel Perley at U.C. Berkeley  <dperley at astro.berkeley.edu>

D. A. Perley reports on behalf of the KAIT GRB team:

The Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) responded to GRB 090618 
and began taking data at 08:31:10 (UT).  A bright (~14th magnitude) 
optical afterglow is visible in the initial set of exposures at the 
following position:

RA   19:35:58.80
dec +78:21:25.5

Further follow-up is in progress.