GRB 191016A: KAIT Optical Afterglow Confirmation
Abstract
The 0.76-m Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT), located at Lick Observatory, responded to the Swift GRB 191016A (Gropp et al., GCN 26008) starting at ~1.6 hours after the burst. We obtained 33x60s images in the clear (roughly R) filter. We detect and thus confirm the optical afterglow at the position reported by Watson et al. (GCN 26010) in our co-added image. Due to a strong moon light gradient in our images, we are unable to measure a reliable magnitude of the target. We estimate the afterglow is between 16.5 to 17.5 mag at a mid-time of ~2.0 hours after the burst.
- Publication:
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GRB Coordinates Network
- Pub Date:
- October 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019GCN.26011....1Z