GRB 230824A: AKO Optical Afterglow Candidate
Abstract
We observed the field of GRB 230824A (Page et al., GCN 34537; Navaneeth et al., GCN 34538) with our 0.36m f/7.7 robotic telescope. The observation started at 18:04 UT on 24 August 2023, 4.1 hours after the trigger. We obtained multiple 180-sec exposures in R filter. We detected a bright star with a magnitude of R=13.5 at: R.A. (J2000): 17:27:43.32 Dec. (J2000): -16:12:19.2 Which is within the uncertainty radius of the localization determined by Swift team (Page et al., GCN 34537), however, our detected object is a transient object (AT 2023qql) which was discovered today at 14:37:22 (UT) 0.6 hours after the GRB trigger, so more observations are required to confirm this link. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2023qql
- Publication:
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GRB Coordinates Network
- Pub Date:
- August 2023
- Bibcode:
- 2023GCN.34543....1O