Congrats, Patrick! ------------------------------ On Sat, Apr 27, 2013 3:16 AM MDT Patrick Wiggins wrote:

I received an email notice about an hour ago about indicating a possible gamma ray burst.

They're almost always faint and don't last very long but I figured I'd give it a try anyway.

The notice said the satellite that detected it put it at:

11h 32m 32.68s (J2000) +27d 42' 46.4" (J2000)

I was surprised to actually find something there. I've shot many a GRB field before but this was the first time I caught something.

I checked the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey and it shows nothing where the mystery object is in my images.

But the weird thing is this thing, whatever it is, is still there more than an hour after detection.

My first image shows it at an unfiltered magnitude of 13.2. The most recent image puts it at 14.8.

The fading appeared to be leveling off there for a bit but now seems to be accelerating again.

If anyone else happens to be imaging at the moment I'd sure appreciate a confirmation image.

Thanks,

patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy

Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com

The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club.

To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".