The GRB RTAS has led to the discovery of one strong afterglow candidate, which was called OT20050728.
The coordinates of OT20050728 are RA = 15:57:16.78 and DEC = -18:50:58.6.
The following table summarizes the magnitude of OT20050728 in our observations.
| Date | Time [SOD] | Filter | Magnitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-06-10 | 34244 | g' | >23.35 |
| 2005-06-12 | 22204 | g' | >23.19 |
| 2005-07-28 | 21849 | i' | 20.08 |
| 2005-07-28 | 26054 | i' | 18.66 |
| 2005-07-28 | 30330 | i' | 20.90 |
| 2005-07-28 | 30631 | i' | 20.70 |
| 2005-07-29 | 22204 | i' | 21.58 |
| These 4 snapshots of OT20050728 correspond to observations indicated in boldface in the above table. North is up and east is left. Each image is 45 arcsec wide. |
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Refered publications from the GRB RTAS:
| Constraining the rate of GRB visible afterglows with the CFHTLS Very Wide Survey, Malacrino et al., 2007, A&A in press | ADS link |
| The CFHTLS Real Time Analysis System: "Optically Selected GRB Afterglows". Overview and performance, Malacrino et al., 2006, A&A 469, 455 | ADS link |