TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  9260
SUBJECT: Detection of bright radio afterglow of GRB 090424 with the VLA
DATE:    09/04/26 18:29:16 GMT
FROM:    Poonam Chandra at U Virginia/NRAO  <pc8s@virginia.edu>

Poonam Chandra (RMC) and Dale A. Frail (NRAO) report on
behalf of a larger collaboration:

"We used the Very Large Array to observe the field of view toward the
GRB 090424 (GCN 9223) at a frequency of 8.46 GHz on 2009 Apr 26.09 UT.
We detected a bright radio afterglow at the UVOT position (GCN 9223).
The GRB radio flux density is 673 +/- 39 uJy.

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