TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 9575 SUBJECT: GRB 090618: SARA Second Epoch Observations DATE: 09/06/25 21:08:25 GMT FROM: Adria C. Updike at Clemson U Adria Updike, Sean Brittain, Dieter Hartmann (Clemson University), Andrew Colson, Renata Cumbee, Brianne Hackett, Josiah Lewis, and Marten Kronberg (SARA REU) report: We re-observed the field of GRB 090618 (Schady et al., GCN 9512) using the 0.9m SARA telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory beginning 20 hours after the trigger and continuing for 3 hours. Our observations consisted of 45 sec exposures in the R and I bands under good conditions. The afterglow is detected in stacked images. Magnitudes are given below as compared to the USNOB.1 catalog. Time is given in days after the trigger; exposure time in seconds. Time Filter Exp Mag ------------------------------------ 0.84 R 1215 19.4 +/- 0.1 0.86 I 1215 18.8 +/- 0.1 http://www.saraobservatory.org/