TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  1908
SUBJECT: GRB 030226: Optical observations
DATE:    03/02/28 13:57:33 GMT
FROM:    Vasilij Rumjantsev at CrAO  <rum@crao.crimea.ua>

V.Rumyantsev (CrAO), V.Biryukov(SAI) and A.Pozanenko (IKI) report:
 
 We have obtained 9 unfiltered exposures (180-s each) of the GRB 030226
 error box (HETE #10893). The images were taken with the AT-64 telescope of
 Crimean Astrophysical observatory and cover the period  UT 17:58 - UT 19:26
 Feb 26, 2003.  We used CCD SBIG ST-8 with maximum of sensitivity in the red
 spectral band.
 
 In a co-added image the OT is visible at the position of reported by D. Fox
 et al. (GCN 1880).  The brightness was estimated in respect to the stars A
 and B (GCN 1885) as R~19.5 +/- 0.2.
 
     Start time        exposure        OT
 Feb 26 17:58       9x180 s     19.5+-0.2
 
 Detailed calibration is underway.
 
 The image is available at http://grb.rssi.ru/GRB030226
 
 
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