TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 4866 SUBJECT: GRB060218: SARA Observations of SN2006aj DATE: 06/03/12 23:37:38 GMT FROM: Autumn Homewood at Clemson U A.L. Homewood, C.A. Riddle, K.V. Garimella, M.R. Troutman, D.H. Hartmann (Clemson University) and G.D. Henson (ETSU) report on behalf of the Clemson GRB Follow-Up Team: We have imaged the field of GRB060218 (GCN 4775, 4776) beginning approximately 4 days after the trigger notice with the SARA 0.9-m at Kitt Peak, under good weather conditions. We obtained 9 300-seconds exposures in V filter and 7 300-second exposures in B filter. We detect the supernova in each exposure and have carried out the following data analysis: Observations in V began at UT Feb. 22.0923958 and ended at 22.1539931. We observe magnitudes ranging from V=17.3 to 17.7 +/- 0.2 mag during that time period. Similiarly, observations in B began at UT Feb. 22.096088 and ended at 22.1504167. We observed magnitudes ranging from B=18.2 to 18.7 +/-0.2 mag. These values correspond to single 300-second exposures, and quoted errors are 1-sigma. Further analyses of observations from additional nights are in progress. The Clemson Unversity GRB Response Site may be found at: http://people.clemson.edu/~kgarime/burst/index.php The SARA Homepage can be found at: http://saraobservatory.org This message may be cited.