TY - JOUR
T1 - SDSS preburst observations of recent gamma-ray burst fields
AU - Cool, Richard J.
AU - Eisenstein, Daniel J.
AU - Hogg, David W.
AU - Blanton, Michael R.
AU - Schlegel, David J.
AU - Brinkmann, J.
AU - Schneider, Donald P.
AU - Vanden Berk, Daniel E.
PY - 2006/5
Y1 - 2006/5
N2 - We present Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) photometry and spectroscopy in the fields of 27 gamma-ray bursts observed by Swift, including bursts localized by Swift, HETE-2, and INTEGRAL, after 2004 December. After this bulk release, we plan to provide individual releases of similar data shortly after the localization of future bursts falling in the SDSS survey area. These data provide a solid basis for the astrometric and photometric calibration of follow-up afterglow searches and monitoring. Furthermore, the images provided with this release will allow observers to find transient objects up to a magnitude fainter than is possible with Digitized Sky Survey images.
AB - We present Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) photometry and spectroscopy in the fields of 27 gamma-ray bursts observed by Swift, including bursts localized by Swift, HETE-2, and INTEGRAL, after 2004 December. After this bulk release, we plan to provide individual releases of similar data shortly after the localization of future bursts falling in the SDSS survey area. These data provide a solid basis for the astrometric and photometric calibration of follow-up afterglow searches and monitoring. Furthermore, the images provided with this release will allow observers to find transient objects up to a magnitude fainter than is possible with Digitized Sky Survey images.
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U2 - 10.1086/503334
DO - 10.1086/503334
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33745808670
SN - 0004-6280
VL - 118
SP - 733
EP - 739
JO - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
JF - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
IS - 843
ER -