TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR

NUMBER: 9999

SUBJECT: Radio observation of GRB 080229a with ATCA

DATE: 08/09/12 00:00:00 GMT

FROM: Aquib Moin at Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy / Australia Telescope National Facility aquib [dot] moin [at] postgrad [dot] curtin [dot] edu [dot] au

Aquib Moin (Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy / Australia Telescope National Facility), Steven Tingay (Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy), Chris Phillips

(Australia Telescope National Facility), Gregory Taylor (University of New Mexico), Mark Wieringa (Australia Telescope National Facility) and

Ralph Martin (Perth Observatory) report:

We observed the BAT refined position of the GRB 080229a (GCN 7335) at 4.8 and 8.456 GHz with the Australia Telescope Compact Array on May 31, 2008 between 08:18:55 UT and 13:38:25 UT.

We did not detect a radio source at the BAT position of the GRB 080229a (GCN 7335). The radio flux density at the GRB position is -0.053 +/- 0.175 mJy at 4.8 GHz, and -0.383 +/- 0.356 mJy at 8.6 GHz (1-sigma).

The Australia Telescope Compact Array (/ Parkes telescope / Mopra telescope / Long Baseline Array) is part of the Australia Telescope which is funded by the Commonwealth of Australia for operation as a National Facility managed by CSIRO.

See field image at:

http://cira.ivec.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/grb/grb_080229a_field_image