We present a brief overview of follow-up observations of GRB afterglows made by the 0.8-m TNT and other telescopes at the Xinglong observatory during the last three years.Our system,dedicated to the measurement of ear...We present a brief overview of follow-up observations of GRB afterglows made by the 0.8-m TNT and other telescopes at the Xinglong observatory during the last three years.Our system,dedicated to the measurement of early-time optical afterglow emission,responded to 50 GRBs from Jan.2006 to Apr.2009.Among them,about 50% have been successfully detected.The fastest response time is 76 sec(GRB 061110A and GRB 090426) after the space-borne GRB detector was triggered.The redshift distribution spans the range from z = 0.033(GRB 060218) to z = 5.6(GRB 060927).We also report the optical photometric follow-up of GRB 080330,which is an X-ray flash,as an example of our observations.展开更多
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2009CB824800)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10673014 and 10803008)
文摘We present a brief overview of follow-up observations of GRB afterglows made by the 0.8-m TNT and other telescopes at the Xinglong observatory during the last three years.Our system,dedicated to the measurement of early-time optical afterglow emission,responded to 50 GRBs from Jan.2006 to Apr.2009.Among them,about 50% have been successfully detected.The fastest response time is 76 sec(GRB 061110A and GRB 090426) after the space-borne GRB detector was triggered.The redshift distribution spans the range from z = 0.033(GRB 060218) to z = 5.6(GRB 060927).We also report the optical photometric follow-up of GRB 080330,which is an X-ray flash,as an example of our observations.
