The Optical and X-Ray Content of the 1992 May 1 Gamma-Ray Burst Error Box
Cline, T.; Hurley, K.; Kouveliotou, C.; Sommer, M.; Boer, M.; Niel, M.; Li, P.; Laros, J.; Fishman, G.; Smette, A.; Fenimore, E.; Klebesadel, R.
United States, Germany
Abstract
A gamma-ray burst which occurred on 1992 May 1 was observed by three spacecraft in the third interplanetary network, and rapidly localized to a small error box. The coordinates were promptly circulated to a wide astronomical community, and radio, optical, and X-ray counterpart searches were carried out. A weak X-ray source was found in the error box, and two radio sources were discovered outside the error box, but in alignment with the X-ray source. The X-ray source position contains ~25 optical objects down to 23d magnitude. We discuss the prospects for identifying the burster counterpart.