TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  7388
SUBJECT: GRB 080310: Lick/Kast Spectroscopy
DATE:    08/03/10 10:13:12 GMT
FROM:    Jason Prochaska at UCO/Lick Obs  <xavier@ucolick.org>

J.X. Prochaska (UCSC), M. Murphy (Swinburne),
A.L. Malec (Swinburne), K. Miller (Lick)
report on behalf of GRAASP:

"We observed the afterglow of GRB 080310 with the Kast
dual spectrometer for a series of 900s exposures starting
at UT 09:06 under good conditions.  Analysis of the red side
reveals a series of strong absorption features (SiIV, CIV,
AlII 1670) consistent with the redshift z=2.4266.  At
present we consider this to be the redshift of GRB 080310.

Further analysis is in progress."


This GCN may be cited.

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Jason X. Prochaska
UCO/Lick Observatory
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064

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