Prompt Optical Detection of GRB 050401 with ROTSE-IIIa
Prompt Optical Detection of GRB 050401 with ROTSE-IIIa
The ROTSE-IIIa telescope at Siding Spring Observatory, Australia, detected prompt optical emission from Swift GRB 050401. In this letter, we present observations of the early optical afterglow, first detected by the ROTSE-IIIa telescope 33 s after the start of gamma-ray emission, contemporaneous with the brightest peak of this emission. This …