TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  22108
SUBJECT: GRB 171030A: MASTER OT J034412.48-263556.5 featureless continuum spectrum from  Lijiang 2.4m (China) telescope  and 2m the Himalayan Chandra
DATE:    17/11/08 08:41:18 GMT
FROM:    Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs  <lipunov@xray.sai.msu.ru>

Xiaofeng Wang
Physics Department and Tsinghua Center for Astrophysics, Tsinghua 
University, Beijing, 100084, China;

Jujia Zhang
Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Kunming, 650011, China

Sahu D.K.
Indian Institute of Astrophysics

Lipunov V.,  Tiurina N., Gorbovskoy E.,
Lomonosov Moscow State SU, SAI


MASTER OT J034412.48-263556.5 (Lipunov et al., ATEL #10929 ; Lipunov et 
al. GCN #22102) was observed at  Lijiang 2.4m telescope for this 
transient, which shows blue and featureless continuum  like that 
of GRB170817A (Kilonova) but much brighter.
   We used YFOSC+G3 to  get the spectrum.

The second Spectrum was taken at 2-m aperture optical-infrared telescope, 
the Himalayan Chandra Telescope (HCT) with HFOSC (Hanle Faint Object 
Spectrograph Camera  https://www.iiap.res.in//iao/hfosc.html ) at Indian 
Astronomical Observatory https://www.iiap.res.in//iao/iao.html

The authors are grateful to prof. S.I.Blinnikov for comments.

Follow up observations are required.

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