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Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 138, Number 3, September 1999
Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Afterglow Era Contents Rome, November 3-6, 1998
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| Page(s) | 593 - 594 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:1999365 | |
| Published online | 15 September 1999 | |
Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 138, 593-594 (1999)
Background problems in optical transient searches
Astronomical Institute, CZ-251 65 Ondřejov, Czech Republic
Send offprint request to: R. Hudec
Received:
21
January
1999
Accepted:
10
May
1999
The optical transient (OT) searches are heavily affected, especially at low magnitudes, by background. I will discuss the most important sources of this background, and suggest a suitable strategy for searches for optical afterglows of GRBs in optical.
Key words: gamma–ray: bursts
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