No positive positional correlation between known supernovae and precise GRBs positions provided by BeppoSAX and RXTE has been found except the case of the SN 1998bw. However, it should be noted that this study is limited due to the large incompleteness of the supernovae catalogue.
Acknowledgements
We acknowledge J. Greiner and authors of the supernovae catalogue of the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams for use of their products. The work has been supported by the Projects of the Czech Ministry for Education and Youth, Nos. ES02 and ES036.
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