The bright optical afterglow of the long GRB 001007

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  • 3 October 2001
Abstract
We present optical follow up observations of the long GRB 001007 ranging from 4 days to 335 days after the event. An unusually bright optical afterglow (OA) was seen to decline following a power law with index alpha = -2.19+/-0.14, possibly indicating a break in the light curve at T < 3.5 days, as found in other bursts. Late epoch imaging has revealed a B= 25.10+/-0.25 extended object, presumably the host galaxy, whose spectral distibution is consistent with a rest frame star forming galaxy. The OA lies on the edge of this object.

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