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The search for the host galaxy of the gamma-ray burst GRB 000214

S. Guziy, J. Gorosabel, A. J. Castro-Tirado, A. de Ugarte Postigo, M. Jelínek, M. D. Pérez Ramírez, J. M. Castro Cerón, S. Klose, E. Palazzi, K. Wiersema

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0506652

Abstract

We present UBVRI-band observations taken ~300 days after the BeppoSAX gamma-ray burst GRB 000214. This GRB did not show a detectable optical afterglow, however due to the localization of a previously unknown, fading, X-ray source at a tentative redshift in the range 0.37-0.47, we have searched with the ESO 3.6 m telescope for objects with photometric redshifts consistent with the mentioned X-ray redshift range. We report four host galaxy candidates, which might be the subject of future spectroscopic observations in order to confirm their redshifts.

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