TITLE:   GCN CIRCULAR
NUMBER:  591
SUBJECT: Optical observations of GRB000301c
DATE:    00/03/05 18:45:28 GMT
FROM:    SG Bhargavi at Indian Inst of Astrophysics  <bhargavi@iiap.ernet.in>

S.G.Bhargavi  and  R.Cowsik 
(Indian Institute of Astrophysics,Bangalore, India 560034)
 report:

We imaged the field of GRB000301c (GCN #568) using the 2.34m Vainu Bappu
Telescope at Kavalur, India from March 2nd to March 4th, 2000 with clear
sky conditions.
 
date     UT             filter & total exposure
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2, Mar  22.46 -23.8   UT   B(20min), R(45min)
3, Mar  22.08 -23.96  UT   R(70min),I(45min)
4, Mar  21.23 -23.966 UT   R(60min),I(30min),B(50min)
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Since the internet is down I am unable to view the images reported
in various GCN circulars. However, referring to the offset positions of
reference stars by Garnavich et al (GCN #573) and a FAX of DSS picture
the object proposed to be the counterpart of GRB000301c
(GCN #570,576) is identified in all our images.
The data reduction is in progress.