TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 1170 SUBJECT: XRF011130: NEAT Optical Observations DATE: 01/12/01 07:40:43 GMT FROM: Derek Fox at CIT D.W. Fox (Caltech) and P.A. Price (MSO/ANU), with S. Pravdo, E. Helin, K. Lawrence, and M. Hicks of the NEAT/Palomar team, report on behalf of the Caltech-NRAO-CARA GRB collaboration: "We have observed the 10 arcmin-radius error circle of the XRF011130 (GCN 1169) with the 48-inch NEAT automated telescope on Mt. Palomar on Dec 1.24 UT. In unfavorable conditions of moon illumination and seeing, we do not find any objects not present in DPOSS images of the region. We estimate the limiting magnitude of our images as R = 18.5 mag. Further observations are planned." This message may be cited.