TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 12827 SUBJECT: GRB 110915B, the review of the sky area in plate archives DATE: 12/01/11 17:56:57 GMT FROM: Valentyna Golovnya at Main Astro Obs,Kyiv V.V.Golovnya (Main Astro Obs, Kyiv) report: We have undertaken the review of the sky area in vicinity of GRB 110915B (P. D'Avanzo et al. GCN Circ.12348) on astronegatives, collected in Ukrainian NAS Main astronomical observatory plate archive (1976-1996). All the plates with the possible object appearance are digitized using Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL TMA and Epson Expression 10000XL flatbed scanners and have been placed into Golosiiv Plate Archive database DBGPA with open access to them. The list of plates is given in the table: YYYYMMDD/TimeUT --Plates-- Exp. LimMag Star USNOA2 19820210/174605 GUA040C000008A 27.0 15.70 0900-01403360 19820210/174605 GUA040D000009 27.0 15.70 0900-01403360 19911011/014851 GUA040C001873 25.1 15.05 0900-01404372 19911012/015416 GUA040C001880A 18.2 15.05 0900-01408313 19920108/200727 GUA040C001916 23.0 16.45 0900-01406794 19920201/181314 GUA040C001929A 23.0 15.05 0900-01408313 Plates: - the plates archive identifier of DWA (D/F=400/2000, GUA040C, M=103"/mm) of the Ukrainian NAS Main Astro obs. GUA040D (Marsden's number - 83) the plate number [1]. Exp. - Duration of the maximum exposure (minutes). LimMag - Limited V mag, derived in the 17 minutes area around the location given in GCN Circ.12348: RA(J2000) = 05h 10m 13.13s, Dec(J2000) = +01d 55'57.9" Star USNOA2 - Comparison star. The preview images of 6 areas together with the 17x17 min.of arc area from SkyMap can be found in http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/img/grb/110915B/index.html The images with full resolution are available via e-mail on demand. References: 1.L.Pakuliak DATABASE of GOLOSIIV PLATE ARCHIVE (DBGPA V2.0), http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org