TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 13014 SUBJECT: GRB 120302A, the review of the sky area in plate archives DATE: 12/03/07 09:54:22 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 120302A (T. Sakamoto et al. GCN Circ.13000) 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 19810224/200500 GUA040C001870B 60.2 14.5 1125-05523340 19810224/200504 GUA040D001871 60.2 14.5 1125-05523340 19900222/193842 GUA040C001572 16.0 16.3 1125-05523532 19900224/194049 GUA040C001590 16.0 15.0 1125-05523428 19900303/191807 GUA040C001624 16.0 15.0 1125-05523428 19920226/201021 GUA040C001952 18.0 15.0 1125-05523428 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). LimM - Limited V mag, derived in the 20 minutes area around the location given in T. Sakamoto et al. GCN Circ.13000: RA(J2000)= 08h 09m 48.14s, Dec(J2000)= +29d 39'35.3" Star USNOA2 - Comparison star. The preview images of 6 areas together with the 25x25 min.of arc area from SkyMap can be found in http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/img/grb/120302A/index.html