TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 14206 SUBJECT: Skynet Observations of GRB130215 DATE: 13/02/15 02:55:19 GMT FROM: Aaron LaCluyze at U.North Carolina A. LaCluyze, J. Haislip, K. Ivarsen, D. Reichart, J. Moore, H. N. Frank, T. Cromartie, R. Egger, A. Foster, N. Frank, M. Nysewander, A. Oza, E. Speckhard, A.Trotter, and J. A. Crain report: Skynet began observing the field of GRB130215A (Swift trigger 548760, GCN 14204) in BVRI beginning ~12 minutes after the burst using four of the PROMPT telescopes located at CTIO in Chile, and the DSO-14 telescope and Morehead telescope in North Carolina, USA. A bright, fading source is detected at the position reported by the ROTSE group (GCN 14205.) Calibrating to several nearby USNO B1.0/NOMAD stars, we find the following initial magnitudes: Filt Time Mag B 15.4m 15.4 V 15.4m 14.5 R 13.0m 13.8 I 15.5 13.3 The object has set in Chile, but further observations from the Northern hemisphere telescopes are ongoing.