TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 14358 SUBJECT: GRB 130211A: Retraction of afterglow candidate DATE: 13/04/02 14:04:00 GMT FROM: Vladimir Sudilovsky at MPE V. Sudilovsky and J. Greiner (both MPE Garching) report on behalf of the GROND team: Based on follow-up observations taken on 2013-03-29 (T+47 days after the initial Swift trigger 548276; Oates et al., GCN 14195) of the source reported in GCN 14196, we retract our classification of this object. Since there is no significant time variability associated with this source, we conclude that it cannot be the afterglow of GRB 130211A. The final magnitudes of this source (all AB) are: g' > 24.0 mag, r' = 23.5 +/- 0.1 mag, i' = 22.3 +/- 0.1 mag, z' = 21.7 +/- 0.1 mag, J = 20.9 +/- 0.2 mag, H = 20.5 +/- 0.2 mag, and K > 20.2 mag. We note that the large r'-i' color is consistent with the 4000 Angstrom break expected from a galaxy at z~0.8. However, we caution that at this time there are not enough data to make a definitive statement about this source. Given magnitudes are calibrated against GROND zeropoints (g'r'i'z') as well as 2MASS field stars (JHK) and are not corrected for the expected Galactic foreground extinction corresponding to a reddening of E_(B-V)=0.53 mag in the direction of the burst (Schlegel et al. 1998).