TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 14452 SUBJECT: GRB 130427A: Faulkes Telescope North detection DATE: 13/04/27 09:21:48 GMT FROM: Cristiano Guidorzi at Ferrara U,Italy A. Melandri (INAF-OAB), C. Guidorzi (U. Ferrara), A. Gomboc, J. Japelj (U. Ljubljana), C.G. Mundell (LJMU) report on behalf of a larger collaboration: The 2-m Faulkes Telescope North robotically followed up GRB130427A (SWIFT trigger 554620, Maselli et al. GCN 14448 ) starting 4.3 min after the GRB trigger time. We detect a bright fading source at the position reported by Elenin et al. (GCN 14450), Perley (GCN 14451) with R ~11.5 mag. We note also a faint, 21-mag, underlying source visible in SDSS images that may suggest this GRB is nearby with a bright host galaxy. Observations are ongoing.