TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 1469 SUBJECT: GRB 020812 optical observation DATE: 02/08/12 15:27:12 GMT FROM: Taichi Kato at Kyoto U H. Ohashi, T. Kato, T. Senda, H. Mii, K. Mizuno, Y. Yasaka (Kyoto Univ.) report on behalf of VSNET-grb collaboration: "We have observed the field of GRB 020812 (HETE trigger 2257) with R band exposures using the 60-cm RC telescope at Ouda station starting at Aug. 12 11:09 UT (28 min after the burst). We imaged the field (field size 20 arcmin) centered at the first localization (HETE #2257, Seq_Num 2) until 13:30 UT. We have been imaging the field centered at the second localozation (HETE #2257, Seq_Num 3) since 13:33 UT. Preliminary visual inspection of the images has not revealed a new object down to R=18. Further analysis and observation are in progress." This message may be cited.