TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  1527
SUBJECT: GRB020812: optical observation
DATE:    02/08/28 10:52:20 GMT
FROM:    Alexei Pozanenko at IKI, Moscow  <apozanen@iki.rssi.ru>

G.Beskin, A.Birjukov, S.Koposov, O.Spiridonova (SAO), S.Bondar' (Kosmoten)
and A.Pozanenko (IKI) report:



We have observed the error box of GRB020812 (HETE trigger 2257, GCN 1468)
with Zeiss-1000 telescope of Special Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) on
August 13 20:01 UT. R-band image of  6.9'x 6.9' with exposure time of 303
sec was centered to coordinates reported in GCN 1481.  The limiting
magnitude of the image is R~22 (3 sigma). No new objects were found in
comparison with DSS2.



The image may be found at http://grb.rssi.ru/GRB020812



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