TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 2016 SUBJECT: GRB030329 optical observations DATE: 03/03/30 06:34:21 GMT FROM: Gianluca Masi at Bellatrix Astronomical Obs G. Masi (University of Rome " Tor Vergata" and ESO), F. Mallia, U. Tagliaferri (Osservatorio Astronomico di Campo Catino, Italy), B. L. Jensen and J. Hjorth (University of Copenhagen), M. I. Andersen (Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam) report: We imaged the field around the OT located by Peterson & Price (GCN 1985) and Torii (GCN 1986), using the Campo Catino Automated Telescope (0.4-m f/8) + CCD (unfiltered, but peaking in the red part of the spectrum) on Mar 29.9621 UT. The source was bright and our astrometry provided a position in excellent agreement with that in GCN 1994 (Uemura et al.). Using the R magnitudes for the USNO SA2.0 stars in the field, we obtained a preliminary magnitude of CR = 14.5. This message can be cited.