TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 2364 SUBJECT: XRF030824: Palomar observations DATE: 03/08/25 10:42:29 GMT FROM: Derek Fox at CIT D.B. Fox and M.P. Hunt (Caltech) report on behalf of the Caltech-NRAO GRB Collaboration: "We have observed the HETE-2 WXM localization region for XRF030824 with the 200-inch Hale Telescope and Large-Format Camera on Mt. Palomar. Our dithered 4x300s images cover 95% of the 22.4'-diameter error circle at a mean epoch of August 25.25 UT, 0.55 days after the event. Visual comparison with the Digitized Sky Survey (POSS-II) reveals no new, bright sources within the localization region to the limiting magnitude of the GSC catalog, R~18.8. "The nearest star to the location of the candidate of Moran et al. (GCN 2363) has R~20.1 in our image."