TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 2765 SUBJECT: GRB 041006: Optical afterglow candidate DATE: 04/10/06 13:41:44 GMT FROM: Paul Price at IfA,UH G. Da Costa (Mount Stromlo Observatory), N. Noel (IAC) and P.A. Price (IfA, UH) report: We have observed the error circle of GRB 041006 (HETE #3570) with the Wide Field Imager on the SSO 40-inch telescope. Inspected exposures at this time consist of a single 300 sec integration in V-band at 2004 Oct 6.54 UT. Comparison with the DSS yields an optical afterglow candidate at the coordinates: 00:54:50.17 +01:14:07.0 J2000 Further results will follow. This message may be cited. [GCN OPS NOTE (16:00 UT 06oct04): "da Costa" was changed to "Da Costa".]