TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 2820 SUBJECT: GRB041016,optical observation DATE: 04/10/17 20:35:24 GMT FROM: Eri Sonoda at U of Miyazaki/Japan E.Sonoda,S.Maeno,Y.Matsuo,M.Yamauchi (University of Miyazaki) "We have observed the field covering the error box of GRB041016 (HETE trigger 3578) with the unfiltered CCD camera on the 30-cm telescope at University of Miyazaki.The ovservation was started 12:34:30 (UT) on Oct.16.Observed field of view is 43 arcmin centered on R.A.=01h 45m 24.12s Dec.=-04d 39' 29.3". After co-adding a set of 8 images of 30 sec exposures,we have compared our images with the USNO A2.0 catalog.Preliminary analysis shows there is no new source brighter than 18.1mag. in the WXM error box reported by HETE ."