TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 292 SUBJECT: GRB990506 observation plan DATE: 99/05/06 21:29:49 GMT FROM: Blaise Canzian at USNO The U.S. Naval Observatory GRB team (F. J. Vrba, C. B. Luginbuhl, A. A. Henden, S. E. Levine, J. Munn, B. Canzian, H. H. Guetter), D. H. Hartmann (Clemson Univ.), and M. C. Jennings (IGPP, UCR visitor) reports that it intends to observe the IPN/RXTE error box for GRB990506 reported in GCN 291 with the USNO 1.0-meter telescope in Rc-band, beginning at about 0330 07May99 UT. Since we expect photometric conditions for the night, we plan to produce a photometric calibration sequence in B, V, Rc, and Ic bands for the field.