TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  2958
SUBJECT: GRB050117: optical observation
DATE:    05/01/17 22:59:47 GMT
FROM:    Alexei Pozanenko at IKI, Moscow  <apozanen@iki.rssi.ru>

R. Karimov, M. Ibrahimov,   B. Kahharov,  I. Asfandiyarov,  D. Sharapov
(UBAI), A.Pozanenko (IKI), V.Rumyantsev (CrAO),  G.Beskin (SAO) report:

We observed error box of Swift GRB050117 (Burrows, et al. GCN 2951;
Sakamoto, et al. GCN 2952) with 1.5m telescope of Mt.Maidanak high-altitude
observatory. R-band images (5 x 300 s, 4 x 240 s exposures) were taken
between 15:48 and 17:21 (UT) Jan. 17. In comparison with DSS2 (red plate) no
new source down to R=20 was found in a stacked image within refined XRT
error box (Hill, et al. GCN 2955). More detailed analysis is in a progress.

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