TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  3324
SUBJECT: GRB050502 - Optical Candidate from the Liverpool Telescope
DATE:    05/05/02 03:27:49 GMT
FROM:    Andreja Gomboc at LT,ARI,Liverpool JMU  <ag@astro.livjm.ac.uk>

A. Gomboc, I. A. Steele, A. Monfardini, C. J. Mottram, C. Guidorzi,
M.F. Bode, C.G. Mundell (Liverpool JMU) report:

The automatic pipeline of the Liverpool Telescope detected an optical
transient at 
RA 13:39:46.25
dec +42:40:27.50.
We measure the approximate magnitude r'~15.6 at ~3 min after the burst.