TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 3614 SUBJECT: GRB 050714B: optical afterglow DATE: 05/07/15 01:19:48 GMT FROM: Daniele Malesani at SISSA-ISAS,Trieste,Italy D. Malesani (SISSA/ISAS), P. D'Avanzo (INAF, OABr), G.L. Israel, S. Piranomonte (INAF, OARm), G. Chincarini (Univ Milano-Bicocca), L. Stella (INAF, OARm), G. Tagliaferri (INAF, OABr), E. Depagne (ESO), report: We observed the field of GRB 050714B with the ESO VLT-UT2 (Kueyen) equipped with the FORS1 instrument. The observing conditions were moderate, with a seeing of ~1.4 arcsec. Exposures were carried out in the R band, starting on 2005 Jul 14, 23:37 UT (56 min after the GRB). Inspection of the XRT error circle (Levan et al., GCN 3613) shows a bright, single object not visible in the DSS at the approximate coordinates (error ~1"): alpha(J2000) = 11:18:47.8 delta(J2000) = -15:32:52.6 Its magnitude is brighter than the DSS limit, so we suggest that this object is the afterglow of GRB 050714B. This message can be cited.