TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 4944 SUBJECT: HETE trigger H4044: RTT150 optical observations DATE: 06/04/03 13:40:21 GMT FROM: Rodion Burenin at IKI, Moscow R. Burenin, M. Pavlinsky, R. Sunyaev (IKI), I. Khamitov, Z. Aslan (TUG), U. Kiziloglu (METU), E. Gogus (Sabanci Uni.), I. Bikmaev, N. Sakhibullin (KSU/AST) report: The error box of the unusual X-ray transient H4044 (Arimoto et al., GCN 4942 --- the second outburst from the source H4043, Fenimore et al., 4938) was observed with Russian-Turkish 1.5-m telescope (RTT150, Bakirlitepe, TUBITAK National Observatory, Turkey) on April 3, 00:45 UT. We made 3x300R mosaic images of the field, covering the entire HETE error box. Comparison of the obtained images with DSS-II plate reveal no new objects down to the limit of DSS-II. This message may be cited.