TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 552 SUBJECT: GRB000214: X-ray afterglow candidate DATE: 00/02/14 14:52:19 GMT FROM: Luigi Piro at IAS/CNR Frascati A BeppoSAX follow up of GRB000214 with the Narrow Field Instruments started around Feb.14 at 13:11 UT, i.e. 12 hours after the GRB. Preliminary analysis of the MECS (1.6-10 keV) data of the 1st orbit shows a relatively strong, previously unknown source inside the WFC error box at: R.A.(2000)= 283.61 DEC(2000)= -66.477 with an error radius of 1.5'. Luigi Piro BeppoSAX Mission Scientist