TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 5840 SUBJECT: GRB 061121: MDM Optical Observations DATE: 06/11/22 20:06:25 GMT FROM: Jules Halpern at Columbia U. J. P. Halpern, N. Mirabal, & E. Armstrong (Columbia U.) report on behalf of the MDM Observatory GRB follow-up team: "We began R-band observations of GRB 061121 (Page et al., GCN 5823) 20.57 hr after the burst using the MDM 2.4m. Preliminary results from raw images are: ----------------------------------------------------------- Date(UT) Mid-time(UT) t-t0(hr) Exp(s) R(mag) ----------------------------------------------------------- Nov. 22 11:57 20.57 300 21.06 +/- 0.03 Nov. 22 12:49 21.44 300 21.13 +/- 0.04 ----------------------------------------------------------- These are referenced to the USNO B1.0 magnitude R=18.02 for the star at (J2000) R.A.=09h48m54.77s, Decl.= -13d11'17.9". Quoted errors are statistical only. Refined magnitudes and additional results will be forthcoming. This message may be cited."