TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 6091 SUBJECT: GRB 070201: Proximity of IPN annulus to M31 DATE: 07/02/09 23:40:23 GMT FROM: Daniel Perley at U.C. Berkeley D. A. Perley and J. S. Bloom (UC Berkeley) report: The IPN annulus quoted in GCN 6088 passes within a minimum distance of 45 arcminutes from the center of M31, and through the galaxy's outer spiral arms. Given the close proximity of a previous extremely bright IPN short burst (GCN 4197) with the nearby spiral galaxy M81 and the possibility of a physical association of that event with that galaxy (Ofek et al. 2006, Ap.J. v.652 p.507; Frederiks et al. 2007, Ast.L. v.33 p.19), further investigations are strongly encouraged despite the large time delay between the burst and the distribution of the coordinates.