TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 7963 SUBJECT: GRB 080710: Faulkes Telescope North observations DATE: 08/07/10 14:20:13 GMT FROM: David Bersier at Liverpool John Moores U D. Bersier (Liverpool JMU) and A. Gomboc (U. Ljubljana) report on behalf of a larger collaboration: We observed GRB 080710 (Sbarufatti et al. GCN 7957) with the 2m robotic Faulkes Telescope North. We obtained multi-colour images (BVRi) starting 4.2 hours after the burst. We confirm the presence of a fading source at the position of the afterglow (Li et al. GCN 7959; D'Avanzo et al GCN 7960). At a time of 4.4 hours after burst we measure an R-band magnitude of 17.8 (calibrated with respect to USNO R2). The decay rate is approximately -0.82. We note that the afterglow is well detected in the B band, indicating a rather low redshift (in agreement with Perley et al. GCN 7962). Observations are continuing.