TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 8692 SUBJECT: GRB081222: REM candidate afterglow DATE: 08/12/22 05:30:11 GMT FROM: Stefano Covino at Brera Astronomical Observatory S. Covino, P. D'Avanzo, L.A. Antonelli, D. Malesani, D. Fugazza, L. Calzoletti, S. Campana, G. Chincarini, M.L. Conciatore, S. Cutini, V. D'Elia, F. D'Alessio, F. Fiore, P. Goldoni, D. Guetta, C. Guidorzi, G.L. Israel, E. Maiorano, N. Masetti, A. Melandri, E.J.A. Meurs, L. Nicastro, E. Palazzi, E. Pian, S. Piranomonte, L. Stella, G. Stratta, G. Tagliaferri, G. Tosti, V. Testa, S.D. Vergani, F. Vitali report on behalf of the REM team: The robotic 60-cm REM telescope located at La Silla (Chile) observed automatically the field of the GRB 081222 (Grupe et al. GCN8691) starting about 28s after the burst. We detect a bright object in our first H-band image inside the XRT error box at the following coordinates (J2000): R.A. = 01:30:57.59 Dec = -34:05:41.7 with an uncertainty of about 1.0". The object is approximately H~11.1 at about 1min after the burst and faded rapidly during the next observations. Further observations are in progress