TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 15406 SUBJECT: GRB 131030A - Liverpool Telescope Optical Afterglow Confirmation DATE: 13/10/30 22:17:57 GMT FROM: Carole Mundell at ARI, JMU,Liverpool F.J. Virgili, C.G. Mundell (LJMU), J. Japelj, A. Gomboc (U. Ljubljana), R.J. Smith (LJMU), A. Melandri (INAF-OAB) report: The 2-m Liverpool Telescope robotically followed up GRB 131030A (Swift Trigger 576238; Troja et al. GCN 15402) immediately after the GRB trigger time. The automated procedure detected an uncatalogued source at the location of the UVOT source. We confirm the fading nature of the object with R = 16.9 ± 0.2 mag (vs. USNOB1) 34.8 min after the burst. thereby confirming this as the GRB afterglow. Observations and analysis are ongoing.