TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 18971 SUBJECT: GRB 160131A: Mondy optical observations DATE: 16/02/01 19:53:38 GMT FROM: Alexei Pozanenko at IKI, Moscow E. Mazaeva (IKI), E. Klunko (ISTP), A. Volnova (IKI), I. Korobtsev (ISTP), A. Pozanenko (IKI) report on behalf of larger GRB follow-up collaboration: We observed the Swift GRB 160131A (Page et al., GCN 18951) with AZT-33IK telescope of Sayan observatory (Mondy) starting on Feb.01 (UT) 13:01:56. We clearly detect optical afterglow (Page et al., GCN 18951; Yurkov et al., GCN 18952; Guidorzi et al., GCN 18953; Xin et al., GCN 18954; Xin et al., GCN 18955; Watson et al., GCN 18956). Preliminary photometry of the afterglow of the first image is following Date UT start t-T0 Filter Exp. OT Err. (mid, days) (s) 2016-02-01 13:01:56 1.19543 R 1*120 19.40 0.08