TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 2740 SUBJECT: GRB 040924: RTT150 optical observations DATE: 04/09/25 00:24:06 GMT FROM: Irek Khamitov at TUG I. Khamitov, Z. Aslan (TUG), C. Yesilyaprak (AkUni), U. Kiziloglu (METU), A. Alpar (SabUni), R. Burenin, M. Pavlinsky, R. Sunyaev (IKI), I. Bikmaev, N. Sakhibullin (KGU) report: We observed the error box of GRB 040924 (Fenimore et al., GCN 2735) with Russian-Turkish 1.5-m telescope (Bakyrlytepe, TUBITAK National Observatory, Turkey). We made a set of 300s exposures in R, starting at 20:50 UT, i.e. approximately 9 hours after the burst. Near the position of the OT given by Fox and Moon (GCN 2734) we detected a faint object, m_R=~22.1. Its coordinates: 02:06:22.56 +16:06:48.4 (2000.0) Astrometry was done using UCAC2 catalog, the accuracy is 0.1 arcsec. The object seems to be extended, therefore the host galaxy may contribute a significant fraction of the flux of this source. We will continue our observations in order to detect its possible fading behavior. This message may be cited.