TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 8331 SUBJECT: GRB 081007: REM NIR and optical counterpart DATE: 08/10/07 05:48:11 GMT FROM: Stefano Covino at Brera Astronomical Observatory S. Covino, L.A. Antonelli, L. Calzoletti, S. Campana, G. Chincarini, M.L. Conciatore, S. Cutini, V. D'Elia, F. D'Alessio, P. D'Avanzo, F. Fiore, D. Fugazza, P. Goldoni, D. Guetta, C. Guidorzi, G.L. Israel, E. Maiorano, N. Masetti, A. Melandri, E. 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 081007 (Baumgartner et al. GCN 8330) starting about 35s s from the GRB alert (46s from the GRB time) with the VRIJHK bands. We detect a source with coordinates RA,DEC = (22:39:50.39,-40:08:49.1) consistent with the UVOT source at H~14.2. The source is slowly fading after the first observations. Further observations are in progress.