TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 16126 SUBJECT: GRB 140419A: T24 optical observations DATE: 14/04/19 13:23:00 GMT FROM: Veli-Pekka Hentunen at Taurus Hill Obs,A95 Veli-Pekka Hentunen, Markku Nissinen and Tuomo Salmi (Taurus Hill Observatory, Varkaus, Finland) report: We have detected GRB 140419A optical afterglow at iTelescope observatory T24 (Auberry, California) using 0.61-m/6.5 astrograph and FLI-PL09000 CCD. The observations were started at 2014-04-19 06:34:54 (UT) and stopped at 06:56:31 (UT). Four unfiltered images with 300 sec exposure time were made. The afterglow was detected at the following position RA 08:27:57.56 and DEC +46:14:25.2. The following magnitude was obtained from the observations using NOMAD1 1362-0196617 (R=17.110) as a comparison star: Tmid(s)+T0 Filter Exp. time Mag Mag err. 9536 unfiltered 4x300s 17.86CR 0.12 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com