TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 16511 SUBJECT: GRB 140703A: Monte Agliale Observatory optical observations DATE: 14/07/03 15:29:33 GMT FROM: Fabrizio Ciabattari at Monte Agliale Obs F. Ciabattari, S. Donati, E. Mazzoni, G. Petroni and M. Rossi (Monte Agliale Observatory, Borgo a Mozzano, Italy) report: We observed the field of GRB 140703A (Kocevski et al., GCNC 16503) with the automatic 0.5m Newtonian telescope + FLI ProLine PL4710 camera at Monte Agliale Observatory (Borgo a Mozzano, Italy, MPC code 159). The observations started at 2014-07-03 01:57:43 UT (~80 minutes after the trigger) and we co-added 20 unfiltered CCD exposures of 20 seconds each. We detect a new source of mag. R = 19.8 +/-0.3 (USNO-B1 catalogue) at the following position: R.A.(J2000) = 00h 51m 59.01s Dec.(J2000) = +45d 06' 06.1" FITS files are available on request from fabciaba@alice.it. The message may be cited.