TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 16650 SUBJECT: GRB 140709A, the review of the sky area in plate archives DATE: 14/08/01 12:43:56 GMT FROM: Valentyna Golovnya at Main Astro Obs,Kyiv V.V.Golovnya (Main Astro Obs, Kyiv)report: We have undertaken the review of the sky area in vicinity of GRB 140709A (P.A. Evans et al. GCN Circ.16548) on astronegatives, collected in Ukrainian NAS Main astronomical observatory plate archive (1976-1996). All the plates with the possible object appearance are digitized using Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL TMA and Epson Expression 10000XL flatbed scanners and have been placed into Golosiiv Plate Archive database DBGPA with open access to them. The list of plates is given in the table: YYYYMMDD/TimeUT --Plates-- Exp. LimMag Star USNOA2 19840822/200650 GUA040C000445A 12.5 16.10 1350-12048943 19840825/201235 GUA040C000458A 16.0 16.95 1350-12054971 19840905/193326 GUA040C000485A 22.5 16.20 1350-12052525 19850711/224521 GUA040C000678A 16.0 16.75 1350-12052468 19850711/230927 GUA040C000679A 16.0 16.95 1350-12054971 Plates: –the plates archive identifier of DWA (D/F=400/2000, GUA040C, M=103"/mm) of the Ukrainian NAS Main Astro obs. (Marsden's number - 83) the plate number [1]. Exp. - Duration of the maximum exposure (minutes). LimM - Limited V mag, derived in the 12 minutes area around the location given in P.A. Evans et al. GCN Circ.16548: RA(J2000)= 20h 18m 38.96s, Dec(J2000)= +51d 13' 29.9" Star USNOA2 - Comparison star. The preview images of 5 areas together with the 12x12 min.of arc area from SkyMap can be found in http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/img/grb/140709A/index.html The images with full resolution are available via e-mail on demand. References: 1.L.Pakuliak DATABASE of GOLOSIIV PLATE ARCHIVE (DBGPA V2.0), http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org