TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 2979 SUBJECT: GRB 050124 I-band observation DATE: 05/01/25 14:29:13 GMT FROM: Nobuyuki Kawai at Tokyo Tech Y. Yatsu and N. Kawai (Tokyo Tech) report on behalf of MITSUME collaboration, "We observed the field of GRB050124 (GCN 2972, Markwardt et al.) with the 50 cm Mitsume Telescope at Akeno, Japan in I band starting at 3.8 hours after the trigger. We detected no new objects with following upper limits, as estimated by comparison with the USNO A2.0 catalog. Start Time stacked frames upper limit 15:17:17 UT 30 sec x 100 I > 18.0 16:11:07 UT 30 sec x 100 I > 18.5 17:04:18 UT 30 sec x 98 I > 18.8 The observing condition was not optimum due to the full moon and the low elevation angle, but it improved with the increase of the target elevation."