TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 5956 SUBJECT: GRB 061222b: optical afterglow DATE: 06/12/22 04:33:34 GMT FROM: Edo Berger at Carnegie Obs E. Berger (Carnegie) reports: "We imaged the location of GRB 061222b with LDSS3 on Magellan. Within the XRT error circle we find a bright optical afterglow at: RA = 07:01:24.6 DEC = -25:51:36 with an uncertainty of about 1". Spectroscopic observations are in progress."