TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 1017 SUBJECT: GRB 010326: Optical observations DATE: 01/03/26 12:26:40 GMT FROM: Paul Price at RSAA, ANU at CIT P.A. Price, T.S. Axelrod, B.P. Schmidt (RSAA, ANU), D.E. Reichart, J.S. Bloom and D. Fox (Caltech) report on behalf of a larger international GRB collaboration: "We have observed the error-circle of the HETE-2 GRB 010324 with the robotic 50-inch telescope at Mount Stromlo Observatory starting at 2001 Mar 26.45 UT (7.5 hours after the GRB). Our 5x300 sec images cover the entire error box, and go fainter than the DSS-2 red plates. From a preliminary visual comparison of our images with the DSS-2 plates, we do not detect any obvious bright optical counterpart. Further observations are planned." This message may be cited.