TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 1115 SUBJECT: GRB011019: ROTSE-III optical observations DATE: 01/10/21 14:03:06 GMT FROM: Carl Akerlof at U.Michigan Carl Akerlof, Timothy McKay, Eli Rykoff, and Donald Smith on behalf of the ROTSE collaboration The ROTSE-III 0.45-m telescope located at Los Alamos National Laboratory responded to the announcement of GRB011019 (GCN 1109) at 2:20 UT, 20-Oct-2001, 17.6 hours after the burst was detected by HETE-2. Twenty 60-second exposures were obtained followed by additional images at 05:49 UT on 20-Oct-2001 and at 02:16 UT on 21-Oct-2001. With a threshold detection level of m_R ~ 19, no fading transients were discovered within the 35' two sigma error circle. Two asteroids within the error box were identified by their proper motion. This message may be cited.