TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 12906 SUBJECT: GRB 120116A, the review of the sky area in plate archives DATE: 12/01/31 14:27:52 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 120116A (M.R. Goad et al., GCN Circ.12846) 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 19770906/232931 GUA040C000721B 30.0 15.95 1200-00453119 19850919/225420 GUA040C000745A 16.0 15.95 1200-00453119 19860910/234443 GUA040C001009A 16.0 15.10 1200-00451448 19870917/232503 GUA040C001119A 16.0 15.55 1200-00452448 19871023/210844 GUA040C001139A 20.0 16.15 1200-00452199 19871024/204207 GUA040C001155A 17.0 15.10 1200-00451448 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). LimMag - Limited V mag, derived in the 23 minutes area around the location given in M.R. Goad et al. GCN Circ. 12846: RA(J2000): 01h 04m 57.92s, Dec(J2000): +33d 55' 50.0" Star USNOA2 - Comparison star. The preview images of 6 areas together with the 23x19 min.of arc area from SkyMap can be found in http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/img/grb/120116A/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