TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 13174 SUBJECT: GRB 120324A, the review of the sky area in plate archives DATE: 12/03/30 18:01:07 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 120324A (P.A. Evans et al. GCN Circ.13093) 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 19880831/190518 GUA040C001326A 16.0 14.55 1125-12506783 19890803/201455 GUA040C001494A 16.0 15.65 1125-12498949 19890803/204023 GUA040C001495 16.0 15.65 1125-12498949 19910807/205429 GUA040C001847 16.0 16.40 1125-12498743 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). LimM - Limited V mag, derived in the 24 minutes area around the location given in P.A. Evans et al. GCN Circ.13093: RA(J2000)= 19h 24m 18.90s, Dec(J2000)= +24d 07' 46.5" Star USNOA2 - Comparison star. The preview images of 4 areas together with the 24x24 min.of arc area from SkyMap can be found in http://gua.db.ukr-vo.org/img/grb/120324A/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