TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 1398 SUBJECT: GRB 020525: Optical Observations DATE: 02/05/28 19:01:55 GMT FROM: Daniel E. Reichart at U.Chicago/Astro M. Nysewander, L. Johnson, D. Moschler, J. Richuso, J. Rose (U. North Carolina), and D. Reichart (Caltech) report: We observed ~95% of the ~25 square arcminute error box of GRB 020525 (GCN 1395) with the 0.6-meter Morehead Observatory telescope beginning 2.95 days after the burst. We integrated without filter for 2460 seconds under poor observing conditions (scattered cirrus, relatively high air mass, and a nearly full moon). Visual comparison with the DSS reveals no transients down to our limiting magnitude, which we estimate to be V ~ 17 mag. This is consistent with the deeper searches of Henden et al. (GCN 1397).