TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 14144 SUBJECT: GRB 130122A: Xinglong optical upper limit DATE: 13/01/23 19:50:21 GMT FROM: Dong Xu at DARK/NBI L.P. Xin (NAOC), D. Xu (DARK/NBI), Z.Y. Wu, J.Y. Wei, Y.L. Qiu, T.M. Zhang, J. Wang, J.S. Deng, C. Wu, X.H. Han (NAOC) report on behalf of a larger collaboration: We began to observe the field of GRB 130122A (Lien et.al. GCN 14140) using the Xinglong 2.16m telescope located in Heibei Province, China at 18:14:12 UT on 2013-01-23. We obtained 5x300s R-band images in a poor seeing, with a median time of 19.7 hr after the BAT trigger. The afterglow is not detected in the stacked image, down to a 3sigma limit of R~20.2 mag, calibrated with nearby USNO B1 stars. This message may be cited. For more information about Xinglong GRBs Follow-up observations, please visit the website: http://www.xinglong-naoc.org/grb/