TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 1739 SUBJECT: GRB 021211, R- and I-band observations DATE: 02/12/12 01:18:11 GMT FROM: Sylvio Klose at TLS Tautenburg S. Klose, J. Eisloeffel, D. Froebrich, A. Zeh, S. Richter, C. Hoegner (TLS Tautenburg) & H. Voss (DLR Berlin) report: The stellar field containing the afterglow of the HETE burst GRB 021211 (HETE 2493; Fox et al., GCN 1731) was observed with the Tautenburg Schmidt telescope in R and I on Dec. 11, 23:00 - 23:40 UT, i.e. 12 hrs after the burst trigger. We do not detect the afterglow. We estimate that at this time the source was already fainter than R=22.7 and I=20.7. This message can be cited.