TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 19069 SUBJECT: GRB 160223B: MASTER-Amur early observations DATE: 16/02/24 08:47:56 GMT FROM: Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs A.Gabovich, V.Yurkov, Yu.Sergienko, D.Varda Blagoveschensk Educational State University, Blagoveschensk N.Tyurina, V. Lipunov, E. Gorbovskoy, V.Kornilov, P.Balanutsa, A.Kuznetsov, D.Kuvshinov Lomonosov Moscow State University, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University D.Buckley, S. Potter, M.Kotze South African Astronomical Observatory K.Ivanov, N.M.Budnev, O.Gres, V.A.Poleshchuk Irkutsk State University A. Tlatov, V.Senik, A.V. Parhomenko, D. Dormidontov Kislovodsk Solar Station of the Pulkovo Observatory R. Rebolo, M. Serra-Ricart, N. Lodieu, G. Israelian The Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias MASTER-Amur robotic telescope (MASTER-Net: http://observ.pereplet.ru) located in Blagoveschensk was pointed to the GRB160223B 32 sec after trigger time at 2016-02-23 09:59:30 UT. On our first set (10 sec, unfiltered) we not found optical transients within INTEGRAL error-box (ra=06 19 54 dec=+33 24 21 r=2'.2 ) brighter then 15.8. The message may be cited.