TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 2818 SUBJECT: GRB 041016: Optical limits in V, R, I DATE: 04/10/17 07:45:12 GMT FROM: Nobuyuki Kawai at Tokyo Tech D. Kuroda (Sokendai), K. Yanagisawa (OAO-NAOJ), and N. Kawai (Tokyo Tech) report on behalf of a larger collaboration: The entire error circle of GRB 041016 (=H3578) was observed with the Tokyo Tech-OAO 50cm telescope equipped with the tricolor camera. 100 frames of 30 s exposure were taken simultaneously in V, R, and I bands from 13:25 to 14:18 UT. Visual comparison of the stacked image with USNO-A2.0 (R) catalog reveals no new source with following upper limits: V: 17.4 R: 18.5 I: 18.0.