TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 29616 SUBJECT: GRB 210306A: Mondy optical observations DATE: 21/03/07 20:21:30 GMT FROM: Alexei Pozanenko at IKI, Moscow S. Belkin (IKI), A. Pozanenko (IKI), E. Klunko (ISTP), N. Pankov (HSE) report on behalf of GRB IKI FuN: We observed the field of GRB 210306A (D'Elia et al., GCN 29597; Ohno et al., GCN 29602) with AZT-33IK telescope of Sayan observatory (Mondy) starting on 2021-03-06 (UT) 14:50:30. The optical afterglow (D'Elia et al., GCN 29597; Watson et al., GCN 29598; Romanov, GCN 29599; Strausbaugh et al., GCN 29600; Hentunen et al., GCN 29603; Stecklum et al., GCN 29604; Lipunov et al. GCN 29606, Zhu et al. GCN 29607; Hosokawa et al., GCN 29608) is clearly detected in a combined image. Preliminary photometry of the object in a combined image is following Date UT start t-T0 Filter Exp. OT Err. UL(3sigma) (mid, days) (s) 2021-03-06 14:50:30 0.47677 R 30*120 20.48 0.05 22.0 The photometry is based on the nearby USNO-B1.0 stars USNO-B1.0_id R2 1501-0181731 15.23 1502-0183049 17.69 1501-0181697 17.1