TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 2997 SUBJECT: GRB 050126: A NIR afterglow candidate in the revised XRT error circle DATE: 05/01/28 20:19:44 GMT FROM: Edo Berger at Carnegie Obs E. Berger (Carnegie Observatories) reports on behalf of a larger collaboration: "A further examination of our Keck/NIRC image obtained on January 26.687 UT (4.5 hours after the burst; GCN 2985) and a comparison to the revised XRT position (GCN 2996) reveals a point source which is not present in DSS or 2MASS. The object is located about 1.9 arcsec from the nominal XRT position at (J2000): RA = 18:32:27.17 DEC= 42:22:13.6 We note that the previous source identified in GCN 2985 as the possible afterglow of GRB 050126 falls outside of the revised XRT position. At the present we do not have additional observations to test whether either object has faded." This message may be cited.