TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 3666 SUBJECT: GRB 050724: possible host galaxy in DSS DATE: 05/07/24 14:25:16 GMT FROM: Angelo Antonelli at Obs. Astro. di Roma L.A. Antonelli (INAF/OAR), S. Covino (INAF/OAB), D. Malesani (SISSA), P. Romano, A. Moretti (INAF/OAB) on behalf of the MISTICI collaboration report: We looked at the DSS image of the field of the short GRB 050724 (Covino et al., GCN 3665). We note the presence of a faint object located at RA: 16h 24m 44.9s DEC -27d 32' 33.3" (J2000) and centered on XRT position (Covino et al., GCN 3665) which is under the threshold of both USNO and 2MASS catalogues. We estimated a R mag for this object of 19.1 calibrating with the nearby USNO star (U600_20428424 RA: 16:24:47.92, DEC: -27:32:21.05 R=16.5 mag). This message can be cited