TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 5555 SUBJECT: GRB 060908: redshift DATE: 06/09/08 23:48:02 GMT FROM: Evert Rol at U.Leicester E. Rol (U of Leicester), P. Jakobsson (U of Hertfordshire), N. Tanvir (U of Leicester), A. Levan (U of Hertfordshire), report for a larger collaboration: We obtained a spectrum of GRB 060908 (Evans et al, GCN 5544) with Gemini-North/GMOS, for a total of 30 minutes starting approximately 2 hours post burst. We identify absorption lines of CIV (1548, 1551) and SiII (1304), and possibly AlIII (1863), at a redshift of z = 2.43 +/- 0.05. We thank the Gemini staff for their support with the observations.