TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 640 SUBJECT: GRB000416 Optical Observations DATE: 00/04/20 03:06:20 GMT FROM: Paul Price at Res. School of Astro.and Astrophysics (Mpap@mso.anu.edu.au Paul Price, Tim Axelrod and Brian Schmidt report that we have imaged the error-circle of GRB000416 / 1SAXJ1715.0-7134 with the 50-inch telescope at Mount Stromlo Observatory. Exposure details are: Date Exp Time Limiting Mag. April 18.47 3 x 300s R_M ~ 19.5 April 18.70 6 x 300s R_M ~ 20.7 where R_M refers to the MACHO red passband. We see no new variable candidates within the error circle, either from comparison of both epochs with the DSS, or from subtraction of the two epochs.