TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 6658 SUBJECT: GRB 070724: Pre-Imaging Shows a Source in the XRT Error Circle DATE: 07/07/24 17:03:08 GMT FROM: Josh Bloom at UC Berkeley J. S. Bloom (UC Berkeley) notes: "The JFN color plates from the Digitized Sky Survey show a blue source in the Northeast portion of the XRT error circle of SHB 070724 (Ziaeepour et al. GCN 6654; Parsons et al. GCN 6656) at position RA= 01:51:14.05, DEC = -18:35:39.1 (J2000). The source appears somewhat extended in the north-south direction; if confirmed with new digital imaging, this would suggest the source as a prime low redshift star-forming host galaxy candidate." An image may be found at: http://lyra.berkeley.edu/~jbloom/grb070724.png No need to cite this message.