TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 7293 SUBJECT: GRB 080207: VLT NIR early upper limits DATE: 08/02/12 09:53:52 GMT FROM: Paolo D'Avanzo at INAF-OAB D. Fugazza (INAF-OAB), V. D'Elia (INAF-OAR), P. D'Avanzo, S. Covino and G. Tagliaferri (INAF-OAB) report, on behalf of the MISTICI collaboration: We observed the field of GRB 080207 (Racusin et al., GCN 7264) with the Very Large Telescope equipped with the SINFONI near infrared camera in imaging mode. Observations have been carried out on Feb 08.3673, i.e. about 11.3 hours after the burst and about 2 hours after the REM (D'Avanzo et al., GCN 7269) and GROND (Kuepcue Yoldas et al. GCN 7279) NIR observations. We do not detect any afterglow candidate inside the XRT error box (Beardmore et al., GCN 7265). We derive the following 3sigma upper limits (calibrated against standard stars taken the same night): J > 23.5 H > 22.8 K > 21.5 We acknowledge support from the ESO staff.