TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 9514 SUBJECT: GRB 090618: KAIT optical afterglow DATE: 09/06/18 08:52:20 GMT FROM: Daniel Perley at U.C. Berkeley D. A. Perley reports on behalf of the KAIT GRB team: The Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (KAIT) responded to GRB 090618 and began taking data at 08:31:10 (UT). A bright (~14th magnitude) optical afterglow is visible in the initial set of exposures at the following position: RA 19:35:58.80 dec +78:21:25.5 Further follow-up is in progress.