TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 14375 SUBJECT: GRB 130408a: Skynet Optical Observations DATE: 13/04/15 12:41:15 GMT FROM: Aaron LaCluyze at U.North Carolina A. Trotter, N. Frank, A. LaCluyze, D. Reichart, J. Haislip, K. Ivarsen, J. Moore, H. T. Cromartie, R. Egger, A. Foster, M. Nysewander, A. Oza, E. Speckhard, and J. A. Crain report: Skynet began observing the field of GRB130408A (Swift trigger 553132, GCN 14361) in BVRI beginning ~93 minutes after the burst using four of the PROMPT telescopes located at CTIO in Chile. A fading source is detected at the enhanced position reported by the Swift-XRT team (GCN 14367.) A preliminary light curve of the first two night's data from PROMPT can be found at: http://skynet.unc.edu/grb/grb130408a.png