TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 1805 SUBJECT: GRB 030115, optical candidate DATE: 03/01/15 06:01:20 GMT FROM: Alberto Castro-Tirado at Inst.de Astro. de Andalucia A. J. Castro-Tirado, J. Gorosabel, V. Casanova and E. García-Lobo (IAA-CSIC, Granada), J. M. Castro Cerón (ROA, San Fernando) and A. de Ugarte (Oss. Astron. di Brera) report: Following the detection of GRB 030115 by HETE, we have obtained BVRI images at the 1.5-m telescope at IAA's Observatorio de Sierra Nevada in Granada, starting on Jan 15.220 UT. An optical source with R about 18 which is not in the DDS-2 (R) is seen at coordinates RA (2000) = 11 18 23.8 Dec (2000) = + 15 05 10 (preliminary). Further observations are urged in order to confirm whether this is the optical counterpart of GRB 030115. An ID chart will be posted at: http://www.iaa.csic.es/~ajct/GRBs/grb030115/ This message can be cited. [GCN OPS NOTE (15Jan03): The "11 18 29.8 + 15 03 10" was changed to "11 18 23.8 + 15 05 10".]