TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 1966 SUBJECT: GRB 030323: SARA Optical Observations DATE: 03/03/26 22:52:11 GMT FROM: Kevin Lindsay at Clemson U K. Lindsay, D. H. Hartmann, L. Harris, A. Manning (Clemson University), M. Lopez-Morales (UNC Chapil Hill), M. Castelaz (PARI) We have observed the optical afterglow of GRB030323, originally reported by Henden et al. GCN 1949, with the SARA 0.9m telescope at KPNO. We obtained 29, 300s exposures in the Johnson R band filter. Observations began at 03:32:56UT, and ended at 07:22:56UT, on March 25th. The obsevations were carried out under good seeing conditions. Aperture photometry was performed, and calibrated utilizing standards reported by Henden et al., GCN 1948. We find a mean R magnitude of 20.6 +- 0.1. More information on the SARA Observatory can be found at http://www.saraobservatory.org/. This report may be cited.