TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  1985
SUBJECT: GRB 030329: Optical afterglow candidate
DATE:    03/03/29 13:27:28 GMT
FROM:    Paul Price at RSAA, ANU  <pap@mso.anu.edu.au>

B.A. Peterson and P.A. Price (RSAA, ANU) reports:

We have observed the error-circle of GRB 030329 with the SSO 40-inch
telescope in R-band.  We identify a source that is not present on archival
images at approximate coordinates:

	RA: 10:44:49.5    Dec: +21:31:23    (J2000)

This position is preliminary, with an estimated error of 5 arcsec.

Further observations are planned.

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