TITLE:   GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT
NUMBER:  2045
SUBJECT: GRB030329 - OT brightens
DATE:    03/03/31 11:22:57 GMT
FROM:    Eran Ofek at Tel Aviv U.  <eran@wise1.tau.ac.il>

Y. Lipkin, E. O. Ofek, A. Gal-Yam, E. M. Leibowitz, H. Mendelson (Wise observatory, TAU)
report:

Observations of GRB 030329 (HETE trigger #2652, Ricker et al., GCN 1997)
with the TEK 1K CCD mounted on the 1-meter telescope of Wise Observatory, Israel
revealed that starting approximately March 30 21:00 UT, the OT brightened.

The light curve, decaying with a power-law index alpha=0.7 (Lipkin et al. GCN 2034),
reached a minimum R-band magnitude of about 16.45 at approximately 21:00 UT.
Over the next three hours the OT brightened, reaching R=16.25 at approximately
March 31.0 UT, consistent with later observations by Stanek et al. (GCN 2041).