TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 2657 SUBJECT: GRB 040825: Optical observations DATE: 04/08/25 19:54:24 GMT FROM: Paul Price at IfA,UH P.A. Price (IfA, University of Hawaii) and R. McNaught (MSO) report: We have observed the error circle of GRB 040825 with the SSO 40-inch telescope. We obtained a single 300 sec exposure in R band at 2004 Aug 25.778 UT (2.3 hours after the GRB), covering the entire error circle apart from 1 arcmin on the extreme Eastern edge. The limiting magnitude of our image is R ~ 19.8 mag, from comparison with the USNO-A2.0 catalogue. Upon manual comparison with the DSS2 F plate, we do not find any afterglow candidate to the limiting magnitude of our image. This message may be cited.