TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 3012 SUBJECT: GRB 050209: Optical observation DATE: 05/02/09 04:39:09 GMT FROM: Ken ichi Torii at RIKEN K. Torii (Osaka U.) reports: The entire error region of GRB050209 (HETE trigger #11568) was observed with 0.3-m remote telescope in the New Mexico Skies Observatory. The imaging started at 03:57 UT and 120-s exposures in I-band was repeated. As a result of the preliminary analysis, we do not identify a new object brighter than 17 mag (120s x 5 frames, USNO-A2.0 R magnitude). ===