TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 5939 SUBJECT: GRB061217: VLT NIR observations DATE: 06/12/18 16:49:47 GMT FROM: Paolo D'Avanzo at INAF-OAB P. D'Avanzo, S. Covino, G. Tagliaferri (INAF-OABr & Univ. Insubria) and L. Stella (INAF-OAR) report on behalf of the MISTICI collaboration: We performed a small set of short exposures with the VLT equipped with the ISAAC camera on the field of the short GRB061217 (Barthelmy et al., GCN 5926). Our observations started on Dec 18.262 UT (about 1.1 d after the burst). While we clearly detect the four point-like objects reported by Cobb et al. (GCN 5935), we do not detect any candidate for the host galaxy of GRB061217 inside or near the XRT error-box (Evans et al. GCN 5932) up to a limiting magnitude of H > 20.3 (3sigma level). This message can be cited. [GCN OPS NOTE(21dec06): The typo in the next to last line "GRB061218" was changed to "GRB061217".]