TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 6973 SUBJECT: GRB 071021: Magellan R-band observation DATE: 07/10/22 02:29:40 GMT FROM: Edo Berger at Princton U E. Berger (Princeton/OCIW) and R. Covarrubias (LCO) report: "We observed the XRT error circle of GRB 071021 (GCNs 6963,6966) in the R-band using the LDSS3 instrument on the Magellan/Clay telescope. In a coadded image of 540 sec we do not detect any objects within the XRT error circle to a 3-sigma limit of R>23.1 mag. Further observations in R and I band are in progress."