TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 7334 SUBJECT: Early optical shallow decay in GRB 071112C DATE: 08/02/27 10:46:31 GMT FROM: Kuiyun Huang at ASIAA K. Y. Huang, M. E. Schwamb, J. H. Wang, C. Y. Wen, and TAOS team The TAOS (Taiwan American Occultation Survey) telescopes responded to GRB 071112C (Perri et al.,7059) and started to take images at 93s after the burst (38s after the GCN notice time). The magnitude of afterglow, compared with a nearby USNOB star, showed R~ 16.7 at 95.5s after the burst. It is interesting to note that brightness of this afterglow displayed a shallow decrease in our first few hundred seconds. This behavior was also mentioned by Yuan et al. (GCN 7061) in the ROTSE-IIIc observations. The further data analysis is ongoing. This message may be cited.