TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 8060 SUBJECT: GRB 080805: GROND detection of possible afterglow DATE: 08/08/05 08:42:10 GMT FROM: Jochen Greiner at MPI T. Kruehler, F. Schrey, J. Greiner, C. Clemens, A. Yoldas (all MPE Garching), A. Kupcu Yoldas (ESO) and G. Szokoly (Eoetvoes Univ., Budapest) report on behalf of the GROND team: GROND (Greiner et al. 2008, PASP 120, 405), mounted at the 2.2m ESO/MPI telescope at La Silla Observatory (Chile), started observations of the field of GRB 080805 (Pagani et al. 2008, GCN #8059) in g'r'i'z'JHK at 07:45 UT, 3.5 min after the burst. We detect an optical/NIR afterglow candidate in the XRT error circle (Pagani et al. 2008, GCN #8059) in griz at: RA(J2000): 20h 56m 53.44 DEC(J2000): -62d 26' 39.8" with uncertainties of 0.5". We measure the following magnitudes, calibrated against USNO-B1 field stars: g = 21.7 +- 0.2 r = 20.5 +- 0.1 i = 20.1 +- 0.1 z = 19.9 +- 0.1 No statement about fading can be made at the moment. If this is the afterglow of GRB 080805, then its redshift is smaller than 3.5.