//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 33612 SUBJECT: GRB 230414B: Swift detection of a burst DATE: 23/04/14 16:27:28 GMT FROM: Antonino D'Ai at IASF-PA A. D'Ai (INAF-IASFPA), E. Ambrosi (INAF-IASFPA), V. D'Elia (SSDC & INAF-OAR), S. Dichiara (PSU), J.D. Gropp (PSU), J. A. Kennea (PSU), N. J. Klingler (GSFC/UMBC/CRESSTII), D. M. Palmer (LANL), B. Sbarufatti (INAF-OAB) and M. A. Williams (PSU) report on behalf of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Team: At 16:14:21 UT, the Swift Burst Alert Telescope (BAT) triggered and located GRB 230414B (trigger=1164180). Swift slewed immediately to the burst. The BAT on-board calculated location is RA, Dec 181.071, +53.127 which is RA(J2000) = 12h 04m 17s Dec(J2000) = +53d 07' 36" with an uncertainty of 3 arcmin (radius, 90% containment, including systematic uncertainty). The BAT light curve showed a complex structure with a duration of about 30 sec. The peak count rate was ~400 counts/sec (15-350 keV), at ~5 sec after the trigger. The XRT began observing the field at 16:16:29.8 UT, 128.6 seconds after the BAT trigger. Using promptly downlinked data we find an uncatalogued X-ray source located at RA, Dec 181.09569, 53.15401 which is equivalent to: RA(J2000) = 12h 04m 22.97s Dec(J2000) = +53d 09' 14.4" with an uncertainty of 3.8 arcseconds (radius, 90% containment). This location is 110 arcseconds from the BAT onboard position, within the BAT error circle. This position may be improved as more data are received; the latest position is available at https://www.swift.ac.uk/sper. We cannot determine whether the source is fading at the present time. A power-law fit to a spectrum formed from promptly downlinked event data gives a column density in excess of the Galactic value (1.68 x 10^20 cm^-2, Willingale et al. 2013), with an excess column of 2.8 (+2.36/-2.05) x 10^21 cm^-2 (90% confidence). UVOT took a finding chart exposure of 150 seconds with the White filter starting 133 seconds after the BAT trigger. No credible afterglow candidate has been found in the initial data products. The 2.7'x2.7' sub-image covers none of the XRT error circle. The 8'x8' region for the list of sources generated on-board covers 100% of the XRT error circle. The list of sources is typically complete to about 18 mag. No correction has been made for the expected extinction corresponding to E(B-V) of 0.017. Burst Advocate for this burst is A. D'Ai (antonino.dai AT inaf.it). Please contact the BA by email if you require additional information regarding Swift followup of this burst. In extremely urgent cases, after trying the Burst Advocate, you can contact the Swift PI by phone (see Swift TOO web site for information: http://www.swift.psu.edu/) //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 33613 SUBJECT: GRB 230414B: Prompt enhanced Swift-XRT position DATE: 23/04/14 16:50:41 GMT FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester P.A. Evans (U. Leicester) reports on behalf of the Swift-XRT team: Using promptly downlinked XRT event data for GRB 230414B, we find an enhanced XRT position of the afterglow: RA, Dec: 181.09439, 53.15428 which is equivalent to: RA (J2000) = 12 04 22.65 Dec (J2000) = +53 09 15.4 with an uncertainty of 1.9 arcseconds (radius, 90% confidence). Analysis of the promptly available data is online at http://www.swift.ac.uk/sper/1164180. Position enhancement is is described by Goad et al. (2007, A&A, 476, 1401) and Evans et al. (2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177). This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 33614 SUBJECT: Swift GRB 230414B: Global MASTER-Net observations report DATE: 23/04/14 16:50:47 GMT FROM: Vladimir Lipunov at Moscow State U/Krylov Obs V. Lipunov, V.Kornilov, E.Gorbovskoy, K.Zhirkov, N.Tyurina, P.Balanutsa, A.Kuznetsov, D. Vlasenko, G.Antipov, D.Zimnukhov, V.Senik, E.Minkina, A.Chasovnikov, V.Topolev, D.Kuvshinov, D.Cheryasov, Ya.Kechin (Lomonosov Moscow State University, SAI, Physics Department), R. Podesta, C.Lopez, F. Podesta, C.Francile (Observatorio Astronomico Felix Aguilar OAFA), R. Rebolo, M. Serra (The Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias), D. Buckley (South African Astronomical Observatory), O.A. Gres, N.M. Budnev (Irkutsk State University, API), L.Carrasco, J.R.Valdes, V.Chavushyan, V.M.Patino Alvarez, J.Martinez, A.R.Corella, L.H.Rodriguez (INAOE, Guillermo Haro Astrophysics Observatory), A. Tlatov, D. Dormidontov (Kislovodsk Solar Station of the Pulkovo Observatory), A. Gabovich, V.Yurkov (Blagoveschensk Educational State University) MASTER-Kislovodsk robotic telescope (Global MASTER-Net: http://observ.pereplet.ru, Lipunov et al., 2010, Advances in Astronomy, vol. 2010, 30L) located in Russia (Lomonosov MSU, Kislovodsk Solar Station of Pulkovo observatory) was pointed to the Swift GRB 230414B ( A. D'Ai et al., GCN 33612) errorbox 1644 sec after notice time and 1703 sec after trigger time at 2023-04-14 16:42:44 UT, with upper limit up to 16.1 mag. Observations started at twilight. The observations began at zenith distance = 32 deg. The sun altitude is -9.8 deg. The galactic latitude b = 63 deg., longitude l = 138 deg. Real time updated cover map and OT discovered available here: https://master.sai.msu.ru/site/master2/observ.php?id=2210174 We obtain a following upper limits. Tmid-T0 | Site |Filt.| Expt. | Limit| Comment _________|_____________________|_____|_______|______|________ 1793 | MASTER-Kislovodsk | C | 180 | 16.1 | Filter C is a clear (unfiltred) band. The observation and reduction will continue. The message may be cited. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 33616 SUBJECT: GRB 230414B: Nanshan/HMT optical afterglow detection DATE: 23/04/14 17:26:09 GMT FROM: Dong Xu at NAOC/CAS T.H. Lu (NAOC), Z.P. Zhu (NAOC, HUST), S.Y. Fu, S.Q. Jiang, X. Liu, D. Xu (NAOC), X. Gao (Urumqi No.1 Senior High School), J.Z. Liu (XAO) report: We observed the field of GRB 230414B detected by Swift (A. D'Ai et al., GCN 33612) using the HMT-0.5m telescope located at Nanshan, Xinjiang, China. Observations started at 16:19:34 UT on 2023-04-14, i.e., 313s after the Swift/BAT trigger, and a series of 20 s, 40 s, 60 s, 90 s exposures have been obtained without any filter. Observations are still ongoing. We detected an uncatalogued and varying optical transient (OT) at coordinates R.A. (J2000) = 12:04:22.70 Dec.(J2000) = +53:09:16.38 with an uncertainty of ~ 0.5 arcsec, and it has m(r) ~19.3 mag in the co-added image from the initial exposures, calibrated with the nearby PanSTAR field in the Sloan r-filter. We thus think that the OT is the optical afterglow of the burst. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 33617 SUBJECT: GRB 230414B (correction GRB name in the GCN 33615): Mondy optical afterglow candidate DATE: 23/04/14 17:27:27 GMT FROM: Alexei Pozanenko at IKI, Moscow N. Pankov (HSE), E. Klunko (ISTP), A. Pozanenko (IKI), S. Belkin (IKI) report on behalf of GRB IKI FuN: The correct name of GRB in the GCN 33615 should be 230414B. We apologize for possible inconvenience. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 33618 SUBJECT: GRB 230414B: GROWTH India Telescope afterglow confirmation DATE: 23/04/14 17:56:54 GMT FROM: Varun Bhalerao at Indian Inst of Tech D. Raman (IITB), A. Suresh (IITB), V. Swain (IITB), H. Kumar (IITB), G. Waratkar(IITB), V. Bhalerao (IITB), G.C. Anupama(IIA), S. Barway (IIA) and K. Angail (IAO) report on behalf of the GIT team: We observed the field of GRB 230414B detected by Swift ( A. D'Ai et al., GCN 33612) with 0.7m GROWTH-India Telescope (GIT). GIT automatically triggered at 16:17:41 UT, i.e., 3.3 min after the Swift/BAT trigger. We obtained frames in the r' and i' band of 120 sec each. We detected an uncatalogued source at RA 12:04:22.65, Dec: 53:09:15.4 with an uncertainty of 1.9 arcsec. There is no minor planet present at this position. The photometric results follow as: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- JD (mid) | T_mid-T0 (min) | Filter | Magnitude (AB) | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2460049.18505852 | 12.13 | r' | 19.45 +/- 0.08 | 2460049.18674811 | 14.56 | r' | 19.47 +/- 0.08 | 2460049.19372952 | 24.62 | r' | 19.91 +/- 0.09 | 2460049.18854398 | 17.15 | i' | 19.08 +/- 0.13 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The results are consistent with (T.H. Lu et al., GCN #33616; N. Pankov et al., GCN #33617).We encourage photometric for further confirmation and spectroscopic follow-up for redshift measurement. The magnitudes are calibrated against PanSTARRS DR1 (Chambers et al., 2016) and not corrected for Galactic extinction. The GROWTH India Telescope (GIT; Kumar et al. 2022) is a 70-cm telescope with a 0.7-degree field of view, set up by the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) and the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) with funding from DST-SERB and IUSSTF. It is located at the Indian Astronomical Observatory (Hanle), operated by IIA. We acknowledge funding by the IITB alumni batch of 1994, which partially supports the operations of the telescope. Telescope technical details are available at https://sites.google.com/view/growthindia/. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 33620 SUBJECT: GRB 230414B: 1.3m DFOT Optical observations DATE: 23/04/14 20:31:18 GMT FROM: Ankur Ghosh at ARIES Ankur Ghosh, Dimple, Kuntal Misra, Rahul Gupta, Amit K Ror, Amar Aryan, and Shashi B. Pandey (ARIES) report: We observed the field of GRB 230414B detected by *Swift* (D'Ai et al. 2023, GCN 33612) using the 1.3m Devasthal Fast Optical Telescope (DFOT) located at the Devasthal observatory of Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, India. We have taken multiple frames with an exposure time of 300 seconds in several passbands. We clearly detected the GRB afterglow within the enhanced *Swift*-XRT error circle (Evans et al. 2023, GCN 33613) in each image. The estimated preliminary magnitude is the following: Date_Start_UT T_start-T0 (days) Filter Exp time (sec) magnitude ============================================================== 2023-04-14 17:13:30 ~ 0.041 R 300 20.06 +/- 0.06 The detection of the GRB afterglow is consistent with Lu et al. 2023, GCN 33616, Pankov et al. 2023, GCN 33617, and Raman et al. 2023, GCN 33618. The magnitude is not corrected for the Galactic and host extinction in the direction of the GRB afterglow. Photometric calibration is performed using the standard stars from the USNO-B1.0 catalog. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 33621 SUBJECT: GRB 230414B: Enhanced Swift-XRT position DATE: 23/04/14 21:53:00 GMT FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester M.R. Goad, J.P. Osborne, A.P. Beardmore and P.A. Evans (U. Leicester) report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team. Using 940 s of XRT Photon Counting mode data and 2 UVOT images for GRB 230414B, we find an astrometrically corrected X-ray position (using the XRT-UVOT alignment and matching UVOT field sources to the USNO-B1 catalogue): RA, Dec = 181.09469, +53.15434 which is equivalent to: RA (J2000): 12h 04m 22.73s Dec (J2000): +53d 09' 15.6" with an uncertainty of 2.2 arcsec (radius, 90% confidence). This position may be improved as more data are received. The latest position can be viewed at http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_positions. Position enhancement is described by Goad et al. (2007, A&A, 476, 1401) and Evans et al. (2009, MNRAS, 397, 1177). This circular was automatically generated, and is an official product of the Swift-XRT team. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 33622 SUBJECT: GRB 230414B: SAO RAS optical observations DATE: 23/04/14 22:41:49 GMT FROM: Moskvitin Alexander at SAO RAS A. S. Moskvitin (SAO RAS) and V. P. Goranskij (SAI, Moscow University) report on behalf of a larger collaboration: We observed the field of GRB 230414B detected by Swift (D'Ai et al., GCN 33612) with the SAO RAS 1-m telescope Zeiss-1000 + CCD photometer. We obtained several images in Rc band. The GRB OT (Pankov et al., GCN 33615; Lu et al., GCN 33616; Raman et al., GCN 33618; Ghosh et al., GCN 33620) is clearly detected in the stacked frame with the brightness of R = 19.8 +/- 0.1 (T_mid - T0 = 3.68 hours). This preliminary photometry is based on R2 magnitudes of nearby USNO-B1 stars. The OT magnitude is not corrected for the Galactic extinction. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 33623 SUBJECT: GRB 230414B: slow optical light curve decay DATE: 23/04/14 23:47:27 GMT FROM: Daniele B Malesani at Radboud U D. B. Malesani (Radboud Univ. and DAWN/NBI), A. de Ugarte Postigo (OCA), L. Izzo (DARK/NBI), D. Xu (NAOC), Z.P. Zhu (NAOC, HUST), J. Acevedo Barroso (EPFL), C. Lemon (EPFL), Z. Gray (AOP), F. Neira (EPFL), report on behalf of a larger collaboration: We observed the optical afterglow (Pankov et al., GCN 33615; Lu et al., GCN 33616; Raman et al., GCN 33618; Ghosh et al., GCN 33620; Moskvitin et al., GCN 33622) of GRB 230414B (D'Ai et al., GCN 33612) with the Nordic Optical Telescope (NOT) equipped with the ALFOSC imager. In a single r-band image obtained on 2023 Apr 14.95 UT (6.57 hr after the GRB), we clearly detect the optical afterglow at a magnitude r = 19.42 +- 0.02 (AB), calibrated against nearby stars from the Pan-STARRS catalog. Comparing to earlier magnitudes from the above mentioned GCNs, our measurement indicates a slow decay or plateau phase, as already hinted by the magnitudes reported by Moskvitin et al. (GCN 33622). //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 33625 SUBJECT: GRB 230414B: Dabancheng/GHOST optical observations DATE: 23/04/15 05:39:21 GMT FROM: Zipei Zhu at NAOC Z.P. Zhu (NAOC, HUST), S.Y. Fu, S.Q. Jiang, X. Liu, T.H. Lu, D Xu (NAOC), S.W. Luo, M.M. Yang, Z. K. Feng (Gaoyazi Obs.) reoport: We observed the field of GRB 230414B detected by Swift (A. D'Ai et al., GCN 33612) with the GHOST-0.5m telescope located at Dabancheng, Xinjiang, China. Observations started at 18:27:56 UT on 2023-04-14, i.e., 2.23 hr after the Swift/BAT trigger, and 20x120 s images were obtained all in the Sloan r filter. The afterglow reported before (Pankov et al., GCN 33615; Lu et al., GCN 33616; Raman et al., GCN 33618; Ghosh et al., GCN 33620; Moskvitin et al., GCN 33622; Malesani et al., GCN 33623) is clearly detected in the stacked image with a brightness of r = 20.1 +/- 0.1 mag, calibrated with nearby stars from the Pan-STARRS catalog. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 33626 SUBJECT: GRB 230414B: Swift-XRT refined Analysis DATE: 23/04/15 05:39:47 GMT FROM: Phil Evans at U of Leicester M.G. Bernardini (INAF-OAB), E. Ambrosi (INAF-IASFPA) , J. D. Gropp (PSU), S. Dichiara (PSU), J.A. Kennea (PSU), K.L. Page (U. Leicester), A.P. Beardmore (U. Leicester), P.A. Evans (U. Leicester), M. Capalbi (INAF-IASFPA) and A. D'Ai report on behalf of the Swift-XRT team: We have analysed 6.2 ks of XRT data for GRB 230414B (D'Ai et al. GCN Circ. 33612), from 112 s to 34.3 ks after the BAT trigger. The data comprise 17 s in Windowed Timing (WT) mode (the first 10 s were taken while Swift was slewing) with the remainder in Photon Counting (PC) mode. The enhanced XRT position for this burst was given by Goad et al. (GCN Circ. 33613). The late-time light curve (from T0+4.4 ks) is consistent with a constant source of mean count rate 2.2e-01 ct/sec. A power-law fit gives an index of -0.07 (+/-0.15). A spectrum formed from the PC mode data can be fitted with an absorbed power-law with a photon spectral index of 1.97 (+0.16, -0.10). The best-fitting absorption column is 1.74 (+3.05, -0.07) x 10^20 cm^-2, consistent with the Galactic value of 1.7 x 10^20 cm^-2 (Willingale et al. 2013). The counts to observed (unabsorbed) 0.3-10 keV flux conversion factor deduced from this spectrum is 3.2 x 10^-11 (3.4 x 10^-11) erg cm^-2 count^-1. A summary of the PC-mode spectrum is thus: Total column: 1.74 (+3.05, -0.07) x 10^20 cm^-2 Galactic foreground: 1.7 x 10^20 cm^-2 Excess significance: <1.6 sigma Photon index: 1.97 (+0.16, -0.10) The results of the XRT-team automatic analysis are available at http://www.swift.ac.uk/xrt_products/01164180. This circular is an official product of the Swift-XRT team. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 33628 SUBJECT: GRB 230414B: AbAO optical observations DATE: 23/04/15 11:15:00 GMT FROM: Alexei Pozanenko at IKI, Moscow S. Belkin (IKI), R. Ya. Inasaridze (AbAO), A. Pozanenko (IKI), N. Pankov (HSE, IKI), D. Datashvili (AbAO), V. R. Ayvazian (AbAO), report on behalf of GRB IKI FuN: We observed the field of Swift GRB 230414B (D'Ai et al., GCN 33612) with AS-32 telescope of Abastumani observatory (AbAO) in R-filter starting on Apr. 14 (UT) 16:46:07. We detected the afterglow (Pankov et al., GCN 33615; Lu et al., GCN 33616; Raman et al., GCN 33618; Ghosh et al., GCN 33620; Moskvitin et al., GCN 33622; Malesani et al., GCN 33623; Zhu et al., GCN 33625). Preliminary photometry of the object is following Date UT start t-T0 Filter Exp. OT Err. UL(3sigma) (mid, days) (s) 2023-04-14 16:46:07 0.06094 R 112*60 19.73 0.05 22.3 The photometry is based on nearby USNO-B1.0 stars. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 33629 SUBJECT: GRB 230414B: Redshift from OSIRIS/GTC DATE: 23/04/15 12:00:39 GMT FROM: J. F. Agui Fernandez at IAA-CSIC J. F. Agui Fernandez (IAA-CSIC), C. C. Thoene (ASU-CAS), A. de Ugarte Postigo (OCA), R. Scarpa, A. Marante and A. L. Cabrera Lavers (GTC, IAC) report: We observed the afterglow of GRB 230414B (D'Ai et al. GCN 33612; Evans et al. GCN 33613; Lipunov GCN 33614; Pankov et al. GCN 33615; Lu et al. GCN 33616; Raman et al. GCN 33618; Ghosh et al. GCN 33620; Goad GCN 33621; Moskvitin et al. GCN 33622; Malesani et al. GCN 33623; Zhu et al. GCN 33625) with OSIRIS at the 10.4m GTC telescope, at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (La Palma, Spain). Observations consisted of 4x1200 s spectroscopy with grism R1000B, covering the spectral range between 3700 and 7800 AA. In a preliminary analysis we identify a broad absorption that we interpret as due to Ly-alpha. We also see several transitions coincident with SI, SiII, SiII*, OI, CII, NiII, SiIV, CIV and FeII, all of them at a common redshift of z = 3.568, which we interpret as the redshift of the GRB. This GCN is in honor of the great Alex Kann, the WiseGRBguy. It happened on the day he was buried while some of his colleagues were standing at the grave saying farewell. Even the Universe paid its tribute to him. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 33630 SUBJECT: GRB 230414B: Bassano Bresciano Observatory optical observations DATE: 23/04/15 14:51:21 GMT FROM: Ulisse Quadri at Bassano Bresciano Obs U.Quadri, L.Strabla report: We imaged the field of GRB 230414B detected by SWIFT(trigger 1164180) with the robotic telescope of (IAU station 565) Bassano Bresciano Observatory, Italy. Member of: AAVSO - American Association of Variable Star Observers. UAI/SSV - Unione Astrofili Italiani/sezione stelle variabili. The observations started 236.82 min min after the GRB trigger, at the end of twilight, with our Newton telescope D=250 mm F/D=4.8. We co-added 6 series of 30 exposures of 60 sec each. Start T0+ End T0+ Vlim 236.82 min 323.07 min 20.5 We detected a (fading) afterglow in the error box of the XRTcandidate. A. D'Ai (INAF-IASFPA), E. Ambrosi (INAF-IASFPA), et al. at the following position (+/- 2 arcsec): RA (J2000.0) = 12h 04m 22.64s DEC(J2000.0) = +53° 09' 16.4" The results of our photometry are: ----------------------------------------- Date UT CR-mag Middle +/- 0.05 ----------------------------------------- 2023 04 14.85273 19.76 2023 04 14.86022 19.74 2023 04 14.86771 19.76 2023 04 14.87519 20.02 2023 04 14.88268 19.96 2023 04 14.89017 20.01 ----------------------------------------- Magnitudes were estimated with the UCAC4 cat. and are not corrected for galactic dust extinction. The images are available at: http://www.osservatoriobassano.org/GRB.asp The message may be cited. //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 33631 SUBJECT: GRB 230414B: Lulin 40cm-SLT optical limit DATE: 23/04/15 15:36:17 GMT FROM: Ting-Wan Chen at MPE T.-W. Chen (TUM/MPA), S. Yang (HNAS), C.-S. Lin, C.-C. Ngeow, H.-Y. Hsiao, W.-J. Hou, Y.-C. Pan, H.-C. Lin, and J.-K. Guo (IANCU) report: We observed the field of GRB 230414B (D'Ai et al. GCN 33612; Evans et al. GCN 33613; Lipunov GCN 33614; Pankov et al. GCN 33615; Lu et al. GCN 33616; Raman et al. GCN 33618; Ghosh et al. GCN 33620; Goad GCN 33621; Moskvitin et al. GCN 33622; Malesani et al. GCN 33623; Zhu et al. GCN 33625; Gupta et al. GCN 33627; Belkin et al. GCN 33628; Agui Fernandez et al. GCN 33629; Quadri & Strabla GCN 33630), using the 40cm-SLT at Lulin Observatory, Taiwan to obtain r-band images as part of the Kinder collaboration (Chen et al., AstroNote 2021-92). The first epoch of observations started at 17:01 UT on 14 of April 2023 (MJD = 60048.709), 46 minutes (0.032 days) after the Swift/BAT trigger. The images were combined from 6 frames with a 300-second exposure time for the r band, taken under seeing conditions of an average of 1.85" and at a median airmass of 1.37. We note that the QE of the current testing camera mounted on the SLT is much shallower than the previous one. After template subtraction using the SDSS image, we do not detect a source at the position of the afterglow down to the following preliminary 2.5-sigma limit (in the AB system): r > 19.18 mag. The given limit is derived based on calibrating against SDSS field stars and is not corrected for the expected Galactic foreground extinction corresponding to a reddening of E_(B-V) = 0.01 mag in the direction of the burst (Schlafly & Finkbeiner 2011). //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 33634 SUBJECT: GRB 230414B: Montarrenti Observatory late time optical afterglow detection DATE: 23/04/16 13:28:28 GMT FROM: Simone Leonini at Monarrenti Obs Simone Leonini, M. Conti, P. Rosi, L.M. Tinjaca Ramirez (Montarrenti Observatory, Siena, Italy), M.G. Dainotti (National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), Y. Niino (Tokyo University, Institute of Astronomy), K. Kalinowski (Aarhus University, Department of Physics and Astronomy) and B. De Simone (Universita' degli Studi Di Salerno) report: We observed the field of GRB 230414B (Swift trigger 1164180, A. D'Ai et al. GCN 33612; Lipunov GCN 33614; Pankov et al. GCN 33615; Lu et al. GCN 33616; Raman et al. GCN 33618; Ghosh et al. GCN 33620; Moskvitin et al. GCN 33622; Malesani et al. GCN 33623; Zhu et al. GCN 33625; Gupta et al. GCN 33627; Belkin et al. GCN 33628; Agui Fernandez et al. GCN 33629; Quadri & Strabla GCN 33630; Chen et al. GCN 33631) with the automatic 0.53m RC telescope + U47 detector at Montarrenti Observatory (Siena, Italy, IAU code C88). The observations were started in a windy night under mediocre seeing conditions at 2023-04-15 21:18:31 UT (approximately 29 hours after burst) stacking 20x30s unfiltered CCD exposures. The optical afterglow was detected at the following position: RA (J2000.0) 12h 04m 22.68s +/-0.22 Decl. (J2000.0) +53° 09' 17.2" +/-0.28 Preliminary photometry is obtained using nearby USNO-B1 stars as follows: 2023 Apr 15.89133 UT (21:23:31 mid-time) CR=21.53 +/-0.18 Measures are not corrected for galactic dust extinction //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 33636 SUBJECT: GRB 230414B: 3.6m DOT Optical observations, slow decay at early epochs DATE: 23/04/16 19:21:38 GMT FROM: Rahul Gupta at ARIES, India Amit K. Ror, Rahul Gupta, S. B. Pandey, A. Aryan, K. Misra (ARIES), A. J. Castro-Tirado (IAA-CSIC), D. Bhattacharya (Ashoka University/IUCAA), and V. Bhalerao (IITB) report on behalf of a larger collaboration: We observed the field of GRB 230414B (D'Ai et al. GCN 33612; and Evans et al. GCN 33613) using the TANSPEC mounted at the axial port of the 3.6m Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT) of ARIES Nainital. We have taken multiple frames with an exposure time of 300 sec each in r, and i filters on 2023-04-14 and successive nights. We clearly detect the optical afterglow (Pankov et al. GCN 33615; Lu et al. GCN 33616; Raman et al. GCN 33618; Ghosh et al. GCN 33620; Moskvitin et al. GCN 33622; Malesani et al. GCN 33623; Zhu et al. GCN 33625; Belkin et al. GCN 33628; Fernandez et al. GCN 33629; Quadri et al. GCN 33630; and Leonini et al. GCN 33634) in each individual image taken on 2023-04-14. We report the preliminary brightness of the afterglow to be i = 19.95 +/- 0.16 mag ~ 43 minutes after the BAT trigger. By combining our i-band magnitude with the observations of Raman et al. GCN 33618, we determine the preliminary flux decay index of 0.60 +/-0.08. Our observations indicate the slow flux decay behavior of the afterglow at the early epoch, as also noted by Malesani et al. GCN 33623. Late-time observations will further provide insight into jet geometry, circumburst medium, and the total energy of the burst. The magnitude quoted is not corrected for the Galactic and host extinctions in the direction of the burst. Photometric calibration is performed using the standard stars from the PanSTARRS catalog. This circular may be cited. 3.6m Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT) is the recently commissioned facility in the Northern Himalayan region of India (long:79 41 04E, lat:29 21 40N, alt:2540m) owned and operated by the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital ( https://www.aries.res.in). Authors of this GCN circular thankfully acknowledge consistent support from the staff members to run and maintain the 3.6m DOT.