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TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 2032 SUBJECT: GRB 030324, optical search DATE: 03/03/30 22:30:48 GMT FROM: Peter Garnavich at U of Notre Dame <pgarnavi@miranda.phys.nd.edu> K. Luhman, T. Megeath, T. Spahr, K.Z. Stanek (CfA), S. Holland P. Garnavich (Notre Dame) We observed the error circle of GRB 030324 (GCN 1954) with the Fred L. Whipple 1.2-m telescope and R filter on three epochs: Date Time t (days) R_lim Mar. 24 06:25 0.134 22.4 Mar. 24 10:37 0.309 22.5 Mar. 26 07:52 2.194 22.7 where R_lim is the 3-sigma limiting magnitude. Visual comparison and subtraction of the the epochs reveals no new, strongly variable sources down to the corresponding limits. A star present on the digitized sky survey at 13:37:19.23 -00:16:21 (2000) is seen to vary between 19.2 and 18.8 in the R-band. Deep R-band images centered on the error circle, but covering only the inner 7.4' diameter field were obtained with the Magellan 6.5-m Clay telescope and LDSS2 imaging/spectrograph: Date Time t (days) R_lim Mar. 24 08:14 0.210 23.1 Mar. 25 05:35 1.100 23.3 and subtraction of these images does not reveal any new, variable sources. This message may be cited.
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