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TITLE: GCN GRB OBSERVATION REPORT NUMBER: 2101 SUBJECT: GRB 030329: SARA Optical Observations DATE: 03/04/05 19:01:07 GMT FROM: Kevin Lindsay at Clemson.U <jlkevin@compton.phys.clemson.edu> K. Lindsay (Clemson University) Report on behalf of a larger collaboration: We observed the optical afterglow of GRB 030329, (=H2656, Vanderspek et al. GCN 1997), identified by Peterson & Price (GCN 1985) and Torii (GCN 1986), in the Johnson B-Band with the SARA 0.9m telescope at KPNO. We obtained 30, 300s exposures. Observations began at 03:03:38UT, and ended at 05:32:40UT, on April 5th. The obsevations were carried out under good seeing conditions. Aperture photometry is being carried out, and further observations are planned. We thank SARA Observatory director Dr. Jim Webb, and FIU graduate student Emily Howard for making part of their observing time available to us. More information on the SARA Observatory can be found at http://www.saraobservatory.org/. This report may be cited.
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