TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 12844 SUBJECT: GRB 120116A: Mondy optical observations DATE: 12/01/17 18:12:05 GMT FROM: Alina Volnova at SAI MSU A. Volnova (SAI MSU), I. Korobtsev, E. Klunko (ISTP), A.Pozanenko (IKI) on behalf of larger GRB follow up collaboration �report: We observed the field of the Swift GRB 120116A (Melandri et al., GCN 12834) with AZT-33IK telescope of Sayan observatory (Mondy) on Jan, 16 between (UT) 18:49:24 - 19:20:20, i.e. starting 40 minutes after the trigger. We took several series of 60 s exposures in R-filter. Within the XRT error circle (Melandri et al., GCN 12834) �we do not detect any source, in particular we do not detect the source reported by Levan and Tanvir (GCN 12843). The photometry is based on the USNO-B1.0 1239-0020213 star (RA=01 05 04.50, Dec=+33 55 37.7) assuming R2=16.36. UT_start, �T0+, � � � �Filter, �Exposure, � �OT � � � uplim, � � � � � � � �d � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � 3 sigma 18:49:24 � 0.03815 �R � � � �29x60 � � � � n/d � � 19.5