TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 3057 SUBJECT: GRB050223: No Swift UVOT Detection of Afterglow Emission DATE: 05/02/23 09:00:57 GMT FROM: Patricia Schady at MSSL/Swift C. Gronwall (PSU), A. Blustin (MSSL), P. Brown (PSU), S. Rosen, K. McGowan, M. De Pasquale (MSSL), P. Boyd (GSFC/UMBC), S. Holland, M. Still (GSFC/USRA), W. Landsman (GSFC), S. Hunsberger (PSU), A. Breeveld (MSSL), P. Roming (PSU), K. Mason, P. Schady (MSSL), M. Ivanushkina (PSU), T. Poole, P. Smith, B. Hancock (MSSL), S. Koch (PSU), M. Carter, H. Huckle (MSSL), P. Broos (PSU), T. Kennedy (MSSL), J. Racusin (PSU), E. Fenimore (LANL), B. Zhang (UNLV), J. Nousek (PSU), N. Gehrels (GSFC), on behalf of the Swift UVOT team. The Swift Ultra-Violet/Optical Telescope (UVOT) began observations of GRB050223 at 03:55:28 UT on 23 Feb 2005, about 46:22 UT after the initial Swift Bat trigger (Mitani et al, GCN 3055). The delay in observations was due to the Earth-limb constaint, which prevented an immediate slew. We detect no source in the intial 100s exposure at the Swift XRT position (Giommi et al, GCN 3054).