TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 3324 SUBJECT: GRB050502 - Optical Candidate from the Liverpool Telescope DATE: 05/05/02 03:27:49 GMT FROM: Andreja Gomboc at LT,ARI,Liverpool JMU A. Gomboc, I. A. Steele, A. Monfardini, C. J. Mottram, C. Guidorzi, M.F. Bode, C.G. Mundell (Liverpool JMU) report: The automatic pipeline of the Liverpool Telescope detected an optical transient at RA 13:39:46.25 dec +42:40:27.50. We measure the approximate magnitude r'~15.6 at ~3 min after the burst.