The robotic 0.6-m Super-LOTIS telescope began observing the error box of GRB 090515 (Swift Trigger 352108, Beardmore et al. GCN 9356) at 04:45:52 UT, 43 seconds after the trigger. Our initial observations include 5 x 10s exposures, 5 x 20s exposures, and 30 x 60s exposures, all in the R-band. We do not detect any variable sources or afterglow candidates within the XRT error box in our earliest...Full Text

The 0.6m Super-LOTIS telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory began observing the field of GRB 090429B 40 seconds after the trigger (Ukwatta et al., GCN 9281) under good conditions. Observations consisted sets of 10, 20, and 60 second exposures. No new sources are found in the XRT error circle. The results of the stacked exposures are given below; time is given in seconds after the trigger...Full Text

The robotic 0.6-m Super-LOTIS telescope began observing the error box of GRB 081024 (Swift Trigger 332516, Stratta et al. GCN 8398) at 05:53:49.9 UT, 41.9 seconds after the trigger. Our initial observations include 5 x 10s exposures, 5 x 20s exposures, and 30 x 60s exposures, all in the R-band. We do not detect any variable sources or afterglow candidates within the XRT error box in our earliest...Full Text

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BAT triggered on GRB 080607 at 06:07:27 UT (Trigger 313417) (Mangano et al., GCN 7847). This was a 1.024 sec rate-trigger on a long burst with T90 = 80 sec. Swift slewed to this burst immediately and XRT began follow-up observations at T + 82.1 sec, and UVOT at T + 100 sec. Our best position is the UVOT location RA(J2000) = 194.94665deg (12h59m47.20s), Dec(J2000) = +15.91965deg (+15d55 10.74 ) with an error of 0.5 arcsec (90% confidence, including boresight un- certainties).

GRB 080607 has also been seen by Konus Wind (Golenetskii et al., GCN 7862), by the Mini- Calorimeter (MCAL) on board AGILE (Marisaldi et al., GCN 7866) and by INTEGRAL/SPI- ACS, confirming the bright, multi peak structure of the prompt emission reported in Mangano et al., GCN 7847 (Beckmann, private communication).

The optical afterglow was detected by a number of ground based telescopes, e.g.: ROTSE III (Ru- jopakarn et al., GCN 7846), Super-LOTIS (Updike et al., GCN 7848), KAIT (Chornock et al., GCN 7856), RTT150 (Zhuchkov et al., GCN 7861), CrAO (Rumyantsev et al., GCN 7891).

An infrared afterglow detection has been provided by PAIRITEL (Miller et al., GCN 7850).

A redshift estimate z = 3.036 was provided by the Keck/LRIS based on the detection of a very strong, damped Lya profile and metal-line transitions of OI, SiII, CII, SiII* among others (Prochaska et al., GCN 7849).

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The robotic 0.6m Super-LOTIS telescope began R-band observations of the error region of GRB 080701A at 10:14:25 UT, 49 seconds after the trigger. Initial 10 and 20 second exposures reveal no sources other than those present in the relevant DSS image. A stack of 30x60sec images reveals no source at the location of the XRT source (Stroh et al., GCN 7911), down to a 3-sigma limiting magnitude...Full Text

Super-LOTIS began observing GRB 080607 35 second after the trigger (313417). We detect the fading source reported by Rujopakarn et al. (GCN 7846) at R = 15.2 +/- 0.05 mag (as compared to a nearby star in the USNO B1.0 catalog) 40 seconds after the trigger. Observations are continuing....Full Text

The robotic 0.6-m Super-LOTIS telescope began observing the error box of GRB 080604 (Swift Trigger 313116, La Parola et al. GCN 7800) at 07:28:59.0 UT, 118 seconds after the trigger. Our initial observations include 5 x 10s exposures, 5 x 20s exposures, and 30 x 60s exposures, all in the R-band....Full Text

The 0.6m Super-LOTIS telescope began R-band observations of the error region of GRB 080603 at 11:19:04 UT. The OT detected by Gomboc et al. (GCN 7788) and Chornock et al. (GCN 7789) is not apparent in the initial images, but is clearly visible in subsequent images. Using a stack of 10 x 60sec images obtained between 11:22:44 -> 11:33:46, we estimate the magnitude of the source to be R=19...Full Text

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BAT triggered on the long GRB 080319C at 12:25:56 UT (Trigger 306778) (Pagani, et al., GCN 7442), a burst with T90 = 34 ± 9 sec. Swift slewed immediately to the burst. The XRT and UVOT detected the afterglows in observations starting 224 sec after the trigger. The optical afterglow was detected in early observation by the KAIT telescope (Li,et al., GCN 74431), with Super-LOTIS (Williams, et al., GCN 7443) and by RAPTOR (Wren, et al., GCN 7477) in the R band. No radio source was detected by the WRST (van der Horst, et al., GCN 7481). The burst was also deteced by the INTEGRAL SPI Anti-Coincidence System (Beckmann, et al., GCN 7450), by the AGILE Mini-Calorimeter (Marisaldi, et al., GCN 7457), by Konus-Wind (Golenetskii, et al., GCN 7487) and by the Suzaku Wide-band All-sky Monitor (Onda, et al., GCN 7508). The spectroscopic redshift of this burst is z = 1.95, measured using the GMOS-N instrument on Gemini-North (Wiersema et al., GCN 7517).

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The robotic 0.6-m Super-LOTIS telescope began observing the error box of GRB 080320 (Swift Trigger 306858, Grupe et al. GCN 7473) at 04:38:34.3 UT, 56.3 seconds after the trigger. Our initial observations include 5 x 10s exposures, 5 x 20s exposures, and 30 x 60s exposures, all in the R-band....Full Text

Our RAPTOR telescopes responded to Swift trigger 306778 (Pagani et al., GCN 7442) at 12:26:30.66 UTC, 33.70 seconds after the trigger. We detect the optical counterpart initially reported by Li (GCN 7441). Our measurements are consistent with those reported by KAIT (GCN 7441 and GCN 7475) and Super-LOTIS (7443). Our images became dominated by the morning twilight at about 12:35 UTC. ...Full Text

The robotic 0.6-m Super-LOTIS telescope began observing the error box of GRB 080319C (Swift Trigger 306778, Pagani et al. GCN 7442) at 12:26:38.5 UT, 42.5 seconds after the trigger. Our initial observations include 5 x 10s exposures, 5 x 20s exposures, and 30 x 60s exposures, all in the R-band....Full Text

The robotic 0.6-m Super-LOTIS telescope began observing the error box of GRB 080319B (Swift Trigger 306757, Racusin et al. GCN 7427) at 06:27:00.3 UT, 851 seconds after the trigger. We identify a bright source consistent within the UVOT candidate....Full Text

We observed the field of GRB 080315 starting at UT=02:43:58 (~19min since GRB) with the 2.3m Bok telescope at Kitt Peak, AZ. We obtained 23 x 60-sec and 7 x 120-sec images in the R-band filter. We do not detect emission at the location of the faint XRT source (Palmer et al., GCN 7416) to a limiting magnitude of R~23.5. We do not detect any sources other than ones apparent in the DSS...Full Text

The 0.6m Super-LOTIS telescope began R-band observations of the error region of GRB 080310 (Swift trigger 305288) at 08:38:43 UT, 44 seconds after the start of the burst. The OT detected by Chornock et al. (GCN 7381) and confirmed by Cummings et al. (GCN 7382) is not apparent in the initial images, but is clearly visible in subsequent images. A stack of the initial 3x10s exposures does not detect...Full Text

The robotic 0.6-m Super-LOTIS telescope began observing the error box of GRB 080210 (Swift Trigger 302888, Grupe et al. GCN 7281) at 11:33:46.1 UT, 3 hours and 44 minutes after the trigger. Our observations consist of 57 x 60s exposures in the R-band under good weather conditions....Full Text

The 0.6m Super-LOTIS telescope began observations of the field of GRB 080207 (Racusin et al., GCN 7264) approximately 13 hours and 16 min after the trigger. Observations consisted of 58x60 second exposures in the R band, under decent weather conditions....Full Text

The 0.60m Super-LOTIS telescope began R-band observations of the error region of INTEGRAL burst, GRB 071109 (Mereghetti et al. GCN 7046), at 02:03:35 UT on 11-09-2007, ~337 minutes after the burst. Observations consisting of 48x60 second exposures were made through thin clouds....Full Text

The 1.54m Kuiper telescope began observations of the error region of GRB 071025 (Swift trigger 295301, Pagani et al. GCN 6986) at 04:37:08 UT, approximately 28 minutes after the trigger. Observations were obtained in the V, R, and I-bands. The afterglow first reported by Rykoff et al. (GCN 6987) is clearly visible in the individual early R and I band images but not in the V-band images or...Full Text

The robotic 0.6-m Super-LOTIS telescope began observing the error box of GRB 071025 (Swift Trigger 295301, Pagani et al. GCN 6986) at 04:10:29.3 UT, 95 seconds after the trigger. Our initial observations include 5 x 10s exposures, 5 x 20s exposures, and 30 x 60s exposures, all in the R-band....Full Text