TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 1721 SUBJECT: GRB 021201: Optical Observations DATE: 02/12/03 11:55:40 GMT FROM: Melissa Nysewander at UNC,Chapel Hill M. Nysewander, J. Moran, L. Johnson, D. Moschler, and D. Reichart (University of North Carolina) report: We observed 100% of the small error box of the short burst GRB 021201 (GCN 1719) beginning at 8:15 UTC on December 3rd (2.1 days after the burst) with the Morehead Observatory 0.6m telescope. We integrated without filter for ~2700 seconds under relatively clear skies. Visual comparison with the DSS-2 (R band) images reveal no new objects to the limit of the DSS.