TITLE: GCN CIRCULAR NUMBER: 38059 SUBJECT: EP241103a: Gemini optical limits DATE: 24/11/03 13:17:58 GMT FROM: Daniele B. Malesani at IMAPP / Radboud University d.malesani@astro.ru.nl

J. Quirola-Vasquez (Radboud Univ.), D. B. Malesani (DAWN/NBI and Radboud Univ.), P. G. Jonker (Radboud Univ.), A. J. Levan (Radboud Univ. and Warwick Univ.), F. E. Bauer (PUC), A. Martin-Carrillo (UCD), report on behalf of a larger collaboration:

We observed the location of the fast X-ray transient EP241103a (Zhao et al., GCNs 38051, 38058) using the Gemini South telescope equipped with the GMOS instrument. A total of 4x120 s images were secured in the r filter, carried out at a mean epoch 2024 Nov 3.267 UT, 5.0 hr after the EP/WXT trigger.

A number of faint sources, none of which obviously point-like, are visible inside the refined EP/WXT error circle (Zhao et al., GCN 38058). All of them are at least marginally visible in the archival images from the Legacy survey, showing no variability. Our 3-sigma limiting magnitude is r = 25.

We acknowledge the Gemini staff for carrying out our observations expeditely.

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