NOTE: uvot_fluxes_wget.pl vrs. 2020-11-03a fem at 210308d18h50m20s352967usUT NOTE: Source region spec. is: 67.07388 37.43388 3" NOTE: Used archived uvot source position of 67.07388 37.43388 3.00 NOTE: position reference is GCN_Circ_29619 NOTE: A UVOT position was reported in GCN_Circ_29619 NOTE: Possible detection in wh at T+94.6 =========== Draft Upper Limit Circular ======== GRB 210308A: Swift/UVOT Upper Limits J. D. Gropp (PSU) and V. D'Elia (SSDC) report on behalf of the Swift/UVOT team: The Swift/UVOT began settled observations of the field of GRB 210308A 95 s after the BAT trigger (D'Elia et al., GCN Circ. 29619). No optical afterglow consistent with the XRT position *** POSITION REFERENCE is GRB_Auto_Processing *** is detected in the initial UVOT exposures. Preliminary 3-sigma upper limits using the UVOT photometric system (Breeveld et al. 2011, AIP Conf. Proc. 1358, 373) for the first finding chart (FC) exposure and subsequent exposures are: Filter T_start(s) T_stop(s) Exp(s) Mag white_FC 95 244 147 >18.5 u_FC 307 557 246 >20.1 white 95 1182 353 >19.4 v 636 1059 58 >18.1 b 563 1158 58 >19.4 u 307 1133 285 >20.2 w1 685 1109 39 >19.1 The magnitudes in the table are not corrected for the Galactic extinction due to the reddening of E(B-V) = 1.296 in the direction of the burst (Schlegel et al. 1998). =========== Draft Detection Circular ======== GRB 210308A: Swift/UVOT Detection J. D. Gropp (PSU) and V. D'Elia (SSDC) report on behalf of the Swift/UVOT team: The Swift/UVOT began settled observations of the field of GRB 210308A 95 s after the BAT trigger (D'Elia et al., GCN Circ. 29619). A source consistent with the XRT position *** POSITION REFERENCE is GRB_Auto_Processing *** is detected in the initial UVOT exposures. The preliminary UVOT position is: RA (J2000) = 04:28:17.73 = 67.07389 (deg.) Dec (J2000) = +37:26:02.1 = 37.43391 (deg.) with an estimated uncertainty of 0.46 arc sec. (radius, 90% confidence). Preliminary detections and 3-sigma upper limits using the UVOT photometric system (Breeveld et al. 2011, AIP Conf. Proc. 1358, 373) for the early exposures are: Filter T_start(s) T_stop(s) Exp(s) Mag white 95 244 147 18.70 +/- 0.07 v 636 1059 58 >18.1 b 563 1158 58 >19.4 u 307 1133 285 >20.2 w1 685 1109 39 >19.1 The magnitudes in the table are not corrected for the Galactic extinction due to the reddening of E(B-V) = 1.296 in the direction of the burst (Schlegel et al. 1998).