GRB 241030A: AKO Optical Afterglow Detection

We observed the field of GRB 241030A (Fermi GBM team, GCN 37955; Klingler et al. & Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Team GCN 37956; Beardmore et al. & Swift-XRT Team GCN 37962) with our 0.36m f/7.7 robotic telescope. The observation started on 30 October 2024 at 14:42 (UT), 8.9 hours after the trigger. We obtained 14x180s images using Ic filter at the position given by Swift/XRT: R.A. (J2000): 22h 52m 33.30s Dec. (J2000): +80d 26' 59.6" We did detect an afterglow candidate at the above position at a magnitude of Ic = 18.06 +/-0.15 for the stacked images. The magnitude was estimated using the Atlas catalogue as a reference. The magnitude is not corrected for galactic extinction. Our observational result is consistent with those of Lin et al. (GCN 37966) and those of the SVOM/C-GFT team (GCN 37970).