Finding chart of the field of GRB 111209A; the afterglow is circled. This is a GROND r′ image at 5.8 days post-burst; the afterglow has r′ = 21.2. Seeing was 0′′.73 and the limiting magnitude is r′ > .25.3. The field measures 4.′9 × 1.′9, pixel scale is 0″.158 per pixel. We note the extreme sparsity of stars in the field; most visible sources are distant galaxies. The bright face-on spiral galaxy to the north-east is 6dFGS gJ005732.0-464730 at z = 0.08851 (Jones et al. 2009). The character Q marks quasar [VV96] J005711.3-464750 at z = 2.0 (Maza et al. 1993).