[vsnet-alert 3318] MACHO Alert 99-BLG-53

[User Macho <macho@astro.washington.edu>]

Dear Colleagues-
 
The MACHO project has detected a candidate microlensing event in
progress towards the Galactic bulge.
 
Event                         99-BLG-53
Star ID                       176.19997.3338
RA      (J2000)               18:02:48.5
DEC     (J2000)               -27:38:52
V                             ~20.5
R                             ~19.5
 

A ~2 and rising on 2 Aug, expected peak near 23 Aug, duration 81 +/-
18 days.  Finding charts and lightcurves are available on the web page
at http://darkstar.astro.washington.edu or ftp site
darkstar.astro.washington.edu directories macho/Alert/99-*.
 
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