[vsnet-alert 3241] MACHO Alert 99-BLG-44

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

Dear Colleagues-
 
The MACHO project has detected a candidate microlensing event in
progress towards the Galactic bulge.
 
Event                         OGLE-1999-BUL-36 (99-BLG-44)
Star ID                       308.38595.1020
RA      (J2000)               18:20:30.0
DEC     (J2000)               -21:57:04
V                             ~19.8
R                             ~18.8
 
A ~1.9 and rising on 16 Jul, expected peak near 05 Aug, duration 68
+/- 10 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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