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Subject: IAUC 8094: unusual variable object in Leo IAUC 8094 informed that the Deep Lens Survey discovered an unusual variable. The position is 10:53:45.79, -5:37:44:3 (J2000.0). It was below 23.5V on Mar. 5.17, but 0.02 day (half hour) later it was V=21.9; it has remained around B=22 for one hour; 2 days later this object was below 25.0V. The object is possibly associated with a faint galaxy. I guess it is possibly an "orphan GRB afterglow" (See e.g. Totani and Panaitescu, ApJ, 576, 120 (2002)). Further and deeper observations is urged. Sincerely Yours, Hitoshi Yamaoka, Kyushu Univ., Japan yamoaka@rc.kyushu-u.ac.jp
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