Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 22:10:19 -0500 (EST)<br>
From: David Bennett <bennett@bustard.phys.nd.edu><br>
To: macho-alerts@lensing.astro.washington.edu<br>
Subject: EROS-BLG-2000-5, Level-2 ALert<br>
<p>

Dear Colleagues-<p>

   Observations by the Microlensing Planet Search (MPS) Collaboration
of on-going event EROS-BLG-2000-5 indicate a rapid brightening of the source 
star.  Tonights initial observation (JD 2451704.568) indicated a brightening 
of ~0.5 mag from observations taken JD 2451703.915.  Subsequent observations
show the source brightening by an additional 0.1 mag in 40 minutes, and
the source continues to brighten.<p>

Immediate photometric and spectroscopic followup are suggested.<p>
<table>
<tr>
<td>Event     </td><td>                    EROS BLG-2000-5</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>RA      (J2000)      </td><td>           17 53 11.5</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>DEC     (J2000)     </td><td>            -30 55 35</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>R_0               </td><td>              17.2</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>V_0                  </td><td>           18.4</td></tr>
</table>

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Finding charts and lightcurves are available from the EROS Alert page:<br>
httP://www-dapnia.cea.fr/Spp/Experiences/EROS/e-blg-2000-5/index.html<p>

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