From phys159@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz Sun Jun 20 17:25:20 1999
Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 17:25:01 +1200 (NZST)
Subject: PLANET CAUSTIC ALERT: OGLE-1999-BUL-23

Dear Colleagues,

The PLANET collaboration has detected an anomaly in the on-going 
microlensing event OGLE-1999-BUL-23. Recent PLANET observations from
Canopus (Tasmania) and Perth Observatories indicate the event has 
just undergone a second caustic crossing, peaking at approximately 
19-Jun-1999 12:15 UT (=JD 2451349.01). The event is currently at 
about A~4.3 and falling  slowly.
 
Event:		 OGLE 1999-BUL-23 
RA  (J2000):	 18:07:45.14
Dec (J2000):	-27:33:15.4

Finding charts and future update information can be found on the 
PLANET web page at:

http://www.astro.rug.nl/~planet.

OGLE information on this event can be found at the OGLE alert 
web page at:  http://www.astrouw.edu.pl/~ftp/ogle/ogle2/ews/bul-23.html