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		PLANET TEAM ANOMALY ALERT FOR EROS BLG-2000-5
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The PLANET collaboration has been performing intense photometric 
monitoring of the multiple-lens microlensing event EROS BLG-2000-5 
from five observing sites distributed in longitude.  This event, 
discovered by the EROS team and first noted to be anomalous by 
the MPS team, executed a fold caustic about 12 days ago at 
Heliocentric Julian Date (HJD) = 2,451,705.000 +/- 0.002 
(see earlier PLANET team alert and caustic characterization). 
Since then, the source light curve has been declining and then 
leveling, presumably in the caustic trough between two fold 
caustics.  

Data collected from three different PLANET sites within the 
last 24 hours confirm that the light curve of the source has 
now risen by about 3% over the past three days. 

Event:            EROS-2000-BUL-005
RA (J2000):         17:53:11.5 
Dec (J2000):       -30:55:35

Because the first crossing was well characterized, it should be possible
to predict the time of the second crossing very accurately.  The
exceptional brightness, long duration, and likely high accuracy of the
prediction of the time of the second crossing are what make this event
especially favorable for spectroscopic observations, which are encouraged. 

PLANET continues to observe this event. 

Finding charts, previous alert information and updates can be found on the 
PLANET web site at http://www.astro.rug.nl/~planet. 

EROS information on this event can be found at the EROS alert web page at:
http://www-dapnia.cea.fr/Spp/Experiences/EROS/alertes.html. 

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