--------------------------------------------- PLANET ANOMALY ALERT 2005 #1 (issued 15-May, 7:40 UT) --------------------------------------------- Start of 2005 Season Dear Colleagues, as of today PLANET will be in full operation for its 2005 observing season, during which it is our aim to provide the astronomical community with frequently updated information about ongoing microlensing events in the form of light curve plots and data tables. The provision of data tables will start as soon as the remaining technical obstacles are overcome. For (suspected) anomalies, PLANET Anomaly Alerts and Updates will be issued, which summarize the observations and include (if possible) an explanation of their likely nature as well as a prediction of the future behaviour of the event. PLANET Anomaly Alerts and Updates are circulated to everyone who requests to be added to our mailing list. The success of PLANET depends on the number and quality of the microlensing alerts issued by OGLE and MOA. We strongly appreciate their work and we are particularly pleased that they make preliminary versions of their reduced data available in near-real time. Moreover, preliminary data made available by MicroFUN as well as alerts on anomalous behaviour received by them, have shown to be helpful for us in scheduling the observations and deriving suitable models. With the 2005 observing season, PLANET is to join forces for a microlensing campaign with RoboNet, a network of three UK-operated 2.0m robotic telescopes. More information about PLANET is available from the web site http://planet.iap.fr, which is regularly updated with the newest developments. Other links: RoboNet http://www.astro.livjm.ac.uk/RoboNet/ OGLE http://www.astrouw.edu.pl/~ftp/ogle/ MOA http://www.physics.auckland.ac.nz/moa/ MicroFUN http://www-astronomy.mps.ohio-state.edu/~microfun/ -------------- On behalf of the PLANET collaboration, Martin Dominik %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% If you prefer not to receive further PLANET Anomaly Alerts, please send an e-mail to planet@iap.fr.