--------------------------------------------- PLANET ANOMALY ALERT 2005 #8 (issued 19-Jul, 8:45 UT) --------------------------------------------- OGLE 2005-BLG-377 shows further rise after first peak Dear Colleagues, PLANET data taken with the Danish 1.54m at ESO LaSilla indicate that OGLE 2005-BLG-377 has reached a peak with magnification A_0 ~ 23 near HJD=2453569.8 (18-Jul, 7:00 UT), and has started to rise again since HJD=2453570.6 (19-Jul, 2:30 UT), where we believe to see a brightening by about 0.5 mag until HJD=2453570.70 (19-Jul, 4:50 UT). Soon after that, the already unfavourable observing conditions deteriorated. Furher follow-up is strongly encouraged in order to determine the nature of this event. A light curve plot and data files for this event are available on our webpage, which is frequently updated. Event: OGLE 2005-BLG-377 RA (J2000): 17:53:06.46 Dec (J2000): -29:14:04.9 The baseline I magnitude reported by the OGLE team is 18.111 +/- 0.002 For more information: PLANET: http://planet.iap.fr OGLE: http://www.astrouw.edu.pl/~ftp/ogle/ -------------- 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.