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                        PLANET ANOMALY UPDATE
                              2004 #5-3
                      (issued 10-Jun, 21:40 UT)
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                  Finite source has exited caustic

Dear Colleagues,

PLANET data collected on OGLE 2004-BLG-254 at the 1.0 m telescope at
Sutherland (South Africa) reveal a change in slope of the lightcurve
on Jun-10 at around 21:00 UT that probably corresponds to the
source exiting the caustic created by the lens star.  Together with
previously collected data we find that the caustic transit of the
source lasted about 26 hours.

Event:            OGLE 2004-BLG-254
RA (J2000):       17:56:36.20
Dec (J2000):      -32:33:01.8

For more information (e.g. plots), please consult:
PLANET:    http://planet.iap.fr/currentevents.html
OGLE:      http://www.astrouw.edu.pl/~ftp/ogle/ogle3/ews/2004/blg-159.html
MicroFUN:  http://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~microfun/Data/OB04254/

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On behalf of the PLANET collaboration,

Keith Horne.

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