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Discovery and Characterization of a Caustic Crossing Microlensing Event in the Small Magellanic Cloud

Discovery and Characterization of a Caustic Crossing Microlensing Event in the Small Magellanic Cloud

We present photometric observations and analysis of the second microlensing event detected toward the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), MACHO Alert 98-SMC-1. This event was detected early enough to allow intensive observation of the light curve. These observations revealed 98-SMC-1 to be the first caustic crossing binary microlensing event toward the …