Posted: Apr 11, 2018 9:11 pm
i have no avatar wrote:Fortuitous Flash Candidate for the Farthest Star Yet Seen
Thanks newolder. It will be interesting to see how long the lensing effect will last and if it comes and goes.
The nature note: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-018-0430-3 on Fig. 4b shows one of the models of the microlensing event lasted about 200 days mostly in 2016, but the caption includes:
The most densely sampled part of the light curve including the May 2016 peak (Lev16A). This maximum shows two successive peaks that may correspond to a lensed binary system of stars at z = 1.49. MJD is modified Julian date. Error bars correspond to 68% confidence levels.
So the data shows a shorter event than the wider model.
I apologize if this was discussed in the references you gave but I am traveling and I am running short on time.
No worries.
