Circular No. 6096
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION
Postal Address: Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
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EXO 1846-031
     J. Grindlay, M. Garcia, and P. Zhao, CfA, report:  "B. McLean 
obtained moderately deep I-band imaging of the EXOSAT error circle 
for EXO 1846-031 (Parmar et al., ibid.) with the 1.2-m telescope at
the Whipple Observatory on Oct. 14.15 UT.  No optical counterpart
brighter than I = 21.5 in the EXOSAT error circle was detected,
suggesting that the source is either very distant or heavily
absorbed or that this outburst decayed more quickly.  Deeper
observations would still be useful."



1994 October 15                (6096)            Daniel W. E. Green