It is obvious I suppose, but just to make it formal: The retraction/evaporation/disappearance of the lensing galaxy eliminates the only significant evidence for strong lensing of GRB 990123, so I do not plan to instigate an APO monitoring program to look for the appearance of additional images. Bright moonlight and bad weather prevented us from wasting any telescope time on the project, by the way. Ed Turner APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 33 in the apo35-grb archive. You can find APO the archive on http://www.astro.princeton.edu/APO/apo35-grb/INDEX.html APO To join/leave the list, send mail to apo35-request@astro.princeton.edu APO To post a message, mail it to apo35-grb@astro.princeton.edu APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO