I telescope on 24 January 1999 UT by Koerner and Kirkpatrick. The same field was observed by Malkan, Teplitz and McLean on the nights of January 27.65 and 28.55 UT, and in both instances the object was readily detected. We adopt a mean alpha of -1.13. The origin of this discrepancy is as yet unclear.
Further observations are in progress.
This report is citeable.