MV Lyr fading Several observers have pointed out that the VY Scl-type cataclysmic variable MV Lyr is slowly fading. The variable has been in its maximum light since 1999 July. YYYYMMDD(UT) mag observer 19991115.694 132 (H-G. Lindberg) 19991115.750 136 (M. Verdenet) 19991115.758 132 (E. Muyllaert) 19991116.080 129 (G. Hanson) 19991116.794 131 (G. Poyner) 19991117.078 129 (G. Hanson) 19991119.097 129 (G. Hanson) 19991119.688 132 (H-G. Lindberg) 19991119.776 133 (G. Poyner) 19991120.742 135 (E. Muyllaert) 19991126.740 130 (M. Verdenet) 19991128.425 131 (T. Watanabe) 19991129.744 131 (G. Poyner) 19991130.780 134 (M. Verdenet) 19991201.703 133 (G. Comello) 19991201.815 131 (G. Poyner) 19991202.681 131 (H-G. Lindberg) 19991204.781 133 (G. Poyner) 19991204.794 135 (G. Comello) 19991205.669 132 (H-G. Lindberg) 19991205.719 134 (A. Diepvens) 19991205.760 138 (M. Verdenet) 19991206.769 136 (M. Verdenet) 19991207.737 133 (G. Poyner) 19991210.726 137 (E. Muyllaert) 19991210.750 138 (M. Verdenet) 19991213.737 133 (G. Poyner) 19991215.738 134 (G. Poyner) 19991216.714 137 (G. Comello) 19991216.730 141 (M. Verdenet) 19991217.756 139 (G. Poyner) 19991219.760 138 (M. Verdenet) 19991227.717 142 (G. Comello) 19991228.071 143 (G. Hanson)