MKN 421 deep fading? Gary Poyner reports that MKN 421 (blazar) is exceptionally faint. The present brightness is the faintest reported to VSNET in the past decade. The object may be varying with a short (less than a day) time scale. YYYYMMDD(UT) mag observer 20030227.915 133 (Eddy Muyllaert) 20030227.974 133 (Jose Ripero) 20030228.022 137 (Pavol A. Dubovsky) 20030301.015 131 (Gary Poyner) 20030302.860 133 (Gary Poyner) 20030302.885 133 (Eddy Muyllaert) 20030303.967 131 (Jose Ripero) 20030304.907 135 (Carlo Gualdoni) 20030305.941 133 (Jose Ripero) 20030306.894 134 (Eddy Muyllaert) 20030306.912 136 (Paul Charleton) 20030307.074 136 (Pavol A. Dubovsky) 20030308.940 133 (Jose Ripero) 20030308.976 131 (Adolfo Darriba Martinez) 20030309.074 132V (Doug West) 20030309.865 133 (Jose Ripero) 20030309.897 133 (Eddy Muyllaert) 20030310.001 132 (Gary Poyner) 20030311.201 134 (Mike Simonsen) 20030314.033 133 (Eddy Muyllaert) 20030314.863 133 (Eddy Muyllaert) 20030314.872 139 (Christopher P. Jones) 20030314.875 131 (Gary Poyner) 20030315.853 136 (Gary Poyner) 20030316.862 142 (Gary Poyner)
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