Dear colleagues, The symbiotic variable FN Sgr is showing a dramatical fading from an outburst (cf. AAVSO NEWS FLASH Nos. 27, 29). Available observations from postings: 1996 Apr. 2.810 11.9 Has.VSOLJ (N. Hasegawa) 3.786 11.8 Has.VSOLJ 11.736 12.0 Has.VSOLJ 18.3 11.8 BRJ (J. Bortle *1) 21.0 12.0 OB (D. Overbeek *1) 22.0 12.0 OB 23.0 12.0 OB 24.383 12.1 MRV (R. Medic *1) 27.0 12.0 OB 28.0 12.0 OB May 14.9 11.9 MLF (B. Monard) 24.407 13.1 SQN (L. Shaw) 30.101 <13.0 OB 30.204 13.8 BRJ 31.162 <13.0 OB Jun. 5.656 13.7 Has.VSOLJ 6.163 14.5 BRJ (*1 from issues of AAVSO NEWS FLASH) The object stayed at mv~11.8 since last September (vsnet-alert 236, J. Bortle; vsnet-obs 1188, M. Moriyama; vsnet-obs 1273, S. Kiyota; vsnet-alert 249, J. Bortle). The current rapid fading may represent an eclipse of the outbursting component by the red giant secondary star, a phenomenon which was most dramatically observed during the latest outbursts of AX Per, V1413 Aql (=AS 338) and FG Ser(=AS 296). Although I am not aware of any orbital ephemeris of this symbiotic binary (does anyone know?), I would like urge observers to closely monitor the object to see if any egress may occur in a month or so. Since evolvement of the eclipse in AX Per was quite rapid, nightly observations would help. Regards, Taichi Kato