V4334 Sgr brightening (Sakurai's object) Seiichiro Kiyota (Japan) reports that Sakurai's object (V4334 Sgr, which has been in deep minimum since 1998 September, has significantly brightened. Observers are strongly urged to monitor this peculiar variable star. YYMMDD(UT) mag observer 980909.409 140 (R. Stubbings) 980909.465 11.84Rc (S. Kiyota) 980909.478 13.22V (S. Kiyota) 980910.451 11.91Rc (S. Kiyota) 980910.458 13.33V (S. Kiyota) 980910.464 141 (R. Stubbings) 980912.412 141 (R. Stubbings) 980913.438 12.08Rc (S. Kiyota) 980913.444 13.70V (S. Kiyota) 980913.463 <125 (H. Itoh) 980915.429 144 (R. Stubbings) 980916.465 <128 (H. Itoh) 980916.485 12.54Rc (S. Kiyota) 980916.500 14.11V (S. Kiyota) 980917.441 <146 (R. Stubbings) 980919.465 <128 (H. Itoh) 980920.425 <147 (R. Stubbings) 980920.441 <132 (T. Watanabe) 980920.485 132 (H. Itoh) 980921.699 <133 (B. Monard) 980924.415 <149 (R. Stubbings) 981008.472 <141 (R. Stubbings) 981010.424 <149 (R. Stubbings) 981011.417 <14.04Rc (S. Kiyota) 981011.445 <148 (R. Stubbings) 981015.435 <145 (R. Stubbings) 981016.439 <145 (R. Stubbings) 981018.428 <127 (H. Itoh) 981024.431 <140 (R. Stubbings) 981027.463 <132 (R. Stubbings) 981101.441 <132 (R. Stubbings) 981106.438 <132 (R. Stubbings) 981108.442 <132 (R. Stubbings) 990205.844 12.72Rc (S. Kiyota) 990205.847 14.21V (S. Kiyota)