Z And brighter! The symbiotic star Z And is reported to have further brightened, since the first suggestion by T. Watanabe. YYMMDD(UT) mag observer 990426.040 105 (B. H. Granslo) 990428.798 103 (M. Hiraga) 990429.010 105 (B. H. Granslo) 990429.769 103 (T. Watanabe) 990502.387 103 (R. J. Modic) 990505.010 105 (B. H. Granslo) 990506.990 105 (B. H. Granslo) 990514.733 104 (T. Watanabe) 990516.042 105 (E. Muyllaert) 990517.975 104 (R. J. Bouma) 990519.040 103 (G. Comello) 990527.092 99 (G. Poyner)