XTE J1118+480 brightening Timo Kinnunen (Espoo, Finland) reports a (likely temporary) brightening of XTE J1118+480. Other unconfirmed report has told us that the source may have appreciably varied in these days. The source may have entered a new "active" stage. Intensive observations by the VSNET collaboration team is ongoing; please keep a close eye on this important source. YYYYMMDD(UT) mag observer 20000421.983 126 (M. Reszelski) 20000422.857 131 (T. Kinnunen) 20000422.901 130 (M. Reszelski) 20000422.938 127 (P. A. Dubovsky) 20000422.947 129 (G. Poyner) 20000423.488 128 (T. Watanabe) 20000423.521 127 (H. Maehara) 20000423.522 125 (H. Itoh) 20000423.853 127 (P. A. Dubovsky) 20000423.935 127 (C. P. Jones) 20000423.949 127 (H. McGee) 20000424.117 128 (E. Muyllaert) 20000424.867 126 (P. A. Dubovsky) 20000424.885 128 (E. Muyllaert) 20000424.928 128 (R. J. Bouma) 20000425.551 126 (M. Nakatani) 20000425.873 128 (T. Kinnunen) 20000426.858 127 (P. A. Dubovsky) 20000426.878 132 (M. Reszelski) 20000426.880 127 (E. Muyllaert) 20000426.924 127 (C. P. Jones) 20000427.182 128 (M. Simonsen) 20000427.871 127 (P. A. Dubovsky) 20000427.887 130 (M. Reszelski) 20000428.646 128 (T. Watanabe) 20000428.885 130 (M. Reszelski) 20000428.899 126 (P. A. Dubovsky) 20000429.182 127 (M. Simonsen) 20000429.464 127 (T. Watanabe) 20000429.548 129 (M. Nakatani) 20000429.549 129 (T. Watanabe) 20000429.567 126 (H. Itoh) 20000429.658 127 (H. Maehara) 20000429.918 126 (C. P. Jones) 20000429.919 126 (P. A. Dubovsky) 20000429.955 128 (G. Poyner) 20000429.955 128 (M. Reszelski) 20000430.219 127 (M. Simonsen) 20000430.863 130 (T. Kinnunen) 20000430.940 128 (G. Poyner) 20000501.037 128 (M. Reszelski) 20000501.899 122 (T. Kinnunen) bright 20000501.966 130 (M. Reszelski) 20000501.969 127 (G. Poyner) 20000502.062 126 (P. A. Dubovsky) 20000502.535 127 (H. Itoh) 20000502.965 126 (P. A. Dubovsky) Regards, Taichi Kato on behalf of the VSNET collaboration team