CH Cyg suddenly fading Recent observations suggest that the symbiotic variable CH Cyg is rapidly fading. Similar fading was observed in 1999 June, but the system didn't go much fainter than mag 8.8. YYYYMMDD(UT) mag observer 20000331.762 80 (T. Watanabe) 20000401.812 81 (H. Maehara) 20000402.146 79 (E. Muyllaert) 20000406.015 81 (G. Comello) 20000406.065 77 (G. Poyner) 20000406.076 76 (M. Reszelski) 20000406.110 79 (E. Muyllaert) 20000407.103 77 (G. Poyner) 20000408.003 77 (M. Reszelski) 20000408.144 80 (H. Hautecler) 20000408.400 78 (E. van Ballegoij) 20000409.046 77 (M. Reszelski) 20000409.860 77 (M. Reszelski) 20000409.862 80 (R. J. Bouma) 20000411.076 87 (A. Diepvens) 20000413.941 77 (M. Reszelski) 20000416.891 77 (M. Reszelski) 20000417.880 78 (M. Reszelski) 20000418.801 79 (M. Reszelski) 20000420.925 78 (M. Reszelski) 20000421.928 78 (M. Reszelski) 20000423.035 78 (M. Reszelski) 20000423.081 78 (G. Poyner) 20000423.585 82 (T. Watanabe) 20000424.026 80 (M. Reszelski) 20000424.135 83 (E. Muyllaert) 20000424.901 82 (R. J. Bouma) 20000424.958 79 (M. Reszelski) 20000425.060 84 (G. Comello) 20000425.882 81 (T. Lange) 20000425.958 79 (M. Reszelski) 20000426.928 81 (M. Reszelski) 20000427.198 91 (M. Simonsen) 20000428.796 80 (H. Maehara) 20000429.001 83 (M. Reszelski) 20000429.601 81 (M. Nakatani) 20000429.778 82 (H. Maehara) 20000429.792 83 (H. Itoh) 20000429.994 82 (M. Reszelski) 20000430.069 84 (G. Poyner) 20000501.022 83 (G. Poyner) 20000501.040 83 (M. Reszelski) 20000501.230 82 (E. van Ballegoij) 20000501.787 82 (H. Maehara) 20000501.942 85 (M. Reszelski) 20000502.044 83 (G. Poyner) 20000502.960 85 (M. Reszelski) 20000504.566 83 (T. Watanabe) 20000504.782 83 (H. Maehara) 20000505.019 80 (H. Hautecler) 20000505.944 85 (R. J. Bouma) 20000506.858 88 (P. A. Dubovsky) 20000506.900 83 (G. Comello) 20000506.960 92 (A. Diepvens) 20000507.106 91 (A. Diepvens) 20000507.944 91 (A. Diepvens) 20000508.022 85 (G. Poyner) 20000509.074 89 (E. Muyllaert) 20000510.071 89 (G. Comello) 20000510.887 86 (V. Tuboly) 20000510.957 88 (R. J. Bouma) 20000511.973 89 (G. Comello)