Re: [vsnet-alert 5164] XTE J1118+480 dramatic fading? Our last night observation at Kyoto was almost disturbed by a lot of clouds, but limitting the reliable points, I confirmed that the decline tendency is consistent with that observed by M. Verdenet. In the last five days, the decline rate calculated through our CCD time-series photometry is about 0.075 mag/d, which is faster than previously reported in [vsnet-campaign-xray 25] (0.044 mag/d). Humps and short-time fluctuations of this phase are very interesting. Time-series observations (even 30minutes) are strongly urged. Regards, Makoto Uemura