BL Lac very bright again BL Lac has been reported very bright again. The object was observed at 13.3 (mv) on Nov. 17. The data suggests a jump by a magnitude within a day. Recent observations: YYYYMMDD(UT) mag observer 20001029.780 141 (M. Verdenet) 20001029.791 141 (J. Ripero) 20001030.501 <134 (H. Maehara) 20001031.160 144 (M. Simonsen) 20001031.773 <143 (J. Ripero) 20001031.853 14.20V (D. Rodriguez) 20001101.164 141 (M. Simonsen) 20001101.876 145 (M. Reszelski) 20001101.885 142 (C. P. Jones) 20001102.144 143 (M. Simonsen) 20001102.788 145 (M. Reszelski) 20001102.832 143 (P. A. Dubovsky) 20001102.905 144: (E. Muyllaert) 20001103.766 146: (M. Reszelski) 20001103.780 140 (M. Verdenet) 20001103.822 146 (G. Poyner) 20001103.872 143 (C. P. Jones) 20001104.558 <143 (H. Itoh) 20001104.781 144: (E. Muyllaert) 20001105.169 140 (M. Simonsen) 20001105.476 143 (H. Itoh) 20001105.906 144 (M. Reszelski) 20001106.130 140 (M. Simonsen) 20001109.894 14.35V (D. Rodriguez) 20001112.812 142 (C. P. Jones) 20001112.878 144 (G. Poyner) 20001113.842 142 (C. P. Jones) 20001114.750 136 (M. Verdenet) 20001114.776 141 (E. Muyllaert) 20001114.839 140 (C. P. Jones) 20001114.883 145 (G. Poyner) 20001115.783 141 (E. Muyllaert) 20001116.808 146 (G. Poyner) 20001116.845 143 (C. P. Jones) 20001116.856 143: (E. Muyllaert) 20001117.780 133 (M. Verdenet)