Dear Colleagues, We have received the following report. VSNET Collaboration team --- From: Arto.Oksanen@tietoenator.com Subject: XTE J1118+480 precipitous fading! Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 11:17:31 +0300 Taichi and Makoto, We observed XTEJ1118+480 last night (about 20000813.9UT). I havent done photometry yet, but the object seem to be about 16.5R magnitudes. Dramatic drop indeed! I'll try to do the photometric reductions from the 20 frames ASAP. regards, arto & marko -- Arto Oksanen mailto:arto.oksanen@jklsirius.fi Jyvaskylan Sirius ry, Kyllikinkatu 1, FIN-40100 Jyv=E4skyl=E4, Finland Tel. +358-14-4157852, Mobile: +358-40-5659438, Fax: +358-14-4157803=20 Nyrola Observatory http://www.ursa.fi/sirius/nytt/nytt_info.html