[vsnet-campaign 101] Re: XTE J1118+480 a little fainter

[Makoto Uemura <uemura@kusastro.kyoto-u.ac.jp>]

Dear Colleagues,

>Is it fading?

Kyoto data seems to show the same tendency of fading.
Since there were too many bad weather nights in this week at Kyoto, 
the number of frames is small and the errorbars become larger 
due to thin cloud.  However, the nightly averaged magnitudes on 12, 14, 
and 15 May look 0.05 mag fainter than those on 7, 8, and 9 May.

Does it imply the beginning of rapid decline?

At Kyoto, the weather is better now, and we started tonight 
observation on XTE J1118+480 at 14:30 (UT).  The object is still 
bright.  Even if the fading continueing, the decline rate will not 
be large.  The run will last till about 18:00 (UT) and the target 
will be changed to CI Aql.

Regards,
Makoto Uemura

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