R Sct past bright maximum This star has only shown shallow minima since the end of 1998. Is the present fading an indication of a long-waited (?) deep minimum? YYYYMMDD(UT) mag observer 20000604.603 57 (R. Naito) 20000604.610 56 (K. Hirosawa) 20000604.966 57 (G. Comello) 20000604.989 55 (R. J. Bouma) 20000605.799 54 (R. Ricza) 20000606.626 55 (Y. Watanabe) 20000606.706 55 (H. Maehara) 20000607.567 51 (M. Ogura) 20000607.615 54 (T. Tsubone) 20000607.974 57 (G. Comello) 20000608.800 54 (L. Kiss) 20000608.942 54 (R. J. Bouma) 20000609.000 54 (E. Schweitzer) 20000610.958 56 (G. Zagacz) 20000610.960 56 (E. Eker) 20000611.900 53 (R. Ricza) 20000612.958 54 (R. J. Bouma) 20000612.960 55 (G. Comello) 20000613.960 53 (M. Reszelski) 20000615.538 50 (Y. Sugai) 20000615.628 52 (H. Maehara) 20000615.910 50 (M. Reszelski) 20000617.210 49 (S. Otero) 20000617.800 52 (R. Ricza) 20000618.000 53 (L. Kiss) 20000618.935 52 (R. J. Bouma) 20000619.031 55 (G. Comello) 20000619.503 50 (Y. Sugai) 20000619.899 55 (E. Schweitzer) 20000619.990 52 (M. Reszelski) 20000620.538 50 (Y. Sugai) 20000620.933 55 (G. Comello) 20000620.985 53 (E. Eker) 20000621.910 52 (E. Eker) 20000621.940 54 (M. Reszelski) 20000623.960 53 (E. Eker) 20000624.919 53 (M. Reszelski) 20000625.526 51 (Y. Sugai) 20000625.899 52 (R. Ricza) 20000627.110 52 (S. Otero) 20000627.167 58 (E. van Ballegoij) 20000627.899 50 (L. Kiss) 20000629.066 52 (S. Otero) 20000630.926 52 (R. J. Bouma) 20000630.985 55 (G. Comello) 20000701.085 57 (E. van Ballegoij) 20000701.594 56 (R. Naito) 20000701.631 56 (H. Someya) 20000701.653 58 (H. Maehara) 20000701.701 51 (M. Ogura) 20000702.969 52 (B. H. Granslo) 20000703.000 56 (M. Reszelski) 20000704.103 53 (S. Otero) 20000706.799 53 (R. Ricza) 20000707.174 57 (E. van Ballegoij)