[vsnet-alert 10223] MV Lyr dramatic fading

[Taichi Kato]

   MV Lyr dramatic fading!!  The rapid fading must have started
between May 20 and 26.  The last similar fading episode was in
2007 April.  The object apparently needs to be densely monitored when
it fades somewhere around or below mag 13.5.

  YYYYMMDD(UT)   mag  observer
  20080424.008   133  (Gary Poyner)
  20080502.062   133  (Gary Poyner)
  20080503.033   132  (Georg Comello)
  20080503.914  13.39V  (Etienne Morelle)
  20080503.958   133  (Hubert Hautecler)
  20080503.9583  133  (Hubert Hautecler)
  20080504.9833  137  (Hubert Hautecler)
  20080505.685   133  (Yutaka Maeda)
  20080505.9424  135  (Hubert Hautecler)
  20080505.981   135  (Pavol A. Dubovsky)
  20080506.012  13.53V  (Etienne Morelle)
  20080506.910   133  (Wolfgang Kriebel)
  20080506.967   135  (Pavol A. Dubovsky)
  20080507.083  13.61V  (Etienne Morelle)
  20080507.9965  136  (Hubert Hautecler)
  20080508.062   138  (Gary Poyner)
  20080508.094  13.50V  (Etienne Morelle)
  20080508.938   139  (Georg Comello)
  20080509.0194  138  (Hubert Hautecler)
  20080509.071  13.57V  (Etienne Morelle)
  20080510.896   137  (Wolfgang Kriebel)
  20080510.9507  137  (Hubert Hautecler)
  20080510.972   139  (Georg Comello)
  20080512.096  13.77V  (Etienne Morelle)
  20080512.099  13.79V  (Etienne Morelle)
  20080514.683   134  (Yutaka Maeda)
  20080520.667   137  (Yutaka Maeda)
  20080526.748  150C  (Hiroyuki Maehara)