Dear colleagues, Masaru Mukai found an outburst of V386 Ser up to 10.7 mag at Jan. 18.83853 (UT). It was faint on Jan. 17. The VSX database says V386 Ser is a NL+ZZ/GWLIB type with a magnitude range of 18.9-19.2 mag(V). Best regards, -- Seiichi Yoshida comet at aerith.net http://www.aerith.net/