GX 1+4

With reference to IAUC 3872, P. A. Whitelock, J. W. Menzies and M. W. Feast, South African Astronomical Observatory, report that the strong H-alpha emission last seen on Aug. 7 was very faint or absent on Nov. 4, indicating a large change in the rate of transfer of mass. JHKL photometry on Oct. 13 shows the cool companion to be unchanged (cf. Glass 1979, M.N. 187, 807).