2022 November 20
Mission 29P Blog 20 November 2022
A further small outburst of about 1.1 mag amplitude occurred on Nov 18.26, first detected by JF Soulier. Confirmed using Las Cumbres Observatory 0.4-m network. Interesting that these two latest outbursts took place only about 30 hours apart. The reduced magnitude plot (see below) has been updated.
Here is a stack of 10 images taken by Patrick Wiggins about 2.3±0.5 days after this outburst. It shows the outflowing ejecta directed towards position angles (p.a.) 0° to 40° approx.:
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