45p 20220721 mmattiazzo

I have attached an image of 45P Honda-Mrkos-Padjusakova taken on 2022 July 21 at 08:50UT.

5 minute stack on comet.

As well as an Astrometrica screenshot.

The nucleus is not visible. Fainter than 16 mag.

An earlier image less than a month ago, on 2022 June 25, gave a nuclear G mag of 13.7

Very odd appearance, suggestive of a breakup.

During its perihelion passage, It did appear significantly brighter than originally predicted by 3 magnitudes.