Thanks to Gerald Rhemann we have news from 73P. After a week of observation, there are signs of a change in the new fragments. On August 19th we could not detect RE001. JRD001 has hold its brightness at 18m5 for a week, but RJ001 has become dimmer. It is now at 19mag, we could see a short tail. On aug 14.75 it was at 17m5. Image: 2022 aug. 19 17.52 UT 15x2min 12"/3.6 Farm Tivoli Gerald Rhemann |
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