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12P in outburst again on Nov 30

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  • 30 November 2023 at 6:55 pm #620401
    Nick James
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    12P is in outburst again. The magnitude of the near nucleus region (aperture radius ~ 9 arcsec) had fallen to around mag 14 but it is now back up to nearly 10 and it is still rising. The attached plot shows BAA photometry of the near-nucleus region for the last 20 days.

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