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Mission 29P Blog 25 November 2022

We are now starting to see fine detail in the expanding debris cloud. Here is the latest from the Faulkes

Coma expanding but no sign yet of a further outburst. Here is a higher SNR image obtained by Cai Stoddard-Jones

First close-up of the expanding outburst coma thanks to André Debackère. Notice the characteristic ‘Pac-Man’ shaped cut-out at position angles

SECOND MOST INTENSE OUTBURST IN 12 YEARS Patrick Wiggins is to be congratulated for imaging Centaur comet 29P hours after

Remarkably, Denis Buczynski has picked up a rebrightening just 2.5 days after the last event. Thankfully, Patrick Wiggins’ skies were

We are now just a short time before opposition. First I want to draw your attention to the occultation of

A further small outburst of about 1.1 mag amplitude occurred on Nov 18.26, first detected by JF Soulier. Confirmed using

A new outburst event has been detected – the 10th this apparition, of which we have now completed one-third. Although

This update covers the period immediately following the recent large regional dust storm, and is complete up till about October

A further 2.0-m image today has confirmed a further small brightening in what appears to be a second mini-outburst of