Observation by Nick James: 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann outburst
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Nick James
Observer
Nick James
Observed
2020 Nov 19 - 18:46
Uploaded
2020 Nov 20 - 07:31
Objects
29P Schwassmann-Wachmann
Equipment
Exposure
60s
Location
Chelmsford, UK
Target name
29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
Title
29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann outburst
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This plot shows a lightcurve covering the onset of a major outburst on 29P between 18:45 and 00:00 last night (November 19). It was obtained as part of the monitoring programme led by Richard Miles.
Last night, comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann went into outburst. For the last few weeks it has been sitting at around 16.2 and Denis Buczynski measured it at this level at 18:02 UT last night. By the time of my first observation at 18:46 the comet was at 14.4 and rising rapidly. It eventually stabilised at 13.3 by the time clouds arrived here. Jean-Francois Soulier, in France, also detected the early stages of the outburst and the comet looks to have started brightening at around 18:26, so about 20 minutes before I started observing and 20 minutes after Denis' observation.
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