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

Celestron HD11 + FLI6303

Exposure

60s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann

Title

29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann outburst

About this image

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.

Files associated with this observation

29P.png (13.2 kB)

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Bill Leatherbarrow, David Basey, Jeremy Shears, Richard Miles, Ron Arbour, Eric Watkins, Peter Carson, Mike Harlow, Peter Mulligan

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