Observation by Nick James: 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann outburst

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2021 Sep 30 - 02:25

Uploaded

2021 Sep 30 - 07:14

Objects

29P Schwassmann-Wachmann

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Constellation

Auriga

Field centre

RA: 04^h57^m
Dec: +31°52'
Position angle: +1°27'

Field size

0°13' × 0°09'

Equipment

ASI6200MM + Celestron HD11

Exposure

29x30s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

29P

Title

29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann outburst

About this image

I did a long run on the comet last night. The magnitude was fairly constant through the night but the coma expansion was clear. The image is a log stretch at 0.54 "/pixel showing the asymmetrical coma. It is now filling a 32 arcsec diameter photometric aperture. A rotational gradient shows apparent jet activity, some of which can be seen in the log image. I'm always very wary of this kind of processing but the signal is strong. Hopefully people with larger telescopes will confirm this.

Files associated with this observation

29p_20210930_022516_ndj.jpg (917.9 kB)

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