Observation by Richard Miles: Thanks to Comet Chasers we have a close-...

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Observer

Richard Miles

Observed

2024 Mar 26 - 00:00

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2024 Mar 26 - 13:37

Objects

29P Schwassmann-Wachmann

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29p/29p_20240326_rmiles.png

Target name

29P Schwassmann-Wachmann

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Thanks to Comet Chasers we have a close-up of this latest outburst taken with a 2.0-m telescope and showing that the ejected debris cloud is relatively symmetrical about the nucleus. Definitely not one of the Pac-Man type, which suggests that the source was not near the limb of the nucleus at the time of the outburst:

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