[BAA Comets] 29P Outburst alert

[Nick James]

Richard,

I've just imaged this using iTelescope 32 from Siding Spring. A total of 
5x120s. A quick (unreliable) measure directly using Astrometrica gives 
14.3 unfiltered.

http://www.nickdjames.com/Comets/2016/29p_20161022_1001_ndj.jpg

I'll send you the FITS file.

Nick.


On 22/10/2016 11:10, Erik Bryssinck wrote:
> Hi Richard
>
> Very interesting ! There was no outburst to see on our observation on 21.02 oct.  Apparently is this outburst really a fast event. Maybe other observers have data just before 21.43 oct ?
>
> Here our data, taken from ROAD, Chile:
>
> 0029P        KC2016 10 21.01279 19 22 10.77 -24 24 02.4          16.86N      G39
> 0029P        KC2016 10 21.01642 19 22 10.84 -24 24 02.1          16.86N      G39
> 0029P        KC2016 10 21.02041 19 22 10.92 -24 24 01.5          16.90N      G39
> 0029P        KC2016 10 21.02258 19 22 11.02 -24 24 01.3          16.84N      G39
>
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>
> Erik Bryssinck & Franz-Josef Hambsch
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> Onderwerp: [BAA Comets] 29P Outburst alert
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>
> Bright (mag 13.8) outburst of Comet 29P has taken place on 2016 October
> 21.43 +/-0.25 according to observations by Jean-Francois Soulier. Spectra scheduled by Alan Fitzsimmons on Liverpool Telescope.
>
> Richard Miles
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