[BAA Comets] 29P observing campaign update

[Richard Miles]

Our campaign to monitor 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 during its 2017 
apparition is drawing to a close as the comet heads for solar conjunction on 
2018 February 21.

Now that Golden Hill Obs in Dorset is up and running, am just in time to 
catch 29P before it sets in the early evening.

Tonight, have had short periods of clear sky between rain showers and I 
managed to obtain 9 x 60s frames, of which 5 were usable and added together 
gave this result:

COD J77
OBS R. Miles
MEA R. Miles
COM r' filter
COM 6.1" photometric aperture
TEL 0.35-m f/7.8 Schmidt-Cassegrain + CCD
ACK MPCReport file updated 2018.01.15 19:54:19
AC2 rmiles at baa.u-net.com
NET UCAC-4
0029P         C2018 01 15.75723 21 45 45.50 -10 51 24.6          16.52N 
J77
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So no sign of any significant outburst as yet.

Our first magnitude data were obtained on 2017 March 01, so this apparition 
has lasted ten and a half months so far. Being in a planetary-type orbit 
just beyond Jupiter, conjunction to conjunction for 29P takes just under 13 
months.

Hopefully the weather will improve soon.
Richard Miles