[BAA Comets] Comet 29P outburst detected

Richard Miles rmiles.btee at btinternet.com
Thu Jun 22 16:33:25 BST 2017


Some 44 days after its last significant outburst, comet 
29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has this afternoon been detected undergoing an 
outburst.

0029P C2017 06 22.02559 21 41 09.30 -13 19 22.3 16.53N C10 J.-F. Soulier
0029P C2017 06 22.08448 21 41 08.74 -13 19 21.3 16.38N C10

0029P C2017 06 22.08465 21 41 08.72 -13 19 19.4 16.39N K91 R. Miles
0029P C2017 06 22.08720 21 41 08.71 -13 19 19.3 16.36N K91

0029P C2017 06 22.55668 21 41 04.33 -13 19 16.1 15.77N Q63 R. Miles
0029P C2017 06 22.55922 21 41 04.30 -13 19 16.1 15.80N Q63

There is a possibility that we are seeing just the START of a brighter 
outburst event so the next observation will show if this is the case or not. 
Unfortunately it has now turned cloudy at the iTelescope facility in Siding 
Spring.

Richard Miles 



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