[BAA Comets] 2017 S3

[Nick James]

Please keep this comet under observation and submit magnitude reports 
promptly. Recent images are in our archive here:

http://www.britastro.org/cometobs/2017s3/index.html

and a chart of its position over the next couple of months is attached.

Nick.


On 04/07/2018 06:10, seargent at ozemail.com.au wrote:
> 
> The sudden surge in brightness would be atypical for a dynamically new
> comet, but I suppose that this one could be a "pseudo-new" object,
> i.e. a dynamically evolved comet that was  ejected to Oort Cloud
> distances following a previous perihelion passage. Unlikely I think,
> but if that happens to be true, the survival prospects of this comet
> would look a lot better!Cheers,David
> 
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> Subject:[BAA Comets] 2017 S3
> 
> 	Although there is talk of 2017 S3 being bright because of an
> outburst, it may just be brightening a little more rapidly than
> expected.  Observers are suggesting that it is diffuse, yet for a
> recent outburst it should be well condensed.  I'll need some more
> observations before making any predictions, but I might be prepared to
> get up early at the beginning of August.  The comet is not well
> placed at perihelion or afterwards.
> 
>     Regards,
> 
>   Jonathan Shanklin

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