outburst comet 29P Schwassmann Wachmann!

hi all

I was surprised this morning how easy it was to spot this well known faint periodic comet, even brighter than I thought the outburst should be. My estimate was mag 10.7 (Sep 27 at 4h05 UT).

There was an alert of an outburst, but I found him even brighter! First time also for me to catch this comet.

29 2008 09 27.17 S 10.7 TK 30 L 4 96 2 5

Let's follow this one!

Thanks for the update and heads-up.

In which constellation is it right now?

PS. It is between Cancer and Gemini in early morning for anyone interested. I will certainly put time aside to pursue it (if and when the weather clears up).

Hi, so where's the oficial announcement? Is it from CBAT?

Keith..

PS. It is between Cancer and Gemini in early morning for anyone interested. I will certainly put time aside to pursue it (if and when the weather clears up).

You actually get bad weather in Greece?

lunartic wrote:

PS. It is between Cancer and Gemini in early morning for anyone interested. I will certainly put time aside to pursue it (if and when the weather clears up).

You actually get bad weather in Greece?

I too was stumped when I saw that... I smiled actually...

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