Comet 29P SW
in the evening sky
March19, 2025

 
 This
            comet is currently in outburst around 12th magnitude in Leo near
            the star Regulus. Most of the time this comet which stays in
            a circular orbit way out near Jupiter is around magnitude 15
            and very faint. Recently, the comet has explosively brightened
            and nnow sports a much larger asymetrical coma as seen here and
            a very starlike nucleus. It will fade again in a few weeks, then
            we wait again for another outburst.

            

            
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Scope:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph Newtonian + Baader MPCC 2 coma corrector
Camera: Atik 16200 CCD
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200
Exposure:  60 mins  LRGB
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  1/10, Transparency 6/10
Outside Temperature:  45F
Processing Tools:  PI, Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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