29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
Discovered by the German astronomers Arnold
Schwassmann and Arno Arthur Wachmann in
Hamburg during an Outburst at November,15 1925.
The comet is famous for suffering unexpected
outbursts and is continously observed by amateurs.
The latest IAU telegrams or the latest CBET's. IAUC Astronomical Headlines.
Minor
planet center's orbital elements and Ephemeris,
the comet on
Seiichi Yoshida's Homepage,
Gary W.
Kronk's Cometography
Light
curves on Cometas Obs,
JPL Small body
database
actual outburst - see light curves on Cometas_Obs
� 2011-03-01 + 2011-03-03 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
third day of the actual outburst
� 2011-03-03 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
16 x 5 min. exposure,
2011-03-03, UT 01:49 to
02:06, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
15.62 mag, coma: 3', tail: 2' in PA4
first day of the actual outburst, comets-ml # 17161
� 2011-03-01 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
28 x 5 min. exposure,
2011-03-01, UT 01:34 to
02:57, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
15.49 mag, coma: 2'37", tail: 1'28" in PA28
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� 2011-01-30 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
8 x 10 min. exposure,
2011-01-30, UT 04:04 to
05:26, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
16.02 mag, coma: 3'30", tail: 25" in PA315
Faustino Garc�a Cuesta (J38) detected a small outburst at January, 21 2011 of almost 2 mag.
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� 2011-01-29 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
10 x 10 min. exposure,
2011-01-29, UT 03:48 to
05:30, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
15.91 mag, coma: 4', tail: 24" in PA299
Trilogy of the current outburst: The comet is in the same field of stars during three days.
� 2010-04-16 to 18 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
The development of the outburst of 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann during three days from April, 16 to April 18 2010
third day of the outburst
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� 2010-04-18 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
58 x 2 min. exposure,
2010-04-18, UT 20:35 to
22:38, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
13.09 mag, coma: 7'10"
second day of the outburst
� 2010-04-17 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
22 x 2 min. exposure,
2010-04-17, UT 20:34 to
21:20, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
12.86 mag, coma: 6'30"
first day of the outburst
� 2010-04-16 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
18 x 10 min. exposure,
2010-04-16, UT 20:55 to
23:57, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
12.78 mag, coma: 1'10"
a couple of days before the next outburst
� 2010-04-07 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
12 x 10 min. exposure,
2010-04-07, UT 21:03, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
16.22 mag, coma: 8'31"
� 2010-03-09 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
3 x 5 min. exposure,
2010-03-09, UT 00:07 to
00:22, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
15.29 mag, coma: 4'19"
� 2010-03-02 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
20 x 5 min. exposure,
2010-03-03, UT 23:52 to
01:35, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
14.83 mag, coma: 3'39"
� 2010-03-02 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
6 x 5 min. exposure,
2010-03-02, UT 23:55 to
00:26, 12" SCT
f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME
14.78 mag, coma: 3'41"
Still in Outburst
� 2010-02-17 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
6 x 5 min. exposure, 2010-02-17, UT 00:29 to 01:00, 12" SCT f-5.65 + CCD ST10XME, 13.56 mag
Small Outburst of the central region of about 1 mag:
� 2009-04-22 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
6 x 10 min. exposure, 2009-04-22, UT 20:57 to 21:58, 12" SCT f-6.532 + CCD ST10XME, 15.18 mag
Small Outburst of the central region of about 1 mag:
� 2009-04-21 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany RGB
RGB 3 x 30 min. exposure, 2009-04-21, UT 19:57 to 21:50, 12" SCT f-7 + CCD ST10XME, 15.12 mag
� 2009-04-12 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
6 x 2 min. exposure,
2009-04-12, UT 20:22 to
20:35, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
16.13 mag, coma: 1'00"
The comet is passed by the galaxy PGC 21542
� 2009-03-30 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
25 x 5 min. exposure,
2009-03-30, UT 20:34 to
22:37, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
16.17 mag, coma: 2'00"
From March, 17 to 20 the comet moved only 0.04"/min. the star field of the following three images is almost the same.
� 2009-03-19 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany Full Pixel version
7 x 10min. exposure,
2009-03-20, UT 20:53 to
22:03, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
16.13 mag, coma: 3'01"
� 2009-03-19 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany Full Pixel version
5 x 5 min. exposure,
2009-03-19, UT 22:00 to
22:31, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
16.05 mag, coma: 2'45", tail: 2'13" in PA 44�
� 2009-03-17 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
5 x 5 min. exposure,
2009-03-17, UT 21:40 to
22:05, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
15.90 mag, coma: 2'14", tail: 3'06" in PA 54�
� 2009-02-18 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
6 x 5 min. exposure, 2009-02-18, UT 23:47 to 00:17, 12" SCT f-7 + CCD ST10XME
� 2009-02-17 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
12x 5 min. exposure, 2009-02-17, UT 22:27 to 23:28, 12" SCT f-7 + CCD ST10XME
� 2009-02-14 by Bernhard Haeusler Germany
10x 3 min. exposure,
2009-02-14, UT 22:48 to
23:19, 12" SCT
f-7 + CCD ST10XME
14.4 mag
� 2009-02-03 by Bernhard Haeusler Germany
6 x 3 min. exposure, 2009-02-03, UT 01:56 to 02:14, 12" SCT
f-7 +
CCD ST10XME
15.4 mag, coma: 1'41", tail: 1'23" in PA 224�
� 2009-01-30 by Josef M�ller, Germany
9 x 80 sec. exposure, 2009-01-30.112, 12" Newton + CCD Starlight SXV-H9
� 2009-01-05 by David Bender, Germany
32 x 10sec. exposure, 2009-01-05 UT 18:30, 12" Newton f-4.5 + CCD ST10XME
Pepe Manteca from Spain took this image under foggy conditions at January,3 2009
� 2009-01-03 by Jos� Manteca, Spain
1 x 5 min. exposure, 2009-01-03 UT 00:34, 14" SCT f-6.3 + CCD ST-2000XCM