29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann
Trilogy of the current outburst
The development of the outburst of 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann during three days from April, 16 to April 18 2010
From left to right: 2010-04-16 to 2010-04-18 by Bernhard Haeusler, Maidbronn, Germany
Gauss curve provided by Astrometrica. The total PSF is using the aperture circle of 10 x 10 pixels around the brightest pixel.
From left to right: 12.78 mag, 12.86 mag, 13.09 mag in a box
with 10 x 10 arc seconds
During the outburst the central condensation is decreasing its magnitude, while
the central coma is increasing its size.
The bulge on the edge of the inner coma on the image of 2010-04-18 (the right
one) is coming from a star.
links:
http://astrosurf.com/cometas-obs/index_i.htm Visual and CCD Observations and images from the "Cometas Obs" mailing list, using the Focas II format
es.groups.yahoo.com/group/Cometas_Obs The Spanish comet observation group in Yahoo