Comet 29P is causing some excitment again! This time with an outburst taking its R magnitude from 15.7 to 11.95. (This is the second biggest outburst in the last 12 years – see web link below).

You can help monitor how it develops by making observations for Richard Miles as part of the BAA Mission 29P campaign. The best observations will be 60s with the 2m Muscat Faulkes North telescope. This would be a great target if you have an RTI slot. You can also schedule with the 1m telecopes – the SDSS rp filter is best. Again an exposure of 60s will work well.

Your data will then be added to the BAA website – the picture below is from an FT user. MISSION 29P – Centaur comet observing campaign