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Photographer:

Mike Olason

Location of Photo:

Tucson, Arizona

Date/Time of photo:

2024 November 5, 1216UT

Equipment:

50mm f/5 refractor and IMX462 camera

Description:

On November 2 JF Soulier reported that Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann had an eruption that increased its brightness several magnitudes. 29P on the morning of 2024 November 5 UT was magnitude G=11.6 as calculated from 48x10 second images in an aperture diameter of 0.4' The 2 stars directly below 29P in the image are magnitude 13.1 and 12.2 respectively, which agrees nicely with the magnitude calculation since 29P does appear starlike in the image.