Nick, Denis et al.,

I am pleased to report that despite very strong winds gusting >60 km/h in
Haute Provence, Jean-François Soulier has coverage of the start of the event
using his 0.20-m dedicated robotic telescope.

According to preliminary data from JF, between 2020 11 19.764 and 19.796,
comet 29P brightened from 16.0R to 14.0R, that's some 2.0 magnitudes in <45
minutes.
The exact time of the start of outburst is probably close to 19.768
+/-0.002.

High winds interupted JF's observing run for a short time and his images are
taken in bad seeing but are nonetheless conclusive.

Richard

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick James" <ndj@nickdjames.com>
To: <baa-comet@simplelists.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2020 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: [BAA Comets] Observations of 29P

> Evening all,
>
> It looks as if 29P is in outburst. I get 14.3 from a set of images taken
> 10 minutes ago. It was around 16.2 this time last night.
>
> I've checked the DSS and it is not sitting on a star...
>
> Nick.
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