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iTelescope 11
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New Outburst of Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann. This Centaur located in a circular orbit between Jupiter and Saturn has another major outburst. The outburst at the end of September was fading after being the strongest observed in 40 years. On October 24th it had another significant outburst. This image shows the time course from the first strong outburst, through its gradually fading to this new outburst.