@markmccaughrean Rapide changes in the coma of #comet #C20024G3 are observed right now, it is possible that its nucleus is disintegrating. Not a surprise, with absolute magnitude H0=7 and perihelion distance q=0.1 it was close to the Bortle limit H0>7+6q.
Sources : https://groups.io/g/comets-ml/messages?subsort=1 and https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1276646853409601&set=a.702954814112144
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