Richard,

I managed to get a quick image between clouds this morning (Aug 10) and
confirm that it is around a magnitude brighter than the last time I
imaged it on July 29 (16.1 vs 17.1).

https://britastro.org/observations/observation.php?id=20210810_021316_ac89dca4f8805c8c

Nick.

On 09/08/2021 22:50, Richard Miles - rmiles.btee at btinternet.com (via
baa-comet list) wrote:
> All part of the service, Nick.
>
> That's great news that you imaged it on July 29 - that's perfect and
> fits with my estimate of the timing.
> I didn't expect anyone to be following 17P given that it's at about 60
> degrees solar elongation in the morning sky!
>
> I used the images of its 2015 January strong outburst to estimate the
> number of days the outburst coma has been expanding - that earlier event
> is well documented on the BAA website at:
> https://britastro.org/node/6226
>
> Cheers,
> Richard