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Caption: Figure 11.
MUSE-observed C2, NH2, and CN production rates and the dust color ﹩S^{\prime} ﹩ measurements. The 95% confidence interval windows for the production rates are predicted on the post-perihelion, pre-outburst values, while the interval for ﹩S^{\prime} ﹩ is predicted on all pre-outburst values. NH2 showed a clear increase in production after the outburst. C2 and CN also increased, but the uncertainties fall within the expected pre-outburst trend. ﹩S^{\prime} ﹩ also shows a minimal increase, i.e., 2I’s color reddened. The dates of HST photometry from D. Jewitt et al. (2020) are indicated by tick marks along the top axis. Our post-outburst observations overlap with two of these dates, where D. Jewitt et al. (2020) measured 2I as significantly brighter than before the outburst.
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