220P elongated coma Nick James (27 Jun 2026 23:31 UTC)
Re: [BAA Comets] 220P elongated coma Helen Usher (28 Jun 2026 19:46 UTC)
Re: [BAA Comets] 220P elongated coma Nick James (29 Jun 2026 06:04 UTC)

220P elongated coma Nick James 27 Jun 2026 23:31 UTC
There has been some discussion on comets-ml about the elongated
appearance of the coma of 220P/McNaught. David Swan obtained the
attached image on June 26.4 using iTelescope T26, (a 0.5m, f/3
delta-Rho). I have measured astrometry using David's images and some
later ones taken this morning (June 27.4) by Martin Mobberley using T24
(a 0.6m, f/6.5 CDK). The astrometry doesn't show any significant
tailward bias. The residuals are:

K260626:102516    X U94 016.60126     +05.70322       1.0-  1.0-
K260627:104021    X U69 017.24744     +05.85958       .80-  .36-

If you are able to get any images of this comet please send them to me
for analysis.

Nick.