Re: [BAA Comets] 220P elongated coma
Nick James 29 Jun 2026 06:04 UTC
Helen,
Thanks. I'll take a look this evening.
Nick.
On 28/06/2026 20:46, Helen Usher - helen.usher at yahoo.co.uk (via
baa-comet list) wrote:
> Hi Nick,
> Here is some 2m data 😎  scheduled by a youngster at yesterday's Fed Astro Conference. Hopefully there will be more from her brother's scheduled observations tomorrow. And their Mum has taken the BAA membership leaflet to sign up too.
> A good day!
> https://archive.lco.global/?reduction_level=91&request_id=4231983&start=2014-01-01&end=2026-07-31%2023%3A59&limit=20&public=true
> Best wishes
> Helen
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> On Sun, 28 Jun 2026 at 0:31, Nick James<ndj@nickdjames.com> wrote: 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:
>
> K260626:102516Â Â X U94 016.60126Â Â +05.70322Â Â Â 1.0-Â 1.0-
> K260627:104021Â Â X U69 017.24744Â Â +05.85958Â Â Â .80-Â .36-
>
> If you are able to get any images of this comet please send them to me
> for analysis.
>
> Nick.
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