I am just completing a short annual report on the Comet Section for
publication in the next Journal but I don't have much visibility of the
amount of astrometry done by BAA members since it is usually submitted
directly to the MPC. Unfortunately, unlike magnitude estimates which I
can download directly from COBS, there is no equivalent facility for
astrometry.

If you are a BAA member and have submitted cometary astrometry to the
MPC during the session (2019 August to 2020 July) could you please send
me a short note directly to the email below with a summary of your
observations. Alternatively, if it is easier, you can copy me your
astrometry (in MPC 80 column format or ADES format) so I can do the
analysis. Please send any astrometry as an attachment so that the
formatting is maintained and not corrupted by your email client.

In the longer term I would like to set up an email address where BAA
observers can copy any astrometry sent to the MPC. Any thoughts on that
would be welcome.

Many thanks,

Nick James (ndj@nickdjames.com)