Re: [BAA Comets] 29P-SW1: Second most intense outburst since 2010 February 02
Nick James 26 Nov 2022 22:22 UTC
I get the following coma diameters from comphot:
2022-11-22.9 23 arcsec
2022-11-23.9 28 arcsec
2022-11-24.9 34 arcsec
2022-11-25.9 40 arcsec
At the comet's distance of 5.3 au, one arcsecond corresponds to around
3,800 km. The observed radius is expanding at around 3 arcsec/day which
implies an average expansion velocity of around 130 m/s.
The attached animation shows the expansion. The field of view is 2.4
arcmin square which corresponds to approx. 550,000 km at the comet.
Nick.