Peter,

Many thanks for responding to this. In response to my email on comets-ml
Michael Jaeger reported that the comet has had this form for the last
three months so I don't think that this is anything new. It does look
strange though.

Nick.

On 26/02/2023 23:42, Peter Carson wrote:
> Hi Nick,
>
> Here is a link to my image of 452P taken at 22:33UT this evening.
>
> http://www.astromania.co.uk/452P_20230226_2233_PCarson.jpg
>
> It shows an elongated trail about 1.5 arc mins long at the position of 452P. My
> image also shows no obvious centroid.
>
> Peter
>
> Peter Carson
>
> Essex UK
>
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> *From: *Nick James <mailto:ndj@nickdjames.com>
> *Sent: *26 February 2023 22:44
> *To: *baa-comet@simplelists.com <mailto:baa-comet@simplelists.com>
> *Subject: *[BAA Comets] 452P/Sheppard-Jewitt (aka P/2022 B5)
>
> Has anyone imaged this distant periodic comet recently? The last
>
> observation on the MPC page is from G96 recording it as 19.06G on Feb 2.27.
>
> Following some comments from Grant Privett, Denis Buczynski and I imaged
>
> this object tonight. It is faint and shows up as an indistinct elongated
>
> trail with no obvious centroid. See the images here:
>
> https://nickdjames.com/Comets/2023/452p_20230226_210348_ndj.jpg
>
> https://nickdjames.com/Comets/2023/452p_20230226_2203_dgb.jpg
>
> If you do have any images please let me know.
>
> Nick James, Director, BAA Comet Section.
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