29p 20161031 jdrummond

 
Here’s some astrometry of 29P from ~6 days ago (2016 Oct 31.4 UT). This was done using stacked images (10 x 2 min). Using the small-angle-formula and a diameter of ~41” I get a coma diameter of ~182,000 km – contra to ~105,000 km on 2016 Oct 25.
 

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