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The following is a list of comets I have observed to date. The list will be updated on a regular basis coinciding with the appearance of future bright periodic and new comets. All comets are listed in order of detection including date of first observation and instrument used. Number of comets observed = 92.
COMET |
DATE OF 1ST OBSERVATION |
TELESCOPE USED |
C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp |
Jan 97 |
2" Refractor |
C/1999 S4 LINEAR |
July 6th 2000 |
8" Sct |
| 2P/ Encke | Aug 29th 2000 |
8" Sct |
| C/1999 T1 Mc Naught-Hartley | Dec 24th 2000 |
8" Sct |
| C/2001 A2 LINEAR | April 10th 2001 |
8" Sct |
| 19P/ Borrelly | Sept 17th 2001 |
8" Sct |
| P/2001 Q2 Petriew | Sept 18th 2001 |
8" Sct |
| C/2000 WM1 LINEAR | Nov 4th 2001 |
8" Sct |
| 153P/ Ikeya-Zhang | Feb 6th 2002 |
8" Sct |
| C/2001 OG 108 LONEOS | Feb 17th 2002 |
8" Sct |
| C/2002 F1 Utsunomiya | April 23rd 2002 |
8" Sct |
| C/2002 O4 Hoenig | Aug 7th 2002 |
8" Sct |
| C/2002 O6 SWAN | Aug 18th 2002 |
8" Sct |
| C/2002 X5 Kudo-Fujikawa | Dec 16th 2002 |
8" Sct |
| C/2002 V1 NEAT | Dec 27th 2002 |
8" Sct |
| C/2002 T7 LINEAR | Nov 2nd 2003 |
16" Refl |
| C/2004 F4 Bradfield | April 26th 2004 |
8" Sct |
| C/2003 K4 LINEAR | May 19th 2004 |
16" Refl |
| C/2001 Q4 NEAT | May 14th 2004 |
16" Refl |
| C/2004 Q1 TUCKER | Oct 19th 2004 |
16" Refl |
| 78P/ Gehrels 2 | Nov 13th 2004 |
16" Refl |
| C/2004 Q2 Machholz | Dec 1st 2004 |
90mm M.Cass |
| C/2003 T4 LINEAR | Jan 16th 2005 |
16" Refl |
C/2002 Y1 Jules-Holvocrem |
Jan 30th 2003 |
8" Sct |
| 161P/ Hartley-Iras | Aug 2nd 2005 |
16" Refl |
| C/2005 P3 SWAN | Aug 29th 2005 |
16" Refl |
| 9P/ Temple 1 | April 7th 2005 |
8" Sct |
| C/2006 A1 Pojmanski | March 2nd 2006 |
8" Sct |
| 73P/ Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 (C) | March 28th 2006 |
8" Sct |
| 73P/ Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 (B) | April 4th 2006 |
8.5" Refl |
| 177P/ Barnard 2 | Aug 23rd 2006 |
8.5" Refl |
| C/2006 M4 SWAN | Sept 16th 2006 |
8.5" Refl |
| 4P/ FAYE | Sept 26th 2006 |
8.5" Refl |
| C/2006 T1 Levy | Oct 4th 2006 |
8.5" Refl |
| C/2006 L1 Garradd | Nov 3rd 2006 |
8.5" Refl |
| C/2006 P1 Mc Naught | Jan 9th 2007 |
10X50mm binos / 90mm ETX |
| C/2007 E2 LOVEJOY | April 18th 2006 |
8.5" Refl |
| C/2007 E1 GARRADD | April 19th 2007 |
8.5" Refl |
| C/2006 VZ 13 LINEAR | July 8th 2007 |
8.5" Refl |
| C/2007 F1 LONEOS | Oct 3rd 2007 |
8.5" Refl |
| 17P/ HOLMES | Oct 24th 2007 |
Naked Eye |
| 8P/ Tuttle | Nov 15th 2007 |
8.5" Refl |
46P/ Wirtanen |
Feb 24th 2008 |
8.5" Refl |
| C/2006 W3 Christensen | Oct 26th 2008 |
8.5" Refl |
| C/2006 OF2 Broughtan | Oct 30th 2008 |
8.5" Refl |
| C/2008 A1 McNaught | Oct 31st 2008 |
8.5" Refl |
| 144P/ Kushida | Dec 27th 2008 |
8.5" Refl |
| C/2007 N3 Lulin | Jan 23rd 2009 |
8.5" Refl |
| C/2007 Q3 Siding Spring | Dec 17th 2009 |
8.5" Refl |
| 81P/Wild 2 | Dec 18th 2009 |
8.5" Refl |
| C/2009 K5 McNaught | March 12th 2010 |
8.5" Refl |
| C/2009 R1 McNaught | June 10th 2010 |
8.5" Refl |
| 103P/Hartley 2 | Sept 14th 2010 |
8" S. Cass |
| C/2010 V1 Ikeya-Murakami | Nov 6th 2010 |
8" S. Cass |
| C/2009 P1 Garradd | Sept 16th 2011 |
8" S. Cass |
| C/2012 K5 LINEAR | Jan 5th 2012 |
8" S. Cass |
| C/2011 L4 Pan-STARRS | March 13th 2013 |
8x42mm Binos |
| C/2013 R1 Lovejoy | November 4th 2013 |
8" S.Cass |
| C/2012 S1 ISON | November 4th 2013 |
8" S.Cass |
| C/2013 V3 Nevski | November 14th 2013 |
8" S.Cass |
| C/2014 E2 Jacques | August 23rd 2014 |
Canon 6D & 50mm F/1.8 lens |
| C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) | January 2015 |
Canon 600D & 50mm F/1.8 lens |
| C/2013 US10 Catalina | December 8th 2015 |
50mm F/1.8 lens & 7x50mm Binos |
| 21P/Giacobini-Zinner | August 16th 2018 |
8" F/6.3 S. Cass & 24x70mm Binos |
| 64P/Swift-Gehrels | October 18th 2018 |
8" F/6.3 S. Cass |
| 38P/Stephan-Oterma | November 8th 2018 |
8" F/6.3 S. Cass |
| C/2018 V1 Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto | November 13th 2018 |
8" F/6.3 S. Cass |
| C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto | February 21st 2019 |
8" F/6.3 S. Cass |
| C/2017 T2 Pan-STARRS | January 16th 2020 |
8" F/6.3 S. Cass |
| C/2019 Y4 ATLAS | March 12th 2020 |
8" F/6.3 S. Cass |
| C/2019 Y1 ATLAS | April 12th 2020 |
8" F/6.3 S. Cass |
| C/2020 F8 SWAN | May 24th 2020 |
8" F/6.3 S. Cass |
| C/2020 F3 NEOWISE | July 7th 2020 |
25x70mm Binos & Naked Eye |
| C/2020 M3 ATLAS | November 11th 2020 |
8" F/6.3 S. Cass |
| C/2020 R4 ATLAS | April 9th 2021 |
10" F/5 Reflector |
| C/2020 T2 Palomer | April 15th 2021 |
10" F/5 Reflector |
| 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko | October 10th 2021 |
10" F/5 Reflector |
| 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann | October 10th 2021 |
10" F/5 Reflector |
| C/2019 L3 ATLAS | October 14th/15th 2021 |
10" F/5 Reflector |
| C/2021 A1 Leonard | November 21st 2021 |
10" F/5 Reflector |
| 104P/KOWAL | March 1st 2022 |
10" F/5 Reflector |
| C/2020 V2 ZTF | November 18th 2022 |
10" F/5 Reflector |
| C/2022 E3 ZTF | December 4th 2022 |
10" F/5 Reflector |
| C/2022 A2 PanSTARRS | December 26th 2022 |
10" F/5 Reflector |
| C/2023 E1 ATLAS | July 12th 2023 |
10" F/5 Reflector |
| C/2023 Nishimura | August 24th 2023 |
10" F/5 Reflector |
| 103P/Hartley | October 14th 2023 |
10" F/5 Reflector |
| C/2023 H2 Lemmon | November 2nd 2023 |
10" F/5 Reflector |
| 12P/Pons-Brooks | November 10th 2023 |
10" F/5 Reflector |
| 62P/Tsuchinshan | December 13th 2023 |
10" F/5 Reflector |
| 144P/Kushida | February 1st 2024 |
10" F/5 Reflector |
| C/2021 S3 PanSTARRS | March 6th 2024 |
10" F/5 Reflector |