* * * * * COMET OBSERVATIONS * * * * *
Here you find visual and some CCD-V observations of comets (and some other minor bodies of special interest)
that are currently under observation by contributors to our homepage, or have been observed in the
past, since July 2000.
Currently observable comets:
12P/Pons-Brooks
13P/Olbers
29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1
37P/Forbes
333P/LINEAR
487P/Siding Spring
C/2020 V2 (ZTF)
C/2021 G2 (ATLAS)
C/2021 S3 (PANSTARRS)
C/2022 E2 (ATLAS)
C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)
C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
C/2023 C2 (ATLAS)
C/2024 B1 (Lemmon)
C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)
C/2024 S1 (ATLAS)
Comets with only recent CCD-V observations:
The following comets have been observed since July 2000, but not in the last two months:
2P/Encke
4P/Faye
6P/d'Arrest
7P/Pons-Winnecke
8P/Tuttle
9P/Tempel 1
10P/Tempel 2
11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR
15P/Finlay
17P/Holmes
19P/Borrelly
21P/Giacobini-Zinner
22P/Kopff
24P/Schaumasse
26P/Grigg-Skjellerup
27P/Crommelin
30P/Reinmuth 1
32P/Comas Solá
33P/Daniel
38P/Stephan-Oterma
41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresák
43P/Wolf-Harrington
45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková
46P/Wirtanen
48P/Johnson
49P/Arend-Rigaux
50P/Arend
51P/Harrington
52P/Harrington-Abell
53P/van Biesbroeck
56P/Slaughter-Burnham
57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte
58P/Jackson-Neujmin
60P/Tsuchinshan 2
61P/Shajn-Schaldach
62P/Tsuchinshan 1
63P/Wild 1
64P/Swift-Gehrels
65P/Gunn
66P/du Toit
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
68P/Klemola
71P/Clark
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 B
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 C
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 G
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 R
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 Z
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 AD
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 AF
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 AP
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 AS
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 AT
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 BC
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 BI
73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 BT
74P/Smirnova-Chernykh
77P/Longmore
78P/Gehrels 2
81P/Wild 2
84P/Giclas
88P/Howell
92P/Sanguin
93P/Lovas 1
96P/Machholz 1
101P/Chernykh
103P/Hartley 2
104P/Kowal 2
108P/Ciffreo
110P/Hartley 3
114P/Wiseman-Skiff
116P/Wild 4
117P/Helin-Roman-Alu 1
118P/Shoemaker-Levy 4
119P/Parker-Hartley
123P/West-Hartley
126P/IRAS
130P/McNaught-Hughes
132P/Helin-Roman-Alu 2
134P/Kowal-Vávrová
141P/Machholz 2-A
144P/Kushida
153P/Ikeya-Zhang
154P/Brewington
155P/Shoemaker 3
156P/Russell-LINEAR
157P/Tritton
161P/Hartley-IRAS
162P/Siding Spring
168P/Hergenrother
169P/NEAT
174P/Echeclus
177P/Barnard 2
185P/Petriew
188P/LINEAR-Mueller
189P/NEAT
191P/McNaught
192P/Shoemaker-Levy 1
205P/Giacobini
207P/NEAT
209P/LINEAR
210P/Christensen
213P/Van Ness
217P/LINEAR
218P/LINEAR
222P/LINEAR
226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski
230P/LINEAR
237P/LINEAR
240P/NEAT
246P/NEAT
252P/LINEAR
260P/McNaught
262P/McNaught-Russell
273P/Pons-Gambart
284P/McNaught
285P/LINEAR
290P/Jäger
300P/Catalina
315P/LONEOS
327P/Van Ness
355P/LINEAR-NEAT
364P/PANSTARRS
398P/Boattini
460P/PANSTARRS
479P/Elenin
C/1997 BA6 (Spacewatch)
C/1999 F1 (Catalina)
C/1999 J2 (Skiff)
C/1999 K5 (LINEAR)
C/1999 K8 (LINEAR)
C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)
C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley)
C/1999 T2 (LINEAR)
C/1999 U4 (Catalina-Skiff)
C/1999 Y1 (LINEAR)
C/2000 CT54 (LINEAR)
C/2000 K2 (LINEAR)
C/2000 OF8 (Spacewatch)
C/2000 SV74 (LINEAR)
C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones)
C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR)
C/2001 A2 (LINEAR)
C/2001 HT50 (LINEAR-NEAT)
C/2001 K3 (Skiff)
C/2001 K5 (LINEAR)
C/2001 N2 (LINEAR)
P/2001 OG108 (LONEOS)
C/2001 Q4 (NEAT)
P/2001 Q6 (NEAT)
C/2001 RX14 (LINEAR)
P/2001 TU80 (LINEAR-NEAT)
C/2001 X1 (LINEAR)
P/2001 W2 (BATTERS)
P/2002 CE10 (LINEAR)
C/2002 E2 (Snyder-Murakami)
C/2002 F1 (Utsunomiya)
C/2002 H2 (LINEAR)
C/2002 J4 (NEAT)
C/2002 O4 (Hönig)
C/2002 O6 (SWAN)
C/2002 O7 (LINEAR)
C/2002 Q2 (LINEAR)
C/2002 Q5 (LINEAR)
P/2002 T1 (LINEAR)
C/2002 T7 (LINEAR)
C/2002 U2 (LINEAR)
C/2002 V1 (NEAT)
C/2002 X1 (LINEAR)
C/2002 X5 (Kudo-Fujikawa)
C/2002 Y1 (Juels-Holvorcem)
C/2003 H1 (LINEAR)
C/2003 K4 (LINEAR)
C/2003 T2 (LINEAR)
C/2003 T3 (Tabur)
C/2003 T4 (LINEAR)
C/2003 WT42 (LINEAR)
C/2004 B1 (LINEAR)
C/2004 F4 (Bradfield)
C/2004 H6 (SWAN)
C/2004 K1 (Catalina)
C/2004 Q1 (Tucker)
C/2004 Q2 (Machholz)
C/2004 R2 (ASAS)
C/2004 RG113 (LINEAR)
C/2004 S1 (Van Ness)
C/2004 U1 (LINEAR)
C/2004 V13 (SWAN)
P/2004 VR8 (LONEOS)
C/2005 A1 (LINEAR)
C/2005 E2 (McNaught)
C/2005 K1 (Skiff)
C/2005 K2 (LINEAR)
C/2005 L3 (McNaught)
C/2005 N1 (Juels-Holvorcem)
C/2005 P3 (SWAN)
P/2005 T4 (SWAN)
P/2005 XA54 (LONEOS-Hill)
C/2005 YW (LINEAR)
C/2006 A1 (Pojmanski)
P/2006 HR30 (Siding Spring)
C/2006 L1 (Garradd)
C/2006 L2 (McNaught)
C/2006 M4 (SWAN)
C/2006 OF2 (Broughton)
C/2006 P1 (McNaught)
C/2006 Q1 (McNaught)
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS
C/2006 S5 (Hill)
P/2006 T1 (Levy)
C/2006 U6 (Spacewatch)
C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR)
C/2006 W3 (Christensen)
C/2006 WD4 (Lemmon)
C/2006 XA1 (LINEAR)
C/2007 B2 (Skiff)
C/2007 E1 (Garradd)
C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy)
C/2007 F1 (LONEOS)
C/2007 G1 (LINEAR)
C/2007 K5 (Lovejoy)
C/2007 N3 (Lulin)
C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)
C/2007 T1 (McNaught)
C/2007 U1 (LINEAR)
C/2007 W1 (Boattini)
C/2008 A1 (McNaught)
C/2008 C1 (Chen-Gao)
C/2008 FK75 (Lemmon-Siding Spring)
C/2008 J1 (Boattini)
P/2008 J2 (Beshore)
C/2008 J4 (McNaught)
P/2008 L2 (Hill)
C/2008 P1 (Garradd)
P/2008 Q2 (Ory)
C/2008 Q3 (Garradd)
C/2008 T2 (Cardinal)
C/2009 E1 (Itagaki)
C/2009 F4 (McNaught)
C/2009 F5 (McNaught)
C/2009 F6 (Yi-SWAN)
C/2009 G1 (STEREO)
C/2009 K4 (Gibbs)
C/2009 K5 (McNaught)
P/2009 L2 (Yang-Gao)
C/2009 O2 (Catalina)
C/2009 O4 (Hill)
C/2009 P1 (Garradd)
P/2009 Q5 (McNaught)
C/2009 R1 (McNaught)
P/2009 T2 (La Sagra)
C/2009 U3 (Hill)
C/2009 Y1 (Catalina)
P/2010 A3 (Hill)
P/2010 A5 (LINEAR)
C/2010 B1 (Cardinal)
C/2010 F4 (Machholz)
C/2010 G1 (Boattini)
C/2010 G2 (Hill)
P/2010 H2 (Vales)
P/2010 JC81 (WISE)
C/2010 S1 (LINEAR)
P/2010 V1 (Ikeya-Murakami)
C/2010 X1 (Elenin)
C/2011 A3 (Gibbs)
C/2011 C1 (McNaught)
C/2011 F1 (LINEAR)
C/2011 J2 (LINEAR)
C/2011 KP36 (Spacewatch)
C/2011 L3 (McNaught)
C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS)
C/2011 M1 (LINEAR)
C/2011 Q4 (SWAN)
C/2011 R1 (McNaught)
P/2011 S2 (Kowalski)
C/2011 UF305 (LINEAR)
C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)
C/2012 A2 (LINEAR)
P/2012 B1 (PANSTARRS)
C/2012 C2 (Bruenjes)
C/2012 CH17 (MOSS)
C/2012 F3 (PANSTARRS)
C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)
C/2012 J1 (Catalina)
C/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS)
C/2012 K5 (LINEAR)
C/2012 K6 (McNaught)
C/2012 L1 (LINEAR)
C/2012 L2 (LINEAR)
P/2012 NJ (La Sagra)
C/2012 S1 (ISON)
C/2012 T5 (Bressi)
C/2012 V2 (LINEAR)
C/2012 X1 (LINEAR)
C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)
P/2013 C2 (Tenagra)
C/2013 E2 (Iwamoto)
P/2013 J2 (McNaught)
C/2013 N4 (Borisov)
C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy)
C/2013 UQ4 (Catalina)
C/2013 US10 (Catalina)
C/2013 V1 (Boattini)
P/2013 V3 (Nevski)
C/2013 V5 (Oukaïmeden)
C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS)
C/2014 E2 (Jacques)
C/2014 OE4 (PANSTARRS)
C/2014 Q1 (PANSTARRS)
C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
P/2014 Q3 (Borisov)
C/2014 R1 (Borisov)
C/2014 S2 (PANSTARRS)
C/2014 W2 (PANSTARRS)
P/2014 W11 (PANSTARRS)
C/2015 C2 (SWAN)
C/2015 ER61 (PANSTARRS)
C/2015 F3 (SWAN)
C/2015 F4 (Jacques)
P/2015 F5 (SWAN-Xingming)
C/2015 G2 (MASTER)
C/2015 O1 (PANSTARRS)
C/2015 P3 (SWAN)
C/2015 V1 (PANSTARRS)
C/2015 V2 (Johnson)
C/2015 VL62 (Lemmon-Yeung-PANSTARRS)
C/2015 WZ (PANSTARRS)
P/2015 X8 (NEOWISE)
C/2016 A1 (PANSTARRS)
C/2016 A8 (LINEAR)
C/2016 M1 (PANSTARRS)
C/2016 N4 (MASTER)
C/2016 N6 (PANSTARRS)
C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS)
C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE)
C/2016 VZ18 (PANSTARRS)
C/2017 B3 (LINEAR)
C/2017 E1 (Borisov)
C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy)
C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
C/2017 K6 (Jacques)
C/2017 M4 (ATLAS)
C/2017 O1 (ASASSN)
C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS)
C/2017 T1 (Heinze)
C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS)
C/2017 T3 (ATLAS)
P/2018 A6 (Gibbs)
C/2018 EF9 (Lemmon)
C/2018 F4 (PANSTARRS)
C/2018 L2 (ATLAS)
C/2018 N1 (NEOWISE)
C/2018 N2 (ASASSN)
C/2018 R3 (Lemmon)
C/2018 U1 (Lemmon)
C/2018 V1 (Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto)
P/2018 W1 (Catalina)
C/2018 W2 (Africano)
C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto)
C/2019 A9 (PANSTARRS)
C/2019 D1 (Flewelling)
C/2019 F1 (ATLAS-Africano)
C/2019 K5 (Young)
C/2019 L3 (ATLAS)
C/2019 N1 (ATLAS)
C/2019 Q4 (Borisov)
C/2019 T4 (ATLAS)
C/2019 U5 (PANSTARRS)
C/2019 U6 (Lemmon)
C/2019 Y1 (ATLAS)
C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS)
C/2020 A2 (Iwamoto)
C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)
C/2020 F5 (MASTER)
C/2020 F8 (SWAN)
P/2020 G1 (Pimentel)
C/2020 H2 (Pruyne)
C/2020 J1 (SONEAR)
C/2020 K1 (PANSTARRS)
P/2020 M3 (ATLAS)
C/2020 M5 (ATLAS)
C/2020 P1 (NEOWISE)
C/2020 PV6 (PANSTARRS)
C/2020 R4 (ATLAS)
C/2020 R7 (ATLAS)
C/2020 S3 (Erasmus)
C/2020 S4 (PANSTARRS)
C/2020 T2 (Palomar)
C/2020 Y2 (ATLAS)
C/2021 A1 (Leonard)
C/2021 A2 (NEOWISE)
C/2021 A4 (NEOWISE)
C/2021 A7 (NEOWISE)
C/2021 D1 (SWAN)
C/2021 E3 (ZTF)
C/2021 F1 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS)
C/2021 P4 (ATLAS)
C/2021 T4 (Lemmon)
C/2021 X1 (Maury-Attard)
C/2021 Y1 (ATLAS)
C/2022 A2 (PANSTARRS)
C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
C/2022 JK5 (PANSTARRS)
C/2022 L2 (ATLAS)
P/2022 P1 (NEOWISE)
C/2022 R2 (ATLAS)
C/2022 U2 (ATLAS)
C/2023 A1 (Leonard)
P/2023 E1 (ATLAS)
C/2023 H2 (Lemmon)
C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)
C/2023 S2 (ATLAS)
P/2023 S3 (Lemmon)
C/2023 V4 (Camarasa-Duszanowicz)
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