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Comets - Hyakutake - Hale Bopp - C/2000 WM1 - C/2000 SV74 - C/2004 Q2 (Machholz) (2004) - Comet 73/P Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-C (2006) - Comet 17P/Holmes (2007) - Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (2022) Full List Comets - Full List (list of comets with observations / images) See also Image Database - Comets
I've seen 2 naked eye comets - Hyakutake in 1997 and Hale Bopp in 1997/8
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"as dusk deepened and clouds receded I was able to capture my first ever
view of a comet"
(extract from my observing notebook 1996-Apr-01)
Hyakutake
Photo, 1996-Apr-05
More images
of Hyakutake
Hyakutake was discovered in early morning of 1996-Jan-31 by Yuji Hyakutake. It
passed earth at 18 million miles distance on 1996-Mar-27. Speeding across the celestrial
sky at up to 16 deg/day it passed through Bootes Mar-21 to 24, past Polaris Mar-25/26,
between Camelopardalis and Cassiopeia Mar-27 to 30 and then into Perseus where it
began to slow Mar-31 to Apr-16 and then into Aries Apr-17 to Apr-31.
I followed
its path between 1996-Apr-01 and 1996-Apr-09.
| Celestrial positions of Comet Hyakutake, recorded 1996-Apr-01 to 1996-Apr-09 Constellation of Perseus Notice the apparent slowing down of the comet between the two 4 day periods. |
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| Hyatukake Drawing, 1996-Apr-01, 20:00 UT |
Hyatukake Drawing, 1996-Apr-05, 20:15 UT |
Hyatukake Drawing, 1996-Apr-09, 21:15 UT |
I took some photos of Hyakutake by mounting my camera on top of my LX200 telescope and taking exposures of around 5 minutes duration.
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Hale Bopp was the famous comet of 1997. Most people will remembering hearing about it, many will remember seeing it.
| Comet Hale Bopp 1997-Mar-27 Photos taken with Pentax Camera mounted on LX200, 400 ASA Film (More of my images of Hale Bopp) |
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| 50mm lens, Exposure 5 mins | 300mm lens, Exposure 5 mins |
My first sight of Hale Bopp was in the year previous on 1996-Nov-07 when it lay close to the globular cluster M14 in the constellation of Ophichus in evening sky. At the time it was still fairly dim and without any discernable tail.
In 1997-Feb I observed it in the morning in the east (Cygnus). By March it had gone round the Sun and lay in the evening sky in the NNW, by which time it was a clear naked eye object with a well developed tail.
I made some observations of the comet on the evening of 1997-Mar-27 through my LX200 telescope, at which time the comet lay between the constellations of Cassiopeia and Andromeda. I also took some photos using Camera mounted onto of the LX200. These pictures came out pretty well. (see above and more images). The main dust tail (bright white-yellow white) was starting to become distinctly curved by this stage. A second tail (plasma tail) was also observable through the LX200 and from photos was blue in colour.
I continued making occasional visual observations of Hale Bopp through 1997-Apr and 1997-May until it disappeared from UK skies.
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C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) was imaged with a ST-7e camera though an 8" LX200
on 2001-11-01. (Images and more details at
C/2000 WM1 Images, 2001-11-01)
The following animated sequence of images was recorded on 2001-11-26:
| C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) |
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| 2001-11-26, 22:26 to 22:39h UT, Animation produced from 10 x 60s CCD images taken over a 13 minute period |
Better CCD images of C/2000 WM1 were recorded 2001-11-26 ( (Images and more details at C/2000 WM1 Images, 2001-11-26)
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Images of C/2000 SV74 were recorded on 2001-12-14
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C/2004 Q2 (Macholz) was the bright comet of 2004/2005 Winter
| Comet C/2004 Q2 (Machholz) motion (motion measured at 3.44 arc sec/hour) |
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| CCD Image Animation - aligned on comet 16 frames, 2 min exposure, C Filter 2004-12-18 21:28 h to 23:52h UT (#80045-110) (Animation with 66 frames was also created) |
| Comet C/2004 Q2 (Machholz) |
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| CCD Colour Composite Image Blue (av 2 x 90s B Filter, 100%), Green (30s V Filter,115%), Red (30s R Filter, 100%) 2005-01-05 23:43 h UT (#82121-24) |
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Comet 73/P Schwassmann-Wachmann 3-B |
| Animated CCD frame sequence showing motion of Fragment B over a 26 minute period hrough Star Field on border between Hercules & Lyra. |
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| CCD Image (75% size) 8 frames, 30s exposures, 1x1 binning, C Filter Linear Scale 2006-05-09 00:55h UT (#123203-37) |
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| Fragment B - 2005-05-08 | Fragment C - 2005-05-08 | |
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2P/Encke | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 | |
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4P/Faye | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 | |
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7P/Pons-Winnecke | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 | |
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9P/Tempel | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 | |
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10P/Tempel | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 | |
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11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR (attempt) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | |
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12P/Pons-Brooks | 2024 - 2023 | |
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13P/Olbers | 2024 | |
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15P/Finlay | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 | |
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17P/Holmes | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 | |
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19P/Borrelly | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 | |
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21P/Giacobini-Zinner | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 | |
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22P/Kopff | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 | |
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29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | |
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30P/Reinmuth | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010 | |
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32P/Comas Sola | 2024 - 2023 | |
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37P/Forbes | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 | |
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38P/Stephan-Oterma | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 | |
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45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova | 2024 - 2023 | |
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46P/Wirtanen | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 | |
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61P/Shajn-Schaldach | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 | |
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62P/Tsuchinshan | 2024 - 2023 | |
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63P/Wild | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 | |
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65P/Gunn | 2024 | |
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67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 | |
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68P/Klemola | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 | |
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70P/Kojima | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 | |
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73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 | |
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80P/Peters-Hartley (attempt) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 | |
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81/P Wild | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010 | |
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88P/Howell | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | |
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100P/Hartley (attempt) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 | |
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102P/Shoemaker (attempt) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 | |
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103P/Hartley | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010 | |
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104P/Kowal | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 | |
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107P/Wilson-Harrington | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 | |
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108P/Ciffreo | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 | |
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110P/Hartley | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 | |
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114P/Wiseman-Skiff | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | |
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119P/Parker-Hartley | 2024 - 2023 | |
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126P/IRAS | 2024 - 2023 | |
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132P/Helin-Roman-Alu | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 | |
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144P/Kushida | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 -2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010 | |
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154P/Brewington | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 | |
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155P/Shoemaker | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | |
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156P/Russell-LINEAR | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | |
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168P/Hergenrother | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 | |
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184P/Lovas (attempt) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | |
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237P/LINEAR | 2024 - 2023 | |
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207P/NEAT | 2024 | |
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260/P McNaught | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 | |
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273P/Pons-Gambart | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 | |
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277P/LINEAR | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 | |
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289P/Blanpain | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | |
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398P/Boattini | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | |
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P/2010 H2 (Vales) (attempt) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 | |
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P/2014 L2 (NEOWISE) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 | |
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C/1997 T1 (Utsunomiya) (attempt) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 | |
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P/2023 M4 (ATLAS) | 2024 - 2023 | |
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C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010 | |
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C/2009 P1 (Garradd) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 | |
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C/2010 S1 (LINEAR) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 | |
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C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 | |
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C/2011 J2 LINEAR | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 | |
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C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 | |
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C/2012 J1 (Catalina) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 | |
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C/2012 K5 (LINEAR) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 | |
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C/2012 L2 (LINEAR) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 | |
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C/2012 S1 (ISON) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 | |
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C/2012 X1 (LINEAR) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 | |
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C/2013 US10 (Catalina) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 | |
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C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 | |
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C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 | |
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C/2014 A4 (SONEAR) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 | |
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C/2014 E2 (Jacques) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 | |
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C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 | |
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C/2014 Q3 (Borisov) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 - 2014 | |
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C/2014 W2 (PANSTARRS) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 | |
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C/2015 ER61 (PANSTARRS) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 | |
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C/2015 F5 (SWAN-Xingming) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 - 2016 - 2015 | |
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C/2015 O1 (PANSTARRS) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 | |
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C/2015 V2 (Johnson) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 | |
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C/2016 R2 (PANSTARRS) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 | |
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C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 | |
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C/2017 T1 (Heinze) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018 - 2017 | |
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C/2017 T2 (PanStarrs) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 | |
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C/2018 N2 (ASASSN) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 | |
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C/2018 W2 (Africano) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 | |
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C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 | |
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C/2019 K7 (Smith) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | |
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C/2019 L3 (ATLAS) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | |
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C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) (Interstellar) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 | |
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C/2019 T4 (ATLAS) | 2024 - 2023 | |
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C/2019 U5 (PANSTARRS) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 | |
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C/2019 U6 (Lemmon) (attempt) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | |
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C/2019 Y1 (ATLAS) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | |
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C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | |
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C/2020 A2 (Iwamoto) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | |
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C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | |
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C/2020 F8 (SWAN) (attempt) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | |
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C/2020 M3 (Atlas) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | |
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C/2020 Q1 (Borisov) (attempt) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 | |
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C/2020 R4 (ATLAS) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 | |
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C/2020 R7 (ATLAS) | 2024 - 2023 | |
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C/2020 S4 (PANSTARRS) | 2024 - 2023 | |
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C/2020 T2 (Palomar) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 | |
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C/2020 V2 (ZTF) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 | |
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C/2021 A1 (Leonard) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 - 2021 | |
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C/2021 F1 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS) | 2024 | |
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C/2021 O3 (PANSTARRS) (attempt) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 | |
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C/2021 S3 (PANSTARRS) | 2024 | |
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C/2021 T4 (Lemmon) | 2024 - 2023 | |
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C/2021 Y1 (ATLAS) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 | |
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C/2021 X1 (Maury-Attard) | 2024 - 2023 | |
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C/2022 A2 (PANSTARRS) | 2024 - 2023 | |
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C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) | 2024 - 2023 | |
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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) | 2024 - 2023 - 2022 | |
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C/2022 L2 (ATLAS) | 2024 - 2023 | |
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C/2022 U2 (ATLAS) | 2024 - 2023 | |
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C/2022 W3 (Leonard) | 2024 - 2023 | |
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C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) | 2024 | |
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C/2023 E1 (ATLAS) | 2024 - 2023 | |
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C/2023 H2 (Lemmon) | 2024 - 2023 | |
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C/2023 S2 (ATLAS) (attempt) | 2024 - 2023 | |
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C/2023 V4 (Camarasa-Duszanowicz) | 2024 | |
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