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Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) survives perihelion

As I write this on January 14, the comet has survived perihelion and it has developed a spectacular tail which

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MISSION 29P and James Webb Space Telescope data

The 6.5-m James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the pre-eminent space observatory of our times, and just 7 months into

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Prospects for C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)

C/2024 G3 was discovered by the ATLAS survey on 2024 April 5 using a 0.5-m, f/2 Schmidt at Rio Hurtado,

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Comet and meteor section meeting

This joint Comet and Meteor Section meeting will take place in Edinburgh, a few minutes’ walk from Waverley Station on

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Interesting new sungrazing comet discovered

Update 2024-10-01. The comet has been designated C/2024 S1 (ATLAS) on MPEC 2024-T22 and the section image gallery is here.

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Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS looking good for October

It is always dangerous to count cometary chickens before they are hatched but it really does look as if we

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12P Pons-Brooks lightcurve

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W.F. Denning’s lost comet has been found

The first director of the Comet Section, William Frederick Denning, discovered his fifth and final comet from Bristol on the

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Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) Observing campaign

C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) was discovered at the start of 2023 when it was 7.5 au from the Sun. It has

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12P/Pons-Brooks small outburst 2024 Feb 29

Denis Buczynski (Tarbatness) and Mark Phillips (Edinburgh) report another small outburst of this comet. First detection was 2024 Feb 29.82.

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