Comet – British Astronomical Association

Comet of the month – 116P/Wild

This faint periodic comet was discovered by Paul Wild on 1990 January 21.98. It was discovered using a 0.40-m Schmidt

What is Mission 29P ?

This comet has been around for a while but it has only recently moved north of the celestial equator. It

Europlanet, in conjunction with the BAA, Planetum Prague and the Czech cometary group SMPH is planning to hold a hybrid

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Welsh school children feature in a study of a mysterious hybrid comet/asteroid

The first comet to be discovered in 2021 was found by Gregory Leonard on January 3. He was using the

Brightest for several decades !

This month’s comet of the month is C/2019 L3 (ATLAS). This is another comet that was discovered by a survey