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Comet Observers

The following links will take you to short descriptions of the people who submit observations to the Comet Section. If

Sometimes I use the BAA image archive to see what comets can be reached and I also read the Comet’s

The Comet’s Tale is the section newsletter. Click on the images below to download a PDF version of each edition.

The discovery of Hale-Bopp During the winter and early spring of 1997 the northern sky was dominated by an extraordinary

The discovery of Hyakutake’s second comet On January 30, 1996 the Japanese amateur astronomer Yuji Hyakutake left his house in

A place for reports on brighter comets.

Needs to be updated!Draft Guidelines for Comet Discoveries General discovery procedures If you think you have found a comet, first

This news item is based on BAA Circular No. 835 which logged-in members can download here. C/2013 US10 was discovered

This needs to be updated BAA Journal The majority of Comet Section papers appear in the BAA Journal. This list

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