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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) now an impressive morning object

This comet is on track to become a naked-eye object from dark sites at the end of January but it

<= Back to MISSION 29P Homepage Introduction The mega-outburst of Comet 17P/Holmes on 2007 October 24 could be considered to

After a long break we are planning a Comet Section Meeting for the summer of 2023. The venue will be

Updated on 2022 December 7 Comet 29P/SW1 has been passing through the constellation of Gemini in recent weeks passing through

It is while since we have had a naked-eye comet but C/2022 E3 (ZTF) might just cross that threshold from

The latest issue of the Comet Section’s newsletter, The Comet’s Tale, is now available for download from the BAA’s website

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