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Comet of the month – 19P/Borrelly

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

Please use the form below to contact the Section Director. If you wish to submit your observations to the section,

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

This month’s comet, 4P/Faye, comes to perihelion on 2021 September 8. In late July it was a 12th magnitude object

The latest issue of the Comet Section’s annual newsletter is now available for download. There is a great image of