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Christmas comes early for Comet Chasers
Welsh school children feature in a study of a mysterious hybrid comet/asteroid
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Comet of the month – C/2021 A1 (Leonard)
The first comet to be discovered in 2021 was found by Gregory Leonard on January 3. He was using the
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Quadruple outbursts of Comet 29P/S-W1
Brightest for several decades !
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Comet of the month – C/2019 L3 (ATLAS)
This month’s comet of the month is C/2019 L3 (ATLAS). This is another comet that was discovered by a survey
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Comet of the month – 4P/Faye
This month’s comet, 4P/Faye, comes to perihelion on 2021 September 8. In late July it was a 12th magnitude object
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Comet’s Tale No. 40 published
The latest issue of the Comet Section’s annual newsletter is now available for download. There is a great image of
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Comet of the Month – C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS)
This month’s comet is C/2017 K2 (PANSTARRS). It may not look like much but this is one of the most
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