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C/2017 T2 PANSTARRS

C/2017 T2 (PANSTARRS) was discovered at 20th magnitude in 2017 September when it was it was 9.3 au from the

The Comet’s Tale issue 38

The latest issue of our section newsletter, “The Comet’s Tale”, is available for download from the BAA website: https://www.britastro.org/node/6812 Issue

Submitting drawings and images to the archive

The Comet Section image archive here is one of the largest archives of its type in the world. We welcome

C/2018 Y1 (Iwamoto) – A new comet for the new year

Update: 2019 January 8. The latest astrometry means that we can now be fairly confident about the path that this

Comet 46P/Wirtanen makes a close approach

Comet 46P was discovered in 1948 January by Carl Wirtanen using the 20-inch Carnegie Double Astrograph at Lick Observatory. This

21P/Giacobini-Zinner grows a tail

Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner was discovered by Giacobini in 1900 and recovered by Zinner in 1913 and it has an orbital period

C/2017 S3 PanSTARRS

Update on 2018 July 22 – Just after I wrote this the comet began to fade. At present we don’t

Comet 21P approaches the North America Nebula

It will be a challenging observation due to midsummer skies and a First Quarter Moon but the periodic comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner

Latest Comet’s Tale online

Thanks to the very hard work of our editor, Janice McClean, the latest issue of the Section’s newsletter, issue 37,

Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner will brighten through the summer

This comet was discovered by Giacobini in 1900 and recovered by Zinner in 1913 and it has an orbital period