Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught)
above Santiago de Chile in the Andes
(Jan. 21, 2007).
Credit: Stephane Guisard

COMETS

Comet C/2004 Q2 (Machholz)
Credit: Stefan Seip

Comets 8P/Tuttle and 17P/Holmes (at right)
(Dec. 15, 2007).
Credit: Ledoux Philippe

C/2005 L3 (McNaught)

Jan. 15

-

1

1.00

5.60

139.4^o

+4.0^m

8P/Tuttle

Jan. 27

13.6

17

0.82

1.03

55.0^o

+8.0^m

46P/Wirtanen

Feb. 2

5.44

12

0.66

1.06

11.7^o

+9.0^m

110P/Hartley

Feb. 3

6.89

4

0.31

2.49

11.7^o

+7.0^m

P/2000 U6 (Tichy)

Feb. 7

7.34

2

0.43

2.14

19.4^o

+13.5^m

P/2006 F1 (Kovalsky)

Feb. 17

10.2

1

0.12

4.12

21.2^o

+8.0^m

44P/Reinmuth

Feb. 18

7.07

10

0.43

2.11

5.9^o

+8.5^m

P/2001 Q5 (LINEAR-NEAT)

Feb. 21

6.74

2

0.40

2.16

10.7^o

+12.0^m

C/2003 T12 (SOHO)

Feb. 23

-

1

0.83

0.46

13.9^o

+16.0^m

P/2000 B3 (LINEAR)

Feb. 26

8.04

2

0.57

1.71

11.1^o

+12.5^m

113P/Spitaler

Mar. 23

7.09

18

0.42

2.13

5.8^o

+11.5^m

26P/Grigg-Skjellerup

Mar. 24

5.31

21

0.63

1.12

22.4^o

+12.0^m

16P/Brooks

Apr. 12

6.14

18

0.56

1.47

4.3^o

+7.5^m

139P/Vaisala-Oterma

Apr. 19

9.60

8

0.25

3.40

2.3^o

+12.0^m

124P/Mrkos

Apr. 27

5.75

4

0.54

1.47

31.3^o

+14.0^m

11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR

May 5

6.31

23

0.54

1.55

13.6^o

+15.0^m

P/1999 DN₃ (Korlevic-Juric)

May 8

9.60

2

0.13

3.91

18.7^o

+10.0^m

P/2003 KV₂ (LINEAR)

May 18

4.85

2

0.63

1.06

25.6^o

+17.5^m

173P/2005 T1 (Muller 5)

May 19

13.6

1

0.26

4.21

16.5^o

+7.5^m

86P/Wild

May 20

6.91

5

0.37

2.30

15.4^o

+10.0^m

146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR

May 21

8.10

2

0.65

1.42

23.1^o

+13.5^m

148P/Anderson-LINEAR

May 23

7.07

7

0.54

1.70

3.7^o

+17.0^m

P/1998 VS₂₄ (LINEAR)

May 25

9.59

2

0.24

3.42

5.0^o

+13.5^m

180P/2006 U3 (NEAT)

May 27

7.54

1

0.36

2.47

16.9^o

+11.0^m

79P/du Toil-Hartley

May 28

5.28

13

0.59

1.23

2.9^o

+14.0^m

C/2006 U6 (Spacewatch)

June 5

-

1

1.00

2.50

84.9^o

+8.0^m

51P/Harrington

June 19

7.13

9

0.55

1.68

5.4^o

+11.5^m

15P/Finlay

June 22

6.49

20

0.72

0.97

6.8^o

+10.0^m

C/2006 Q1 (McNaught)

July 4

-

1

1.00

2.76

59.0^o

+5.0^m

33P/Daniel

July 20

8.09

13

0.46

2.17

22.4^o

+10.5^m

19P/Borrelly

July 23

6.86

16

0.62

1.36

30.3^o

+4.4^m

P/2001 R1 (LONEOS)

Aug. 5

6.46

2

0.61

1.35

7.0^o

+14.0^m

6P/d'Arrest

Aug. 15

6.53

25

0.61

1.35

19.5^o

+10.8^m

P/1997 V1 (Larsen)

Aug. 26

10.9

2

0.33

3.27

12.1^o

+6.5^m

61P/Shajn-Schaldach

Sept. 5

7.08

9

0.43

2.11

6.0^o

+10.0^m

C/2006 OF2 (Broughton)

Sept. 16

-

1

1.00

2.43

30.2^o

+5.5^m

147P/Kushida-Muramatsu

Sept. 23

7.42

3

0.28

2.76

2.4^o

+14.0^m

7P/Pons-Winnecke

Sept. 27

6.36

31

0.63

1.25

22.3^o

+11.5^m

P/1999 J5 (LINEAR)

Oct. 7

9.40

2

0.17

3.69

13.7^o

+9.0^m

P/2001 CV₈ (LINEAR)

Oct. 11

7.66

2

0.44

2.16

9.0^o

+13.0^m

172P/Yeung

Oct. 13

6.58

2

0.36

2.24

11.5^o

+13.0^m

P/2001 J1 (NEAT)

Nov. 7

7.66

2

0.76

0.94

10.2^o

+16.0^m

P/1999 XN₁₂₀ (Catalina)

Nov. 13

8.56

2

0.21

3.30

5.0^o

+9.0^m

150P/LONEOS

Nov. 26

7.68

2

0.55

1.77

18.5^o

+13.5^m

P/2001 TU₈₀ (LINEAR-NEAT)

Dec. 10

7.01

2

0.47

1.94

6.6^o

+9.5^m

85P/Boethin

Dec. 14

11.8

4

0.78

1.14

4.6^o

+10.0^m

57P/du Toit-Neujmin-Delporte

Dec. 26

6.40

11

0.50

1.72

2.8^o

+10.5^m