Comet Watch Page 2

Comet NEAT (C/2002 V1) is approaching the Sun. "At closest approach on Feb. 18th its distance from our star will be only 0.1 AU--much closer than the planet Mercury. SOHO coronagraphs will record the encounter between Feb. 16th and 20th".  

Images obtained from SOHO will be published on this web page.

"You can see the comet yourself. Look low and to the west after sunset. Comet NEAT is glowing like a fuzzy 5th magnitude star with a long delicate tail--an easy target for binoculars and small telescopes. Right : Astrophotographer Jack Newton captured this image of Comet NEAT on Feb. 3rd using a 7" telescope and a CCD camera. [sky map] [ephemeris] [orbit".  spaceweather.com

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We need some color on this page. And this would certainly do it.

Looking for current information on the comet associated with  Sharon Lombard. First discovered June 2, 1948. Please e-mail info to Dick Zseltvay.  Spam filters may error and remove legitimate mail. If you don't get an immediate reply from me, please resend your e-mail.

Observable Comets

• the latest MPEC list of observable comets
• a list of comets discovered in the past year
• an interactive converter between old- and new-style designations
• dates of last observation for currently-observable comet
• the text of the 1994 IAU resolution implementing the current comet designation system
• orbital elements in forms suitable for loading into popular planetarium-type programs
• recent magnitude estimates of comets as reported to the International Comet Quarterly (links to the magnitudes are also given from the pages for individual comets shown below).