My Observations of Other Comets

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My Observations of Other Comets

Welcome! This page contains accounts, observation results, drawings and pictures of 14 other comets which I observed between 1989 and current day. To read reports of three other well-known comets I observed (Halley's, Hyakutake and Hale-Bopp), please visit the Total List of My Comet Observations page.

SCHWASSMANN-WACHMANN-3 - 73P

My only observation from Dorchester, MA on the night of April 30/May 1, 2006. Drawing and observing notes will follow soon!

MACHHOLZ - C/2004 Q2

My observations from South Boston, MA on the nights of January 1/2; February 5/6 and February 13/14, 2005. Drawing and observing notes will follow soon!

NEAT - C/2001 Q4

My observations from Istanbul, Turkey (when we were on vacation) on the nights of May 22/23; May 26/27; May 27/28; May 28/29; May 30/31 and June 3/4, 2004. Drawings and observing notes will follow soon!

HOENIG - C/2002 O4

My observation from Westford, MA on the night of September 6/7, 2002. Drawing and observing notes will follow soon!

IKEYA-ZHANG - C/2002 C1

Our observations from Dorchester and Quincy, MA on the nights of March 1/2, 5/6, 23/24 and 28/29, 2002. Drawings and observing notes will follow soon!

LINEAR - C/2000 WM1

My observation from Dorchester, MA on the night of November 23/24, 2001. Drawing and observing notes will follow soon!

LEE - C/1999 H1

We observed this comet on the evening of May 30, 1999. You can click on this link to see our observation in ICQ format submitted to the British Astronomical Association's Comet Section. Also a sketch made during the time of the observation is given below.

Our notes about this observation are as follows: "Observed from rooftop (parking lot) of Boston Museum of Science. It was just end of civil twilight. The comet was seen through averted vision only. It was very diffuse with low contrast. Its altitude was about 5 degrees".

GIACOBINI-ZINNER - 21P

Observed from Quincy, MA on November 15, 1998.

WILD 2 - 81P

Observed from Saklikent, Antalya, Turkey on the night of April 22, 1997.
Our short report appears at that link (make a search for "Menali") on the Amateur Astronomy Observers Log, by John Callender.

SWIFT-TUTTLE - 109P

Observed from Bostanci, Istanbul, Turkey on the night of October 31, 1992.

AUSTIN - C/1989 X1

Observed from Bostanci, Istanbul, Turkey on May 13, 1990 and from the Ahlatlibel Observatory of the Ankara University Astronomy Department in Turkey on May 20, 1990.

May 13, 1990

May 20, 1990

LEVY - C/1990 K1

Observed from Kursunlu, Bursa, Turkey on the nights of June 30/July 1, July 3/4, July 4/5, 1990.

June 30/July 1, 1990

July 3/4, 1990

July 4/5, 1990

OKAZAKI-LEVY-RUDENKO - C/1989 Q1

Observed from Bostanci, Istanbul, Turkey on October 24, 1989.

BRORSEN-METCALF - 23P

Observed from Kursunlu, Bursa, Turkey on the morning hours of September 4 and 5, 1989.

September 4, 1989

September 5, 1989

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