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Comet Siding Spring (C/2013A1 Siding Spring)

This is a comet newly discovered at Siding Spring Observatory in Australia on Jan 3, 2014. After the comet was observed with 10th magnitude in July 2014, we could witness the comet approached to the Mars with a distance of only 140 thousand km on Oct 19.

Oct 19 2014, Rendez-vous with Mars, 69KB

Comet Catalina (C/2013UQ4 Catalina)

This is a comet newly discovered by the Catalina sky survey in Arizona Univ. on Oct 22, 2013. Although the comet had brightened up to 9th magnitude in beginning of Jul 2014, cannot be observed because of bad weather conditions.

Jul 26 2014, 66KB

Comet PanSTARRS (C/2012K1 PanSTARRS)

This is a comet newly discovered by PanSTARRS-1 telescope in Maui, Hawaii on May 19, 2012 with a brightness of 19.7th magnitude. The comet brightened about 6th or 7th magnitude in autumn of 2014.

Dec 14 2014, 68KB

Early morning of Oct 19 2014, 67KB

May 31 2014, 64KB

May 1 2014, 74KB

Mar 28 2014, 61KB

Comet Jacques (C/2014E2 Jacques)

This is a newly discovered comet by a Brasilian observer of Mr. Cristovao Jacques on Mar 13, 2014. Tthe comet brightened about 7th magnitude in summer of the year.

Comet ISON (C/2012S1 ISON)

The comet was discovered on Sep 21, 2012 by two observers in Belarus. The comet closed to the sun on Nov 29, 2013 with 0.01AU in distance, and it was predited that will be a bright naked eye comet in Dec of the year.
But the comet collapsed in its perihelion, fell short our expectation.
ISON: International Scientific Optical Network

Early morning of Nov 23 2013, 34+39KB

Early morning of Nov 22 2013, 112+51+63KB

Early morning of Nov 20 2013, 113+45KB

Early morning of Nov 17 2013, 41+74KB

Early morning of Nov 14 2013, 83+86KB

Early morning of Nov 12 2013, 83+80KB

Early morning of Nov 8 2013, 74KB

Early morning of Nov 6 2013, 79KB

Early morning of Nov 2 2013, 74KB

Early morning of Oct 27 2013, 72KB

Early morning of Oct 13 2013, 76KB

Early morning of Sep 29 2013, 87KB

Comet LINEAR (C/2012X1 LINEAR)

The comet was discovered on Dec 8, 2012 by the automated survey of Lincoln Laboratory Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) team. The comet had a sudden outburst in Oct 2013, brightened from 14th to 8th magnitude, can be observed an anomalous shell-like coma.

May 2 2014, 63KB

Early morning of Feb 1 2014, 74KB

Early morning of Jan 5 2014, 67KB

Early morning of Nov 12 2013, 69KB

Early morning of Nov 6 2013, 69KB

Early morning of Oct 31 2013, 65KB

Early morning of Oct 27 2013, 56KB

Comet Lovejoy (C/2013R1 Lovejoy)

The comet was discovered on Sep 7, 2013 by an Australian comet seeker of Mr. Terry Lovejoy. The comet is brighten up to about 4th magnitude, can be observed under fairly good condition in the northern skies from Nov to Dec 2013.

Early morning of Feb 1 2014, 84+105KB

Early morning of Jan 5 2014, 76+68KB

Early morning of Dec 29 2013, 73+54KB

Early morning of Dec 14 2013, 151+88KB

Early morning of Dec 7 & 8 2013, 110+73+61KB

Image & spectral profile on early morning of Dec 1 2013, 65+30KB

Early morning of Nov 30 2013, 69+110+71KB

Early morning of Nov 29 2013, 81+77KB

Early morning of Nov 23 2013, 61+70KB

Early morning of Nov 20 2013, 57KB

Early morning of Nov 17 2013, 50KB

Early morning of Nov 14 2013, 71+87KB

Nov 11 2013, 76+88KB>

Comet Nevski (C/2013V3 Nevski)

The comet was newly discovered on Nov 6, 2013, moving from Leo to Ursa Major in higher dawn skies in end of the year. The nebula-like distributed coma is being observed with a brightness of 10th magnitude.

Dec 6 2013, 55KB

Nov 29 2013, 49KB

Comet Brewington (154P/ Brewington)

The comet is periodic one of 10.8 years discovered in 1992. The third return of the comet is moving in the autumnal middle sky, observed with 10th magnitude in maximum.

Dec 7 2013, 56KB

Nov 30 2013, 57KB

Comet Encke (2P/ Encke)

Comet Encke is one of periodic comets with the shortest period of only 3.3 years, has appearance records since 1786. In this return, the comet will travel from Leo to Virgo in Oct to Dec 2013, we can observe with a brightness of 7th magnitude in maximum.

Early morning of Nov 12 2013, 63KB

Early morning of Nov 8 2013, 64KB

Early morning of Nov 6 2013, 84KB

Early morning of Oct 31 2013, 61KB

Oct 12 2013, 64KB

Comet PanSTARRS (C/2011L4 PanSTARRS)

A comet newly discovered by PanSTARRS 1 telescope in Maui, Hawaii on Jun 6, 2011. The comet was observed as a naked-eye comet about 2nd magnitude in spring 2013.

May 4, 2013, 75KB

May 2, 2013, 74+100KB

Early morning of Apr 13, 2013, 70+66KB

Early morning of Apr 8, 2013, 67+73KB

Early morning of Apr 4, 2013, 74+65KB

Mar 16, 2013, 58+37+33KB

Mar 15, 2013, 53+56KB

Mar 14, 2013, 53+51KB

Mar 11, 2013, 54+57KB

Mar 10, 2013, 54KB

Aug 19, 2012, 63KB

Comet LINEAR (C/2012K5 LINEAR)

It's a newly discovered comet on May 25, 2012, the comet brightened about 8th magnitude in end of 2012 and beggining of 2013 in northern skies.

Jan 12, 2013, 68KB

Dec 22, 2012, 71KB

Early morning of Dec 9, 2012, 64KB

Early morning of Nov 18, 2012, 55KB

Comet Lemmon (C/2012F6 Lemmon)

It's a newly discovered comet on Mar 23 by Mt. Lemmon Survey. The comet was observed with 9th or 10th magnitude in end of 2012, and brightened about 5th magnitude in Apr 2013 at southern hemisphere.

Aug 11, 2013, 74KB

Early morning of Dec 23, 2012, 72KB

Early morning of Dec 9, 2012, 51KB

Comet Hergenrother (168P/ Hergenrother)

A 6.9 year periodic comet discovered on Dec 5, 1998. The comet has brightened suddenly in Sep 2012, just before its 2nd return, can be observed with 9th magnitude.

Comet Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova (45P/ Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova)

This is a comet with period of 5.25 years discovered by 3 seekers including a Japanese in 1948. After passed perihelion in Sep. 2011 of 12th return from its discovery, the comet could be observed in eastern dawn skies with 6 or 7th magnitude in brightness.

Early morning of Oct 4, 2011, 65KB

Comet Garradd (C/2009P1 Garradd)

This is a newly discovered comet on Aug 13, 2009, at Siding Spring Observatory in Australia. It's predicted that the comet will be 6th or 7th magnitude in end of 2011.

Spectrum of early morning of Jan 29, 2012B

May 12, 2012, 75KB

Mar 24, 2012, 71KB

Feb 18, 2012, 64KB

Early morning of Jan 28, 2012, 60KB

Early morning of Dec 30, 2011, 69KB

Nov 20, 2011, 86KB

Sep 23, 2011, 76KB

Aug 29, 2011, 72+79KB

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