British Astronomical Association
Comet Section

2001 News

Jan 08  Mike Boschat finds a real time SOHO comet (283)
Jan 09  9 SOHO archive comets from 1998 designated
Jan 13  2 SOHO archive comets from 1997 designated
Jan 14  Faint comet LINEAR (55) 2001 A1 discovered
Jan 14  11 SOHO archive and real time comets from 2000 designated
Jan 14  Mike Boschat finds a real time SOHO comet on C3
Jan 14  7 archive finds from 2000 confirmed
Jan 15  A further archive comet confirmed (291)
Jan 16  Faint comet LINEAR (56) 2001 A2 discovered
Jan 17  4 SOHO archive comets from 1998 designated
Jan 18  I return from Antarctica
Jan 23   Weather information  page added
Jan 24  4 SOHO archive & RT comets designated
Jan 24  Michael Oates discovers SOHO-292 in C3 real time images
Jan 24  2001 B1 discovered by LINEAR (57).  It will fade.
Jan 25  2001 B2 discovered by NEAT, around 14th mag but -22 dec.
Feb 01  Recovery of P/Mueller 4 announced as 2000 Y10
Feb 02  LINEAR discovers a 19th mag comet 2001 C1
Feb 03  Michael Oates discovers SOHO-293 in C3 real time images
Feb 06  Sebastian Hoenig reports a real time SOHO-294=2001 C2 comet in C3
Feb 09  Michael Oates reports a SOHO comet (295) in C2 from yesterday
Feb 10  Orbits for SOHO 2001 C2, C3 and C4 published
Feb 10  LINEAR (59) discovers another periodic comet 2001 CV8
Feb 12  Current comet visibility lists posted
Feb 12  pdf files for published comet papers posted
Feb 12  Reminder that George Alcock's memorial service is on Saturday at noon
Feb 14  Michael Oates discovers bright non Kreutz comet 2001 C5 in C2
Feb 14  Michael Boschat discovers a bright Kreutz sungrazer in C3
Feb 17  Asteroid 2000 WT168 found to be a comet
Feb 18  Retrograde orbit published for 2001 C5 (SOHO)
Feb 21  Although not cometary, MPEC 2001-D28 gives an interesting orbit for 2001 DO47
Feb 23  2000 W1 has faded rapidly
Feb 25  The interesting asteroid is a spacecraft!  See IAUC 7589.
Feb 26  Orbits for SOHO 2001 C4 and C6 published
Mar 15  Michael Oates discovers a possible SOHO non Kreutz comet on C2 (2001 E1)
Mar 16  Vesta is visible on SOHO LASCO C3 and will be until April 8
Mar 18  Xavier Leprette discovers possible archival SOHO comets (1996 L1, 1997 M5)
Mar 20  Prediscovery images of P/2000 WT168 reported
Mar 21  Michael Oates & Xavier Leprette report a faint C2 sungrazer (X/)
Mar 21  Faint periodic comet 2001 BB50 (LINEAR-NEAT)
Mar 23  Michael Oates reports possible archival SOHO comets from August 96
Mar 25  Michael Boschat discovers a C3 sungrazer (SOHO-301)
Mar 29  NEAT discovers faint periodic comet 2001 F1
Mar 30  2001 A2 possibly as bright as 8th mag in binoculars
Mar 31  2001 A2 possibly 7th mag
Apr 02  Xavier Leprette discovers a possible faint sungrazer on C2 (X/)
Apr 02  LONEOS discovers a faint distant comet 2001 G1
Apr 07  Michael Oates reports an archival discovery of a pair of comets from 1998 November
Apr 08  Sebastian Hoenig discovers a bright sungrazer on C2 (SOHO 303)
Apr 10  Michael Oates discovers a faint sungrazer on C2 (SOHO 304)
Apr 13  Mailing of the April Comet's Tale begins
Apr 19  Observing supplement to the April Tale available as pdf document
Apr 20  Gabriel Oksa reports comet 45P as 9th mag on April 17
Apr 20  Bright sungrazer and several fragments discovered on C2 (SOHO 305-8)
Apr 25  NEAT discovers a faint periodic comet P/2001 H5 
Apr 26  Tony Scarmato discovers a real time C3 sungrazer 2001 H6
Apr 30  Sebastian Hoenig discovers a real time C2 sungrazer 2001 H7
May 05  Kazimieris Cernis discovers a real time C2 sungrazer 2001 J2
May 06  Michael Oates discovers a real time C2 comet 2001 J3
May 10  Xavier Leprette discovers a faint real time C2 comet 2001 J4
May 11  NEAT discovers a 17th mag comet 2001 J1
May 14  NEAT discovers a distant 18th mag comet 2001 HT50
May 15  Orbit published for 2001 J1 (NEAT) it is a nearby faint comet.
May 19  Michael Oates discovers a real time comet on C2, which is also on C3
May 21  NEAT discovers a faint periodic comet, 2001 K1.
May 22  Doug Biesecker discovers a real time C2 sungrazer 2001 K4
May 23  Michael Oates discovers a real time comet on C2
May 23  Kazimieras Cernis discovers a secondary real time comet on C2
May 23  Brian Skiff discovers a 16th mag comet 2001 K3 on LONEOS images
May 24  Michael Boschat discovers a faint real time C2 sungrazer
May 27  Michaels Oates and Boschat discover a faint real time C2 sungrazer
May 28  LINEAR discovers a distant 15th mag comet 2001 K5
May 29  2001 J1 is periodic and possibly 3D/Biela
May 29  Tony Scarmato discovers a real time C2 sungrazer
Jun 01  29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann reported in outburst
Jun 03  Xavier Leprette discovers a real time C2 sungrazer
Jun 04  Sebastian Hoenig discovers a real time C2 sungrazer
Jun 04  Michael Oates discovers a slightly delayed real time C2 sungrazer
Jun 05  More C2 sungrazers found by Michael Oates and Tony Scarmato
Jun 06  Yet another C2 sungrazer found by Michael Oates
Jun 08  Another two C2 sungrazers found by Michael Oates
Jun 10  C2 sungrazer found by Xavier Leprette
Jun 12  Andrew Pearce reports 2001 A2 has brightened to 3.6
Jun 13  C2 sungrazer found by Tony Scarmato
Jun 14  Archive sungrazer found by Michael Oates
Jun 16  Real time sungrazers found by Michael Oates and Sebastian Hoenig
Jun 17  Archive sungrazer found by Michael Oates
Jun 19  C2 sungrazer found by Michael Oates
Jun 20  C2 sungrazer found by Xavier Leprette and XingMing Zhou
Jun 21  Achive sungrazer found by Xavier Leprette
Jun 21  P/Helin (2001 M1) recovered
Jun 22  C2 sungrazer found by Tony Scarmato
Jun 25  C3 sungrazer found by Kazimieras Cernis and Xavier Leprette
Jun 26  Bright C3 sungrazer found by Xavier Leprette, faint C2 by Michael Oates
Jun 27  Giovanni Sostero recovers 2001 A2 in a bright sky
Jun 27  C2 sungrazer found by Michael Oates 2001 M11
Jun 29  Edgar Wilson award goes to Albert Jones and Syogo Utsunomiya
Jun 30  NEAT discovers a faint distant periodic comet 2001 M10
Jul 06  C2 sungrazer found by Xavier Leprette 2001 N1, SOHO-340
Jul 12  Michael Mattiazzo reports a further outburst in 2001 A2
Jul 12  2001 A2 just visible to the naked eye from central Cambridge
Jul 12  LINEAR discovers periodic comet 2001 MD7
Jul 13  LINEAR discovers comet 2001 N2
Jul 16  Michael Mattiazzo reports 29P in outburst at 13 mag
Jul 16  C3 sungrazer found by Sebastian Hoenig, SOHO 341
Jul 18  Maik Meyer has set up a comet mailing list
Jul 21  Roberto Gorelli discovers archival sungrazer from January 1996
Jul 30  NEAT discovers a faint comet 2001 O2
Jul 30  IAU announces names for previously unamed 'survey' comets
Aug 06  Tony Scarmato discovers C2 (non-Kreutz?) sungrazer 2001 P1
Aug 13  LONEOS discovers asteroid 2001 OG108 in cometary orbit
Aug 14  Michael Oates reports the detection of 1996 J1 (Evans-Drinkwater) in 
        C3 images from 1996 Dec 21 - 1997 January 9
Aug 15  Carlos Segarra reports 29P in outburst at 12 mag
Aug 15  Sebastian Hoenig discovers C3 sungrazer, SOHO 344
Aug 17  NEAT discovers a faint distant comet 2001 Q1
Aug 18  Vance Petriew discovers 11th mag periodic comet 2001 Q2
Aug 21  Rainer Kracht discovers possible C2 sungrazer
Aug 25  Chen Dong Hua discovers non Kreutz sungrazer in C2
Aug 28  NEAT discovers faint very distant comet 2001 Q4
Aug 29  LINEAR-NEAT discover a faint periodic comet 2001 Q5
Aug 29  NEAT discovers 2001 Q6
Sep 01  NEAT discovers an asteroid in a short period comet like orbit
Sep 03  Sebastian Hoenig reports bright sungrazer in C3
Sep 05  Maik Meyer discovers C3 sungrazer
Sep 08  XingMing Zhou discovers C2 sungrazer
Sep 10  David Johnson (and Xavier Leprette) discover C3 sungrazer
Sep 11  LONEOS discovers faint periodic comet 2001 R1
Sep 18  Xavier Leprette discovers archival C3 sungrazer from 1996
Sep 21  Xavier Leprette discovers another two archival comets from January 1996
Sep 27  Brian Skiff and LINEAR discover a faint periodic comet 2001 R6
Sep 28  Michael Oates discovers a real time sungrazer in C2
Sep 29  Brian Skiff discovers a faint distant comet 2001 S1
Sep 30  Michael Oates discovers archival sungrazer from September 1996
Oct 09  Xavier Leprette discovers non Kreutz comet in real time C2 frames
Oct 11  Section on image name formats added
Oct 12  Rainer Kracht & Sebastian Hoenig discvoer real time C2 sungrazer
Oct 15  Rainer Kracht reports a realtime comet in C2 
Oct 15  NEAT discover a faint periodic comet
Oct 16  Xavier Leprette reports a realtime sungrazer in C2
Oct 17  XingMing Zhou reports a non Kreutz sungrazer in C3
Oct 17  Sebastian Hoenig reports two Kreutz comets in C3
Oct 17  Xavier Leprette reports a Kreutz comet in C2
Oct 17  Michael Oates reports an archival Kreutz C2 sungrazer from Oct 6
Oct 18  Michael Boschat & Sebastian Hoenig report Kreutz comets in C3
Oct 18  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz comet in C2
Oct 22  Bright C3 sungrazer reported by XingMing Zhou and Xavier Leprette
Oct 23  Xavier Leprette reports archival sungrazer from 1996 November 8
Oct 23  NEAT discovers a faint distant periodic comet 2001 T4
Oct 25  LINEAR discovers comet 2001 RX14
Oct 30  The October issue of 'The Comet's Tale' goes to the printers
Oct 30  Tale 15 and Observing supplement to Tale 16 available as pdf files
        Distribution of Tale 16 will start shortly.
Oct 30  Rainer Kracht discovers a sungrazer in C2
Nov 01  Tony Scarmato reports a sungrazer in C2
Nov 04  Federico Mimeev finds a sungrazer in C2 using automated search program
Nov 06  LINEAR discovers a faint, distant comet 2001 U6
Nov 07  All copies of Tale 16 have been posted
Nov 09  Xavier Leprette reports a C2 sungrazer from November 6
Nov 11  XingMing Zhou reports a C2 sungrazer
Nov 13  XingMing Zhou reports a C2 sungrazer from November 12
Nov 13  Alexander Mimeev reports a C2 sungrazer (SOHO's 350th)
Nov 17  NEAT discovers a faint comet reported as asteroidal by LINEAR
Nov 18  Fine display of fragments of 55P observed from Palau
Nov 19  LINEAR discovers a faint comet 2001 W1
Nov 21  BATTeRS discovers a 12th mag comet 2001 W2
Nov 22  XingMing Zhou reports a C2 sungrazer
Nov 27  Xavier Leprette reports a C2 sungrazer
Dec 02  Sebastian Hoenig reports real-time sungrazer in C2
Dec 04  Maik Meyer discovers a real-time sungrazer in C2
Dec 06  Maik Meyer and Xavier Leprette report a real-time sungrazer in C2
Dec 06  Pepe Manteca reports  two components of 51P/Harrington
Dec 07  Michael Boschat discovers sungrazer in C2
Dec 09  Xavier Leprette finds an archival sungrazer from December 1996
Dec 10  New edition of CBAT comet catalogue available details are on IAUC 7771 
Dec 12  Sebastian Hoenig reports a real-time sungrazer in C2
Dec 12  Alexander Mimeev reports a real-time non-Kreutz comet in C2
Dec 14  LINEAR discovers a 15th magnitude comet 2001 X1
Dec 14  Spacewatch discovers a 19th magnitude comet 2001 X2
Dec 16  XingMing Zhou reports two real time sungrazers in C2
Dec 18  XingMing Zhou reports a real time sungrazer in C2
Dec 19  LINEAR discovers a faint periodic comet 2001 X3
Dec 20  2001 X3 is 11D/Tempel-Swift
Dec 21  Mike Boschat reports a real-time C3 sungrazer
Dec 25  Pepe Manteca reports that 2001 X1 has outburst by 1 mag and grown a tail