British Astronomical Association
Comet Section

2007 News

Jan 05  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 09  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 10  Asteroid 2006 XA1, discovered by LINEAR found to be a comet
Jan 10  P/1986 A1 (Lovas) accidentally discovered as 2007 A1
Jan 10  Luciano Cane reports a non-group comet in real time C2 images
Jan 11  Tony Hoffman reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Jan 12  Eric Christensen discovers faint comet 2007 A2 = 2006 WY182
Jan 14  P/2001 Q2 (Petriew) recovered as 2007 A3
Jan 18  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 19  Wentao Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 20  Eric Christensen discovers faint periodic comet 2007 B1
Jan 24  Brian Skiff discovers faint comet 2007 B2
Jan 29  Gordon Garradd discovers faint comet 2007 B3
Jan 31  Carl Hergenrother detects cometary activity in 2006 XG16
Jan 31  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 01  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 02  Hua Su reports a non group comet in real time C2 images
Feb 03  Hua Su reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
Feb 05  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 05  Bo Zhou and Rob Matson report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 image
Feb 06  Rob Matson and Hua Su report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 07  Hua Su reports a Meyer group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 07  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 08  Hua Su reports a non group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 11  Eric Christensen discovers faint periodic comet 2007 C1
Feb 12  Faint periodic comet 2007 C2 discovered by Catalina Sky Survey
Feb 12  Bo Zhou reports a Kracht group comet in real time C2 images
Feb 15  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 16  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 16  Arkadiusz Kubczak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images (was the same as Hua Su)
Feb 18  Arkadiusz Kubczak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 19  LINEAR discovers faint comet 2007 D1
Feb 20  Spacewatch discovers faint comet 2007 D2
Feb 21  LINEAR discovers faint comet 2007 D3
Feb 24  Tony Hoffman reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 24  Maik Meyer finds prediscovery images of 2007 B3 from 1996 and 1975
Mar 03  Bo Zhou, Hua Su and Steve Farmer report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 09  Vladimir Bezugly reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 14  Gordon Garradd discovers comet 2007 E1
Mar 16  Terry Lovejoy discovers comet 2007 E2 with a DSLR
Mar 19  Unusual sun-skirting asteroid 2007 FD1 discovered at the Steward Observatory
Mar 20  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 21  LONEOS discovers comet 2007 F1
Mar 27  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 28  Bo Zhou reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Mar 30  Tony Hoffman and Hua Su report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 06  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 07  Eric Christensen recovers 1999 J5 (P/LINEAR) as 2007 E3
Apr 08  Tony Hoffman reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 12  LINEAR discovers comet 2007 G1
Apr 19  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 19  Bo Zhou reports two Kreutz group comets in archival C3 images from January 2005
Apr 20  Rob McNaught discovers faint comet 2007 H1
Apr 20  Brian Skiff discovers faint comet 2007 H2
Apr 20  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 22  Vladimir Bezugly reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C2 images
Apr 23  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 25  Gordon Garradd discovers faint comet P/2007 H3
Apr 30  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C2 images
Apr 30  Bo Zhou and Rainer Kracht report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 02  Rainer Kracht reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
May 03  2006 WD4 confirmed as a comet by Ernesto Guido and Giovani Sostero
May 04  Tony Hoffman reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 04  Tony Hoffman reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 05  Bo Zhou reports a Kracht group comet in archival C2 images from May 2004
May 07  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 09  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 10  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in archival C3 images from January 2006
May 13  LINEAR discovers faint, distant comet 2007 JA21
May 13  Bo Zhou reports two Kreutz group comets in archival C3 images from January 2004
May 13  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 13  Shihong Yuan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 14  Bo Zhou reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C2 images (SOHO 1300)
May 15  Bo Zhou reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
May 16  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 17  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 17  Bo Zhou, Tony Hoffman and Rainer Kracht report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 18  Bo Zhou reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C2 images
May 18  Hua Su, Bo Zhou and Rainer Kracht report a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
May 21  Tony Hoffman and Rainer Krach report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 22  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 22  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 22  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 24  Tony Hoffman and Bo Zhou report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 25  Update to Richard Fleet's GraphDark software published
May 25  Mt Lemmon discovers faint, distant comet 2007 K1
May 25  Alex Gibbs discovers faint periodic comet 2007 K2
May 26  Maik Meyer reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 26  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 26  Faint comet 2007 K3 discovered at Siding Spring
May 26  Alex Gibbs discovers faint comet 2007 K4
May 28  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 28  Shihong Yuan reports a Kreutz group comet in archival C3 images from 2006 August 3
May 29  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in archival C3 images from 2004 March 1
May 29  Terry Lovejoy discovers 2007 K5 with DSLR camera
May 31  Bo Zhou and Tony Hoffman report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 31  Rob McNaught discovers faint comet 2007 K6
Jun 01  Karl Battams reports a Kreutz group comet in archival C2 images from 2007 May 23
Jun 04  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 05  Karl Battams reports a bright Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 06  Shihong Yuan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 07  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 09  Alan Watson reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 11  Bo Zhou reports two Kreutz group comets in delayed time C2 images
Jun 11  Bo Zhou and Shihong Yuan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 11  Bo Zhou, Shihong Yuan and Hua Su report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 12  133P/Elst-Pizarro reported to be active again (19th magnitude)
Jun 13  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 14  Tony Hoffman reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 14  Rob Matson reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 15  Arkadiusz Kubczak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 15  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 15  Tony Hoffman reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 18  Rob McNaught discovers faint, distant comet 2007 M1
Jun 23  Catalina Sky Survey discovers a faint comet 2007 M2
Jun 23  LINEAR discovers a faint comet 2007 M3
Jun 24  Tony Hoffman reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 25  Bo Zhou reports a Marsden group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 25  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 25  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 25  Hua Su reports a non-group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 26  P/1998 S1 (LINEAR-Mueller) recovered as 2007 J1
Jun 27  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 29  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 03  Hua Su and Bo Zhou report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 08  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 11  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 11  2007 Edgar Wilson Awards go to John Broughton, David Levy and Terry Lovejoy
Jul 12  Rob McNaught discovers faint comet 2007 N1
Jul 13  Karl Battams reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 13  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 16  P/2002 O5 (NEAT) recovered as 2007 N2
Jul 18  Comet 2007 N3 discovered during the Lulin Sky Survey
Jul 18  LINEAR discovers a faint comet 2007 O1
Jul 18  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 26  136P/Mueller recovered
Jul 27  P/1998 U2 (Mueller) recovered as 2007 O2
Jul 27  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 09  Rob McNaught discovers faint comet 2007 P1
Aug 17  Arkadiusz Kubczak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 17  Shihong Yuan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 18  Hua Su reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
Aug 20  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C3 images from August 17
Aug 24  Gordon Garradd discovers faint comet 2007 Q1
Aug 26  Hua Su and Arkadiusz Kubczak report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 28  Hua Su, Rainer Kracht and Shihong Yuan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 29  Shihong Yuan, John Sachs and Bo Zhou report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 30  Alan Gilmore discovers faint periodic comet 2007 Q2
Aug 30  Faint comet 2007 Q3 discovered at Siding Spring
Sep 01  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Sep 08  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 09  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 09  Steve Larson discovers faint periodic comet 2007 R1
Sep 10  Bo Zhou reports a Kracht group II comet in real time C2 images = 1999 R1 = 2003 R5
Sep 10  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 12  A R Gibbs discovers faint periodic comet 2007 R2
Sep 13  Bo Zhou and Arkadiusz Kubczak report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 16  Alex Gibbs discovers faint periodic comet 2007 R3
Sep 17  Gordon Garradd discovers faint periodic comet 2007 R4
Sep 17  Arkadiusz Kubczak reports a Meyer group comet in delayed C2 images
Sep 17  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 20  Haibin Zhao discovers faint periodic comet 2007 S1
Sep 24  Masanori Uchina and Hua Su report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 26  Rob Matson reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 28  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 29  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C3 images
Sep 29  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C2 images
Sep 29  Rainer Kracht reports a non-group comet in delayed C2 images
Sep 29  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 30  Bo Zhou and John Sachs report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 03  Mt Lemmon survey discovers faint, distant comet 2007 S2
Oct 04  Rob Matson reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 10  Rob McNaught discovers telescopic comet 2007 T1
Oct 10  Bo Zhou, Tony Hoffman, Rob Matson and Arkadiusz Kubczak report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 10  Rob Matson reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 11  Richard Kowalski discovers periodic comet 2007 T2
Oct 11  Hua Su reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
Oct 13  Rob McNaught recovers comet 1990 V1 (P/Shoemaker-Levy)
Oct 14  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C2 images
Oct 15  Arkadiusz Kubczak reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C2 images
Oct 15  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 15  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 15  Alex Gibbs discovers faint comet 2007 T4
Oct 15  Alex Gibbs discovers faint comet 2007 T5
Oct 15  Catalina Sky Survey discovers faint comet 2007 T6
Oct 21  Strong display of Orionid meteors
Oct 22  LINEAR discovers faint comet 2007 U1
Oct 22  Comet 2001 Q5 (P/LINEAR-NEAT) recovered as 2007 U2
Oct 24  Comet 17P/Homes reported in outburst at 3rd magnitude
Oct 24  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 24  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 24  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 24  Arkadiusz Kubczak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 28  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 28  Hua Su reports a Meyer group comet in delayed C2 images
Oct 29  Hua Su reports three Kreutz group comets in C2 images
Oct 30  Tony Hoffman reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 31  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C3 images
Nov 01  Rob Matson reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 02  Arkadiusz Kubczak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 02  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 04  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C2 images
Nov 05  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C2 images
Nov 05  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 06  Rob Matson reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 06  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 09  Zhangwei Jin reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 09  Steve Larson discovers faint periodic comet 2007 V1
Nov 09  LINEAR discovers very short period retrograde asteroid
Nov 10  Rik Hill discovers faint periodic comet 2007 V2
Nov 10  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 11  Shihong Yuan and Hua Su report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 13  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 14  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 19  Michele Mazzucato and Zhangwei Jin report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 19  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 19  Mt Lemmon discovers short period retrograde asteroid
Nov 22  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 23  Andrea Boattini discovers comet 2007 W1
Nov 23  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 24  Michele Mazzucato, Hua Su and Michal Kusiak report two Kreutz group comets in real time C2 images
Nov 26  Tony Hoffman reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C2 images
Nov 27  L. Buzzi and F. Luppi recover 2000 B3 (P/LINEAR) as 2007 W2
Nov 29  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 29  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 01  Hua Su, Rainer Kracht and Shihong Yuan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 03  Masanori Uchina reports a non group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 03  LINEAR discovers faint comet 2007 W3
Dec 04  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 04  Rainer Kracht reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 05  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 07  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 10  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 10  Hua Su reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 10  Tony Hoffman reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 12  Tony Hoffman reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 12  Rob Matson and Tony Hoffman report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 12  Rainer Kracht and Hua Su report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 13  Rob Matson reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 13  Parrish Collison and Tony Hoffman report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 14  Tony Hoffman reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 14  The Comet's Tale No 27 at the printers
Dec 16  Hua Su reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C2 images
Dec 18  LINEAR discovers faint comet 2007 Y1
Dec 20  Shihong Yuan and Tony Hoffman report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 21  Rainer Kracht reports a Marsden group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 22  Arkadiusz Kubczak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 25  Merry Christmas to all
Dec 26  Shihong Yuan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 26  Hua Su, Rainer Kracht and Shihong Yuan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 28  Rainer Kracht reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 28  Rob Matson reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 29  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images