British Astronomical Association
Comet Section

2016 News

Jan 01  Happy New Year
Jan 02  Recovery of 2010 V1 (P/Ikeya-Murakami) as 2015 Y2 reported
Jan 04  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jan 05  Secondary component of 2015 Y2 designated
Jan 07  Discovery of 2016 A1 (PanSTARRS) reported
Jan 07  Discovery of 2016 A2 (P/Christensen) reported
Jan 07  Discovery of 2016 A3 (PanSTARRS) reported
Jan 09  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 10  Cometary activity detected in 2007 VA85
Jan 11  Recovery of 2001 F1 (P/NEAT) as 2016 A4 reported
Jan 16  Discovery of 2016 A5 (PanSTARRS) reported
Jan 18  Bo Zhou reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Jan 19  Discovery of 2016 A6 (PanSTARRS) reported
Jan 19  Michal Biesiada reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 22  Discovery of 2016 A7 (P/PanSTARRS) reported
Jan 22  Discovery of 2016 B1 (NEOWISE) reported
Jan 29  Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 29  Discovery of 2016 A8 (LINEAR) reported
Jan 29  Discovery of 2015 VL62 reported
Feb 01  Cometary nature of 2015 ER61 (PanSTARRS) reported
Feb 01  Cometary nature of 2015 PD229 (ISON-Cameron) reported
Feb 04  Trygve Prestgard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 05  Recovery of 2008 Y2 (P/Gibbs) as 2016 A9 reported
Feb 06  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 06  Bo Zhou reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Feb 10  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 11  Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 11  Trygve Prestgard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 14  Discovery of 2016 C1 (PanSTARRS) reported
Feb 14  Worachate Boonplod, Gabriel Murawski and Salil Mulye report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 15  Discovery of 2016 BA14 (P/PanSTARRS) reported
Feb 15  Recovery of 2006 G1 as 2016 B2 (P/McNaught) reported
Feb 18  Discovery of 2016 C2 (NEOWISE) reported
Feb 21  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 23  Worachate Boonplod reports the recovery of 2003 T12 (P/SOHO) in STEREO COR2 images
Feb 23  Trygve Prestgard reports a Kreutz group comet in STEREO HI1-A images
Mar 05  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 11  Discovery of 2016 E1 (PanSTARRS) reported
Mar 12  Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 16  Discovery of 2015 B4 (P/Lemmon-PanSTARRS) reported
Mar 16  Discovery of 2016 E2 (Kowalski) reported
Mar 19  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 20  Jiangao Ruan reports a non-group comet in real time C2 images
Mar 21  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 25  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 29  Shaoxiong Gu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 31  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 03  Salil Mulye reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Apr 04  Szymon Liwo reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 04  Discovery of 2016 G1 (P/PanSTARRS) reported
Apr 07  Discovery of 2015 HG16 (P/PanSTARRS) reported
Apr 15  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 16  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 19  Khadija El Kanbi reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 19  2015 WZ (PanSTARRS) reclassified as a comet
Apr 20  Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 22  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Apr 24  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Apr 26  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 30  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 01  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 02  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 03  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 07  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 08  Discovery of 2016 J1 (P/PanSTARRS) announced
May 08  Discovery of 2016 J2 (Denneau) announced
May 13  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 14  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 15  Worachate Boonpold reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 15  Sergey Shurpakov reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 17  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 17  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 20  Trygve Prestgard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 20  Szymon Liwo reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 21  Sergey Shurpakov reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 21  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 22  Masanori Uchina reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C2 images
May 22  Khadija El Kanbi reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 26  Scott Ferguson reports a non-group comet in STEREO H1 images
May 29  Discovery of 2016 KA (Catalina) announced
May 30  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 31  Discovery of 2016 J3 (P/STEREO) announced
Jun 02  Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 03  Bo Zhou reports a non-group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 04  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 05  Discovery of 2016 K1 (LINEAR) announced
Jun 05  Recovery of 2010 N1 (P/WISE) as 2016 GE216 announced
Jun 05  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 06  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 06  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 08  Worachate Boonplod and Szymon Liwo report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 08  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 11  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 11  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 11  Szymon Liwo reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 12  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 12  Trygve Prestgard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 14  Trygve Prestgard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 14  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 15  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 16  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 17  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 20  Zhijian Xu reports a non-group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 20  Aleksandra Sufa and Michal Kusiak report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 23  Michal Kusiak reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 23  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 24  Discovery of 2016 M1 (PanSTARRS) reported
Jun 25  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 25  Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 30  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jul 01  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 01  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kracht group comet in real time C2 images
Jul 02  Worachate Boonplod and Szymon Liwo report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jul 03  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jul 03  Recovery of 2009 K1 (P/Gibbs) as 2016 M2 announced
Jul 03  Recovery of 2008 J3 (P/McNaught) as 2016 N1 announced
Jul 04  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jul 05  Recovery of 2008 T1 (P/Boattini) as 2016 N2 announced
Jul 06  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jul 07  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jul 07  Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jul 08  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 10  Sergey Shurpakov and Masanori Uchina report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 17  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 17  Recovery of 2007 R3 (P/Gibbs) as 2016 N3 reported
Jul 17  Discovery of 2016 N4 (MASTER) reported
Jul 19  Bo Zhou reports a non-group comet in real time C2 images
Jul 20  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 21  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 22  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 23  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 26  Worachate Boonplod reports a non-group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 26  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 27  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jul 29  Worachate Boonplod reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Jul 30  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 01  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 02  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 03  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 09  2014 HU195 identified as a comet
Aug 10  Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 10  Linkage of 2000 O3 (SOHO) with 2016 N5 published
Aug 11  Egor Isaev reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 14  Discovery of 2016 P1 (P/PanSTARRS) reported
Aug 14  Discovery of 2016 P2 (P/PanSTARRS) reported
Aug 14  Recovery of 2003 SQ215 (P/NEAT-LONEOS) as 2016 P3 reported
Aug 15  2015 TP200 (LINEAR) identified as a comet
Aug 15  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 17  Peiyuan Sun reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 23  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 23  Worachate Boonplod reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Aug 23  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 26  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 28  Discovery of 2016 N6 (PanSTARRS) reported
Aug 29  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Aug 30  Recovery of 2005 S3 (P/Read) as 2016 Q1 reported
Aug 30  Discovery 2016 Q2 (PanSTARRS) reported
Aug 30  Recovery of A/2008 SH164 as 2016 Q3 (LINEAR) reported
Sep 01  Discovery of 2016 Q4 (Kowalski) reported
Sep 02  Recovery of 2007 T6 (Catalina) as 2016 R1 reported
Sep 02  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 03  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 06  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 08  Discovery of 2016 P4 (PanSTARRS) reported
Sep 09  Discovery of 2016 R2 (PanSTARRS) reported
Sep 12  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 15  Peiyuan Sun reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 16  Discovery of 2016 R3 (Borisov) reported
Sep 18  Peiyuan Sun reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 26  Sergey Shurpakov reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 26  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Sep 26  Sergey Shurpakov reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 27  Discovery of 2016 SV (P/PanSTARRS) reported
Sep 28  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Sep 29  Discovery of 2016 S1 (PanSTARRS) reported
Sep 30  Discovery of 2016 R4 (P/Gibbs) reported
Oct 04  Szymon Liwo reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 04  Trygve Prestgard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 06  Trygve Prestgard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 11  Discovery of 2016 T1 (Matheny) reported
Oct 13  Discovery of 2016 T2 (Matheny) reported
Oct 14  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 14  Sergey Shurpakov reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 15  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 15  Death of Klim Churyumov reported
Oct 18  Worachate Boonplod reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C2 images
Oct 18  Trygve Prestgard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 20  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 21  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 22  Szymon Liwo reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 24  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 26  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 28  Trygve Prestgard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Oct 30  Sergey Shurpakov reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Oct 30  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 03  Discovery of 2016 U1 (NEOWISE) reported
Nov 04  Worachate Boonplod reports a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 04  Worachate Boonplod reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C2 images
Nov 04  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 05  We regret to report the death of Roy Panther, discoverer of 1980 Y2
Nov 07  Szymon Liwo reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 13  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 15  Sergey Shurpakov reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 16  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 17  Trygve Prestgard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 17  Worachate Boonplod reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
Nov 19  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 22  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 23  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 23  Worachate Boonplod reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C2 images
Nov 27  Worachate Boonplod and Szymon Liwo report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Nov 28  Peiyuan Sun reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 29  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Nov 30  Peiyuan Sun reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 01  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 05  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 05  Worachate Boonplod reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
Dec 06  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 09  Peiyuan Sun reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 14  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 15  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C2 images
Dec 16  Peiyuan Sun reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 21  Discovery of 2016 X1 (Lemmon) reported
Dec 25  A Happy Christmas to all comet observers
Dec 25  Peiyuan Sun reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 26  Szymon Liwo reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Dec 30  Bo Zhou reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Dec 31  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images