British Astronomical Association
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2026 News

Jan 01 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jan 02 Jiangao Ruan reports two Kreutz comets in CCOR-1 images
Jan 03 Michael Stark reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jan 05 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jan 05 Peter Berrett reports a Kracht comet in archival C2 images
Jan 05 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jan 06 Discovery of 2025 X1 (PANSTARRS) reported
Jan 06 Discovery of 2025 Y1 reported
Jan 11 Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jan 11 Mikolaj Kaszczyk reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jan 12 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jan 13 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jan 14 Discovery of 2025 Y2 (P/PANSTARRS) reported
Jan 14 Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jan 15 Jiangao Ruan reports two Kreutz comets in CCOR-1 images
Jan 16 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jan 17 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jan 17 Jiangao Ruan reports six Kreutz comets in archival C3 images
Jan 18 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in C3 images
Jan 18 Mikolaj Kaszczyk reports a Kreutz comet in archival CCOR-1 images
Jan 20 Discovery of 2025 Y3 (PANSTARRS) reported
Jan 20 Discovery of 2026 A1 (MAPS) reported
Jan 20 Yanxi Li reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jan 21 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jan 24 Mikolaj Kaszczyk reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jan 27 Jiangao Ruan reports two Kreutz comets in CCOR-1 images
Jan 28 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jan 28 Discovery of 2026 B1 (P/PANSTARRS) reported
Jan 28 Discovery of 2026 B2 (Sun-Gao) reported
Jan 31 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Feb 02 Peter Berrett reports a non-group comet in archival C2 images
Feb 02 Mikolaj Kaszczyk reports two Kreutz group comets in CCOR-1 images
Feb 03 Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Feb 03 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Feb 04 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Feb 07 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Feb 08 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Feb 17 Discovery of 2026 B3 (PANSTARRS) reported
Feb 19 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Feb 24 Mikolaj Kaszczyk reports a Kreutz group comet in CCOR-1 images
Feb 25 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Feb 26 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Feb 28 Worachate Boonplod and Zhijian Xu report a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Feb 28 Mikolaj Kaszczyk reports a Kreutz group comet in CCOR-1 images
Mar 03 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in CCOR-1 images
Mar 03 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Mar 04 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Mar 05 Jiangao Ruan and Eryk Banach report a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Mar 05 Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Mar 06 Zhijian Xu reports a Meyer group comet in CCOR-1 images
Mar 06 Mikolaj Kaszczyk reports a comet in SWAN images - an artifact
Mar 07 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Mar 10 Jiangao Ruan reports a non-group comet in CCOR-1 images
Mar 11 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in CCOR-1 images
Mar 13 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Mar 14 Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Mar 17 2025 A1 redesignated as a comet
Mar 17 2025 Y1 redesignated as a comet
Mar 17 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Mar 18 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Mar 19 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Mar 20 Mikolaj Kaszczyk reports a non-group comet in CCOR-1 images
Mar 21 Discovery of 2026 C1 (Tsuchinshan) reported
Mar 21 Discovery of 2026 C2 (P/PANSTARRS) reported
Mar 21 Discovery of 2026 A2 (Bok) reported
Mar 21 Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Mar 25 2017 B4 (P/PANSTARRS) recovered as 2026 AH19
Mar 27 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Mar 29 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz comet in C3 images
Mar 30 Discovery of 2025 O4 [A/PANSTARRS] reported after a long sojurn on the PCCP
Mar 30 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Mar 31 Discovery of 2026 A3 (PANSTARRS) reported
Apr 01 Jiangao Ruan reports two Kreutz comets in archival CCOR-1 images
Apr 07 Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz comet in C3 images
Apr 08 Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Apr 10 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in C3 images
Apr 12 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Apr 12 Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Apr 15 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Apr 16 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Apr 19 Mikolaj Kaszczyk reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Apr 22 Discovery of 2026 E1 reported
Apr 22 Discovery of 2026 H1 (PanSTARRS) reported
Apr 24 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Apr 30 Jiangao Ruan reports two Kreutz comets in CCOR-1 images
May 02 Eryk Banach reports two Kreutz comets in C2 images
May 04 Jiangao Ruan reports two Kreutz comets in CCOR-1 images
May 05 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
May 06 Discovery of 2026 H2 (Leonard) reported
May 07 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
May 10 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz comet in C2 images
May 14 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
May 17 Jiangao Ruan and Eryk Banach report a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
May 18 Yanxi Li reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
May 19 Discovery of 2026 H3 (Bok) reported
May 19 Yanxi Li reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
May 20 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
May 21 Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz comet in C2 images
May 22 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in C2 images
May 25 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz comet in C2 images
May 26 Discovery of 2026 J1 (PANSTARS) reported
May 26 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
May 27 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
May 29 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz comet in C2 images
May 29 Eryk Banach reports a Meyer comet in C2 images
Jun 02 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jun 04 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz comet in C2 images
Jun 06 Death of Alan Hale reported
Jun 07 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz comet in C2 images
Jun 08 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jun 08 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jun 08 Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz comet in C2 images
Jun 09 Mikolaj Kaszczyk reports a Kreutz comet in C2 images
Jun 09 Trygve Prestgard reports a Kreutz comet in C2 images 
Jun 09 Discovery of 2026 L1 (PANSTARRS) reported
Jun 09 2026 AZ17 (Bok) designated as a comet
Jun 09 Recovery of 1999 RO28 (LONEOS) as 2025 N3 reported
Jun 11 Michael Stark reports a non-group comet in CCOR-1 images
Jun 11 Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz comet in C2 images
Jun 14 Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz comet in C2 images
Jun 14 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jun 15 Discovery of 2026 L2 (PANSTARRS) reported
Jun 15 Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz comet in G1 images
Jun 17 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jun 17 Mikolaj Kaszczyk reports a Kreutz comet in C2 images
Jun 17 Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz comet in C2 images
Jun 20 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jun 21 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jun 22 Recovery of 2018 VN2 reported by Jean-Francois Soulier
Jun 25 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jun 26 Recovery of 2021 N1 (P/ZTF) identified by Maik Meyer
Jun 11 Michael Stark reports a non-group comet in CCOR-1 images
Jun 26 Jiangao Ruan reports a non-group comet in CCOR-1 images
Jun 27 Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz comet in C2 images
Jun 28 Michael Stark reports a Kreutz comet in CCOR-1 images
Jun 29 Recovery of 2021 N1 reported by MPC
Jun 29 Recovery of 2006 HR30 reported by CBAT
Jun 30 Recovery of 2018 VN2 reported by MPC