| Object |
Other Name (s) |
Type of Object |
Thumbnail Image |
Comments |
| 2014 JO25 |
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Near-Earth object (NEO). 2014 JO25 is a potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA). |
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2014 JO25 made a close approach to the Earth on April 19-20, 2017. It moved rapidly by M64 on the morning of April 20th (UT). |
| 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak |
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Periodic Comet |
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| 45P/Honda_Mrkos-Pajdusakova |
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Periodic Comet |
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Extremely rapidly moving at is unusually close pass to the Earth on Saturday February 11, 2017.
200-second luminous exposure not tracking on the comet. |
| 46/P Wirtanen |
Comet Wirtanen |
Periodic Comet |
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| Comet Giacobini-Zinner on 17 November 1998 at 03:00 hrs UT |
21P/Giacobini-Zinner |
Periodic Comet |
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| 21P/Giacobini-Zinner and M35 |
On the morning of Saturday 15 September 2018 Comet Giacobini-Zinner crossed in front of M35 |
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Images obtained with Explosre Scientific 102 mm f/7 telescope and Canon 60Da camera at ISO 1600
Moving gif image showing 21P/Giacobini-Zinner crossing in front of M35 |
| 21P/Giacobini-Zinner and M35 |
On the morning of Saturday 15 September 2018 Comet Giacobini-Zinner crossed in front of M35 |
Periodic comet |
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Images obtained with ASA 20-inch f/3.6 telescope and FLI Proline 9000 CCD
Moving GIF showing 21P/Giacobini-Zinner passing in front of M35 on the morning of Saturday September 15, 2018 |
| Comet Hale-Bopp |
C/1995 O1 Hale
Bopp |
Long Period Comet |
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Image obtained 13
October 1996 with HPC-1 camera. |
| Comet Hale-Bopp |
C/1995 O1 Hale
Bopp |
Long Period Comet |
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The nucleus of the
comet is well seen with this image obtained in April
1997. |
| Comet Hartley2 |
103P/Hartley |
Periodic Comet |
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Image obtained on
the evening of 30-31 October 2010. |
| Comet Holmes: 18
November 2007 |
P/17 |
Periodic Comet in
outburst |
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Periodic comet in
outburst. Dream Machine image. |
| Comet Holmes: 18
November 2007 |
P/17 |
Periodic Comet in
outburst |
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Periodic comet in
outburst.
Meade LDX55 image. |
| Comet Holmes 6 March 2008 |
P/17 |
Periodic Comet in
outburst |
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| Comet Hyakutake 25 March 1996 |
C/1996 B2 |
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Ax6 CCD camera
using a 105 mm Nikon lens.
Expsure 20-seconds
at Grasslands Observatory
by: M. Newberry and J. McGaha |
| Comet Ikeya-Zhang on 2 March 2002 |
C/2002 C1 |
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20-second exposure
with Finger Lakes Instrumentation Dream Machine CCD
camera. |
| Comet Ikeya-Zhang
on 13 March 2002 at 2:00 hrs UT |
C/2002 C1 |
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This image is a
composite of short (30-60 second) exposures through red
(R), green (V), blue (B), and clear (CL) filters added
together. |
| Comet Iwamoto |
C/2018 Y1 |
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This image is a
composite of 30- second) exposures through red
(R), green (V), blue (B), and clear (CL) filters added
together. |
| Comet Johnson |
C/2015 V2 |
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Comet Johnson on the morning of January 7, 2017.
Comet Johnson on April 30, 2017 (UT)
Comet Johnson on May 20, 2017 (UT) |
| Comet Linear |
C/2002 T7 |
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Comet Linear 2002 T7, 12 June 2004 |
This image is a
composite of short (30-60 second) exposures through red
(R), green (V), blue (B), and open (O) filters added
together. |
| Comet Lovejoy |
C/2014 Q2 |
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The Canon 5D camera was piggybacked on the 24-inch telescope. Also pictured are the Pleiades and the California Nebula. |
| Comet Lovejoy |
C/2014 Q2 |
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The Canon 20Da camera was piggybacked on the 24-inch telescope. Also pictured are the Pleiades. |
| Comet Lovejoy |
C/2014 Q2 |
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| Comet Lovejoy |
C/2014 Q2 |
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| Comet Lovejoy |
C/2017 E4 |
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| Comet Machholz |
C/2004 Q2 |
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Comet Machholz 12 December 2004
Comet Machholz near the Pleiades 7 January 2005. Ten
minute exposure with Canon 10D digital camera and 20 mm
f/2 lens, ISO 1600. By James McGaha
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The prime focus
image is a composite of short (30-90 second) exposures
through red (R), green (V), and blue (B) filters added
together. |
| Comet Neat on 30
January 2003 |
C/2002 V1 |
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This image is a
composite of short (30-60 second) exposures through red
(R), green (V), blue (B), and open (O) filters added
together. |
| Comet PANSTARRS |
C/2015 ER61 |
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Comet is in outburst |
| Comet PanSTARRS |
C/2016 R2 |
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ASA 20-inch f/3.5 telescope image on January 13, 2018
PlaneWave CDK24 24-inch f/6.5 telescope image on January 15, 2018
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| Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 |
29P/ |
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29P/ in "outburst" on August 5, 2016. |
| Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 |
29P/ |
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29P/ on the morning of June 3, 2017 |
| Comet Shoemaker Levy 9 |
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Comet
Shoemaker-Levy 9, May 5, 1994. Image taken by James
McGaha with HPC-1 CCD Camera at the Grasslands
Observatory.
The original digital image was lost. The present image
was obtained by scanning a slide of the original CCD
image. |
