The following table gives a summary of the comets brighter than 16 mag, which were observed by members of the German Comet Section.

The maximum brightness of comets brighter than 10.0 mag is given with an accuracy of 0.1 mag, that of fainter comets with an accuracy of 0.5 mag. The maximum coma diameter is given with an accuracy of 0.1' for comae less than 1', with an accuracy of 0.5' for comae between 1' and 5' and with an accuracy of 1' for larger comae.

Designation	discovered	T	q [AU]	m_max	Coma [']	FGK
C/1998 M5 (LINEAR)	Jun 30, 1998	Jan 24, 1999	1.74	9.3	4.5	V, P, C
C/1998 P1 (Williams)	Aug 10, 1998	Oct 17, 1998	1.15	9.4	6	V, P, C
C/1998 T1 (LINEAR)	Oct 02, 1998	Jun 25, 1999	1.47	8.5	8	V
P/1998 U3 (Jäger)	Oct 23, 1998	Mar 10, 1999	2.13	10.5	3.0	V, P, C
C/1998 U5 (LINEAR)	Oct 20, 1998	Dec 21, 1998	1.24	10.5	3.5	V, C
P/1998 W1 (Spahr)	Nov 16, 1998	Jan 17, 1999	1.72	14.5	1.0	V, P
C/1999 H1 (Lee)	Apr 16, 1999	Jul 11, 1999	0.71	6.5	12	V, P, C
C/1999 H3 (LINEAR)	Apr 22, 1999	Aug 18, 1999	3.50	13.0	1.5	V, P, C
C/1999 J2 (Skiff)	May 13, 1999	Apr 05, 2000	7.11	14.5	0.9	V, P, C
C/1999 J3 (LINEAR)	May 13, 1999	Sep 20, 1999	0.98	7.4	10	V, P, C
C/1999 K6 (LINEAR)	May 20, 1999	Jul 24, 1999	2.25	15.0	0.6	V, C
C/1999 K8 (LINEAR)	May 26, 1999	Apr 24, 2000	4.20	13.5	1.0	V, P, C
C/1999 L3 (LINEAR)	Jun 09, 1999	Jan 04, 2000	1.99	12.5	2.0	V
C/1999 N2 (Lynn)	Jul 13, 1999	Jul 23, 1999	0.76	7.0	7	V, P, C
C/1999 S3 (LINEAR)	Sep 24, 1999	Nov 09, 1999	1.89	12.0	1.5	V, P, C
C/1999 S4 (LINEAR)	Sep 27, 1999	Jul 26, 2000	0.77	13.5	1.0	V, C
10P/Tempel	-	Sep 08, 1999	1.48	9.4	3.5	V, P, C
21P/Giacobini-Zinner	-	Nov 21, 1998	1.03	10.5	3.0	V, C
29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann	-	Jun 28, 2004	5.72	12.5	1.5	V
37P/Forbes	-	May 04, 1999	1.45	12.0	2.0	V
50P/Arend	-	Aug 03, 1999	1.92	14.0	0.8	V
52P/Harrington-Abell	-	Jan 27, 1999	1.76	10.5	3.0	V, P, C
59P/Kearns-Kwee	-	Sep 16, 1999	2.34	14.5	1.0	V, P
60P/Tsuchinshan	-	Mar 08, 1999	1.77	14.5	0.6	V
84P/Giclas	-	Aug 25, 1999	1.85	14.0	0.9	V
93P/Lovas	-	Oct 14, 1998	1.69	12.5	1.5	V, P
106P/Schuster	-	Dec 16, 1999	1.55	13.0	1.0	V, P
114P/Wiseman-Skiff	-	Jan 11, 2000	1.57	13.5	1.5	V, P, C
140P/Bowell-Skiff	-	May 14, 1999	1.97	15.0	0.3	P
141P/Machholz-A	-	Dec 09, 1999	0.75	9.7	5.0	V
141P/Machholz-D	-	Dec 09, 1999	0.75	11.0	2.0	V

Explanation

• discovered = Date of Discovery
• T = Date of Perihelion
• q [AU] = Perihelion Distance in AU
• m_max = maximum brightness observed in the course of the year
• Coma ['] = maximum coma diameter (in arcminutes) observed in the course of the year
• FGK = Observation Method used by the members of the German Comet Section (V = visual observation, P = Photography, C = CCD / Digital Camera)

Andreas Kammerer