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/2003 T4 (LINEAR)	Oct 13, 2003	Apr 03, 2005	0.85	7.8	3.5	V, C
C/2003 WT42 (LINEAR)	Nov 19, 2003	Apr 10, 2006	5.19	13.5	0.7	C
C/2004 K1 (Catalina)	May 21, 2004	Jul 05, 2005	3.40	15.0	1.0	C
C/2004 L1 (LINEAR)	Jun 12, 2004	Mar 30, 2005	2.05	14.0	-	C
C/2004 Q1 (Tucker)	Aug 23, 2004	Dec 06, 2004	2.05	11.5	2.5	V, C
C/2004 Q2 (Machholz)	Aug 27, 2004	Jan 24, 2005	1.21	3.7	32	V, C, P
P/2004 VR8 (LONEOS)	Nov 03, 2004	Sep 02, 2005	2.38	15.0	0.5	C
C/2004 V13 (SWAN)	Nov 30, 2004	Dec 21, 2004	0.18	10.5	1.5	V, C
C/2005 A1 (LINEAR)	Jan 13, 2005	Apr 10, 2005	0.91	8.0	5	V, C
C/2005 B1 (Christensen)	Jan 16, 2005	Feb 23, 2006	3.20	15.5	-	C
C/2005 E2 (McNaught)	Mar 12, 2005	Feb 23, 2006	1.52	10.5	2.5	V, C
P/2005 JQ5 (Catalina)	May 06, 2005	Jul 28, 2005	0.83	10.0	10	C
C/2005 K1 (Skiff)	May 16, 2005	Nov 21, 2005	3.69	14.5	0.7	V, C
C/2005 K2 (LINEAR)	May 19, 2005	Jul 05, 2005	0.54	9.0	5	C
P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	May 20, 2005	Aug 11, 2005	1.51	13.5	0.5	V, C
C/2005 N1 (Juels-Holvorcem)	Jul 02, 2005	Aug 22, 2005	1.13	11.5	2.0	C
C/2005 P3 (SWAN)	Aug 04, 2005	Aug 09, 2005	0.53	9.5	3.0	V, C
P/2005 R2 (Van Ness)	Sep 10, 2005	Feb 10, 2005	2.13	12.5	1.0	V, C
P/2005 T4 (SWAN)	Oct 06, 2005	Oct 10, 2005	0.65	12.0	1.0	C
9P/Tempel	-	Jul 05, 2005	1.51	10.5	5	V, C
21P/Giacobini-Zinner	-	Jul 02, 2005	1.04	10.0	2.0	C
29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann	-	Jul 10, 2004	5.72	12.5	1.5	V, C
32P/Comas Sola	-	Apr 01, 2005	1.83	12.5	1.5	V, C
37P/Forbes	-	Aug 01, 2005	1.57	12.0	1.0	C
49P/Arend-Rigaux	-	Feb 24, 2005	1.37	13.0	0.8	V, C
62P/Tsuchinshan	-	Dec 07, 2004	1.49	12.0	2.0	V
78P/Gehrels	-	Oct 27, 2004	2.01	11.0	2.5	V, C
117P/Helin-Roman-Alu	-	Dec 19, 2005	3.04	14.0	0.4	C
141P/Machholz	-	Feb 28, 2005	0.75	12.0	1.0	C
161P/Hartley-IRAS	-	Jun 20, 2005	1.28	11.0	3.0	V, C
168P/Hergenrother	-	Nov 02, 2005	1.43	15.0	-	C
169P/NEAT	-	Sep 17, 2005	0.61	11.0	5	V, C

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