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Summary of the brighter comets in 2015


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/2006 S3 (LONEOS) Sep 19, 2006 Apr 16, 2012 5.13 14.5 0.7 C
C/2011 J2 (LINEAR) May 04, 2011 Dec 25, 2013 3.44 15.5 0.8 C
C/2011 KP36 (Spacewatch) May 21, 2011 May 26, 2016 4.88 13.5 0.5 V, C
C/2012 F3 (PanSTARRS) Mar 16, 2012 Apr 06, 2015 3.46 13.5 0.7 C
C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) Jan 03, 2013 Oct 25, 2014 1.40 11.5 1.5 V, C
C/2013 US10 (CATALINA) Oct 31, 2013 Nov 15, 2015 0.82 6.3 12 V, C
C/2013 V2 (Borisov) Nov 06, 2013 Oct 14, 2014 3.51 15.5 0.5 C
C/2013 V4 (CATALINA) Nov 09, 2013 Oct 07, 2015 5.19 15.5 0.4 C
C/2013 X1 (PanSTARRS) Dec 04, 2013 Apr 20, 2016 1.31 9.5 4.5 V, C
C/2014 A4 (SONEAR) Jan 12, 2014 Sep 05, 2015 4.18 15.0 0.5 C
C/2014 N3 (NEOWISE) Jul 04, 2014 Mar 13, 2015 3.88 15.0 0.5 C
C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS) Aug 16, 2014 Jul 06, 2015 0.31 3.7 7 Southern Sky
C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) Aug 17, 2014 Jan 30, 2015 1.29 4.0 28 V, C
C/2014 R1 (Borisov) Sep 05, 2014 Nov 19, 2014 1.35 11.5 2.0 C
C/2014 S2 (PanSTARRS) Sep 22, 2014 Dec 09, 2015 2.10 9.1 5.0 V, C
C/2014 W2 (PanSTARRS) Nov 17, 2014 Mar 10, 2016 2.67 13.0 0.9 V, C
C/2014 W11 (PanSTARRS) Nov 26, 2014 Jun 17, 2015 3.43 15.0 0.5 V, C
C/2015 C2 (SWAN) Feb 15, 2015 Mar 04, 2015 0.71 9.5 2.5 C
C/2015 D1 (SOHO) Feb 18, 2015 Feb 19, 2015 0.03 8.0 30 V, C
C/2015 F2 (POLONIA) Mar 23, 2015 Apr 28, 2015 1.21 14.5 0.5 C
C/2015 F3 (SWAN) Mar 24, 2015 Mar 09, 2015 0.83 9.4 4.5 V, C
C/2015 F4 (Jacques) Mar 27, 2015 Aug 10, 2015 1.64 11.0 2.5 V, C
C/2015 F5 (SWAN-XINGMING) Mar 29, 2015 Mar 28, 2015 0.35 9.4 3.5 V, C
C/2015 G2 (MASTER) Apr 07, 2015 May 23, 2015 0.78 5.9 10 C
C/2015 P3 (SWAN) Aug 03, 2015 Jul 27, 2015 0.72 11.5 2.5 C
C/2015 X8 (NEOWISE) Dec 14, 2015 Oct 23, 2015 1.19 12.5 2.5 V, C
4P/Faye - May 29, 2014 1.66 14.5 0.7 V, C
10P/Tempel - Nov 14, 2015 2.06 11.0 4.5 V, C
15P/Finlay - Dec 27, 2014 0.98 7.0 4.5 V, C
17P/Holmes - Mar 27, 2014 2.06 13.0 1.0 V, C
19P/Borrelly - May 28, 2015 1.35 12.0 1.0 V, C
22P/Kopff - Oct 25, 2015 1.56 11.0 3.5 V, C
29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann - Mar 07, 2019 5.77 11.5 1.5 C
32P/Comas Sola - Oct 17, 2014 2.00 13.5 1.2 V, C
61P/Shajn-Schaldach - Oct 02, 2015 2.11 14.5 0.6 C
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko - Aug 13, 2015 1.24 11.0 1.5 V, C
81P/Wild - Jul 20, 2016 1.59 13.5 1.0 C
88P/Howell - Apr 06, 2015 1.36 9.6 4.0 V, C
110P/Hartley - Dec 17, 2014 2.48 14.5 0.3 C
116P/Wild - Jan 11, 2016 2.19 13.5 0.7 C
117P/Helin-Roman-Alu - Mar 27, 2014 3.06 13.0 1.5 C
141P/Machholz - Aug 25, 2015 0.76 11.5 2.5 V, C
201P/LONEOS - Jan 14, 2015 1.34 15.5 0.3 C
205P/Giacobini - May 13, 2015 1.54 15.0 0.5 C
218P/LINEAR - Apr 23, 2015 1.17 14.0 0.5 C
230P/LINEAR - Nov 18, 2015 1.49 13.5 0.7 C
318P/McNauht-Hartley - Oct 22, 2015 2.45 15.0 0.5 C

Explanation

Andreas Kammerer


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