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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/2011 KP36 (Spacewatch) | May 21, 2011 | May 26, 2016 | 4.88 | 14.0 | 0.8 | C |
| C/2015 ER61 (PanSTARRS) | Mar 14, 2015 | May 09, 2017 | 1.04 | 6.1 | 7.5 | V, C |
| C/2015 O1 (PanSTARRS) | Jul 19, 2015 | Feb 19, 2018 | 3.73 | 13.5 | 0.8 | C |
| C/2015 V1 (PanSTARRS) | Nov 02, 2015 | Dec 17, 2017 | 4.27 | 14.5 | 0.6 | C |
| C/2015 V2 (Johnson) | Nov 03, 2015 | Jun 12, 2017 | 1.64 | 7.8 | 14 | V, C |
| C/2015 VL62 (Lemmon-Yeung-PanSTARRS) | Nov 02, 2015 | Aug 28, 2017 | 2.72 | 13.5 | 1.0 | V, C |
| C/2016 M1 (PanSTARRS) | Jun 22, 2016 | Aug 10, 2018 | 2.21 | 14.0 | 0.8 | V, C |
| C/2016 N4 (MASTER) | Jul 15, 2016 | Sep 16, 2017 | 3.20 | 14.5 | 0.8 | C |
| C/2016 N6 (PanSTARRS) | Jul 14, 2016 | Jul 18, 2018 | 2.67 | 13.5 | 0.8 | C |
| C/2016 R2 (PanSTARRS) | Sep 07, 2016 | May 09, 2018 | 2.60 | 11.0 | 4.5 | V, C |
| C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE) | Oct 21, 2016 | Jan 14, 2017 | 0.32 | 7.2 | 4.5 | V, C |
| C/2016 VZ18 (PanSTARRS) | Nov 06, 2016 | Mar 07, 2017 | 0.91 | 13.5 | 1.5 | C |
| C/2017 E1 (Borisov) | Mar 01, 2017 | Apr 10, 2017 | 0.90 | 10.5 | 2.5 | V, C |
| C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy) | Mar 09, 2017 | Apr 23, 2017 | 0.49 | 6.2 | 8 | V, C |
| C/2017 K4 (ATLAS) | May 26, 2017 | Jan 08, 2018 | 2.65 | 15.5 | 0.4 | C |
| C/2017 K6 (Jacques) | May 29, 2017 | Jan 03, 2018 | 2.00 | 14.0 | 1.0 | C |
| C/2017 O1 (ASASSN) | Jul 19, 2017 | Oct 14, 2017 | 1.50 | 8.9 | 10 | V, C |
| C/2017 S6 (CATALINA) | Sep 30, 2017 | Feb 26, 2018 | 1.54 | 15.0 | 0.3 | C |
| C/2017 T1 (Heinze) | Oct 02, 2017 | Feb 21, 2018 | 0.58 | 10.0 | 4.5 | V, C |
| 2P/Encke | - | Mar 10, 2017 | 0.34 | 7.5 | 3.5 | V, C |
| 24P/Schaumasse | - | Nov 16, 2017 | 1.21 | 11.5 | 3.5 | V, C |
| 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann | - | Mar 07, 2019 | 5.77 | 11.5 | 3.0 | V, C |
| 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak | - | Apr 12, 2017 | 1.05 | 6.9 | 30 | V, C |
| 43P/Wolf-Harrington | - | Aug 19, 2016 | 1.36 | 14.0 | 0.8 | C |
| 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova | - | Dec 31, 2016 | 0.53 | 6.1 | 25 | V, C |
| 62P/Tsuchinshan | - | Nov 16, 2017 | 1.38 | 10.5 | 4.0 | V, C |
| 65P/Gunn | - | Nov 16, 2017 | 2.91 | 14.0 | 0.8 | V, C |
| 71P/Clark | - | Jun 30, 2017 | 1.59 | 10.0 | 3.0 | V, C |
| 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann | - | Mar 16, 2017 | 0.97 | 12.0 | 1.0 | C |
| 96P/Machholz | - | Oct 27, 2017 | 0.12 | 11.0 | 1.0 | C |
| 144P/Kushida | - | Aug 31, 2016 | 1.43 | 13.5 | 0.8 | C |
| 145P/Shoemaker-Levy | - | Aug 31, 2017 | 1.90 | 14.5 | 0.8 | C |
| 174P/Echeclus | - | Apr 22, 2015 | 5.82 | 13.5 | 1.5 | V, C |
| 213P/Van Ness | - | Sep 24, 2017 | 1.98 | 13.5 | 0.7 | C |
| 217P/LINEAR | - | Jul 16, 2017 | 1.24 | 12.0 | 1.5 | V, C |
| 240P/NEAT | - | May 15, 2018 | 2.13 | 14.0 | 1.0 | C |
| 315P/LONEOS | - | Dec 06, 2016 | 2.42 | 14.0 | 0.6 | V, C |
| 355P/LINEAR-NEAT | - | Oct 12, 2017 | 1.72 | 15.0 | 1.0 | C |
Andreas Kammerer