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.

old Design.	new Design.	Comet's Name	discovered	T	q [AU]	m_max	Coma [']	FGK
1986l	C/1986 P1	Wilson	Aug 05, 1986	Apr 20, 1987	1.20	11.5	0.7	V
1987g	10P	P/Tempel 2	Jan 25, 1987	Sep 16, 1988	1.38	8.2	10	V, P
1987p	19P	P/Borrelly	Jun 05, 1987	Dec 18, 1987	1.36	7.8	9	V, P
1987s	C/1987 P1	Bradfield	Aug 11, 1987	Nov 07, 1987	0.87	6.5	11	V, P
1987b1	C/1987 U3	McNaught	Oct 18, 1987	Dec 11, 1987	0.84	6.3	5	V, P
1987f1	C/1987 W2	Furuyama	Nov 23, 1987	Mar 03, 1988	1.68	10.5	1.5	V
1988a	C/1988 A1	Liller	Jan 11, 1988	Mar 31, 1988	0.84	5.7	8	V, P
1988g	C/1988 J1	Shoemaker-Holt	May 13, 1988	Feb 14, 1988	1.17	13.0	1.0	P
1988h	C/1988 L1	Shoemaker-Holt-Rodiguez	Jun 11, 1988	Jun 12, 1989	2.47	13.5	0.8	V, P
1988j	C/1988 P1	Machholz	Aug 06, 1988	Sep 17, 1988	0.16	6.1	7	V, P
	29P	P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1	-	Sep 12, 1989	5.76	12.5	2.0	P

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