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Astronomical League Comet Observing Program Submittal Form

  

Date:  __________________________________

 

Name: ___James L Twellman___________

 

Mailing Address:  _______________________________

 

e-mail Address: __________________________________

 

Astronomical League Affiliation:  ___Astronomical Society of Eastern Missouri_____

 

List comets observed for SILVER:           

 

  1.   P1/Halley                                     (1986)                      
  2.  109P/Swift-Tuttle                         (1992)                          
  3.  73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann “C”                                                   
  4.  C/2006 M4 (Swan)                                                                                      
  5.  C/2006 P1 (McNaught)                                            
  6.  17P/Holmes                                                                                  
  7.  8P/Tuttle                                                     
  8.  C/2007 W1  (Boattini)                         
  9.  C/2008 A1 (McNaught)                          
  10. C/2007 N3  (Lulin)                             
  11. C/2006 W3 (Christensen)              
  12. 88P/Howell                                     
    13.                                                                           

I observed other comets in addition to this list, but some I could not get (or simply did not make the effort on) a second chance at drawing, so they do not count toward this Astronomical League effort (unless a tail is seen).  My apologies on my “artwork”.  I am a “stick-figure” kind of guy when it comes to drawing.  However, I can say that I have gotten better (with respect to comets) with time. 
 
Some personal statistics of these observations thru November 12, 2012:
# comets observed  =  22
# comets with tails seen = 8  (rest were 'fuzzballs')
# comets seen primarily in AM hours = 3    (eastern sky is light polluted)
# comets seen primarily in PM hours = 19  
# comets observed with either naked eye or binos = 12   (binos are an essential tool)
# comets observed with the naked eye = 6  (17P/Holmes,  C/2006 M4 Swan, + 3 below)
# comets with naked-eye tails observed = 4  (these are special:  Hyakutake, Hale-Bopp, C/2006 P1 McNaught, and C/2011 L4 PanSTARRS)
 
Links frequently used for comets:
 
 













For GOLD:

1.  C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake)          (1996)
2.  C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp)         (1997) 
3.  81P / Wild 2 
4.  C/2009 K5 (McNaught) 
5.  C/2009 R1 (McNaught) 
6.  103P/Hartley 2    
7.   C/2009 P1 (Garradd)
8.  168P/Hergenrother
 9.  C/2012 K5 (LINEAR) 
10. C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS)
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