Comet Images

Due to the ever increasing number of images, the image page has been reorganized. Each comet now has its own sub-page.

If you plan to republish any of the images presented on the COHP (on the Web, USENET, or in print), you are strongly advised to obtain permission from the person who took the image. My understanding of copyright laws is that all material is effectively copyrighted and the lack of a "copyright" does not void that protection. For explicitly copyrighted images, there is no grey area. You must obtain permission from the person who took the image.

Information on submitting images is provided here. (Updated 2/26/96)

Images are available for the following comets...

Dates indicate when the sub-page was last updated.

Periodic Comets

2P/Encke [4 images] (5/11/95)

6P/d'Arrest [22 images] (2/11/96)

9P/Tempel 1 [1 image] (11/27/95)

19P/Borrelly [5 images] (5/11/95)

22P/Kopff [12 images] (7/10/96)

29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 [22 images] (6/19/96)

32P/Comas Sola [1 images] (11/27/95)

41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak [1 image] (8/24/95)

45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova [12 images] (2/18/95)

46P/Wirtanen [1 image] (7/9/96)

58P/Jackson-Neujmin [14 images] (2/1/96)

65P/Gunn [6 images] (9/19/96)

67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko [18 images] (2/25/96)

71P/Clark [11 images] (12/12/95)

73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3

September-October 1995 [20 images] (11/4/95)

November 1995 [10 images] (12/5/95)

December 1995 - February 1996 [21 images] (2/17/96)

74P/Smirnova-Chernykh [1 images] (11/27/95)

95P/Chiron [11 images] (6/11/96)

116P/Wild 4 [16 images] (6/19/96)

120P/Mueller 1 [1 image] (11/27/95)

122P/de Vico = P/1995 S1

September 1995 [19 images] (12/4/95)

October 1995 [31 images] (12/5/95)

November 1995 [5 images] (12/3/95)

P/1994 P1 (Machholz 2) = 1994o [2 images] (5/11/95)

P/1996 A1 (Jedicke) [5 images] (2/1/96)

Long Period Comets

C/1993 A1 (Mueller) = 1993a [1 image] (5/11/95)

C/1993 Q1 (Mueller) = 1993p [1 image] (5/11/95)

C/1994 G1 (Takamizawa-Levy) = 1994f [1 image] (5/11/95)

C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp)

1995 Images [15 images] (2/11/96)

February - May 1996 Images [20 images] (7/9/96)

June 1996 Images [16 images, 1 movie] (7/9/96)

July 1996 Images [2 images] (7/10/96)

August 1996 Images [3 images] (8/15/96)

September 1996 Images [5 images] (8/7/96)

October 1996 Images [2 images] (11/20/96)

November 1996 Images [2 images] (2/5/97)

December 1996 Images [1 image] (2/5/97)

January 1997 Images [6 images] (2/5/97)

February 1997 Images [0 image] (2/5/97)

March 1997 Images [0 image] (2/5/97)

April 1997 Images [0 image] (2/5/97)

May 1997 Images [0 image] (2/5/97)

..... C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) - Ron Baalke's Page of Images

C/1995 Q1 (Bradfield) [12 images] (12/13/95)

C/1995 Q2 (Hartley-Drinkwater) [1 image] (9/1/95)

C/1995 Y1 (Hyakutake) [7 images] (3/3/96)

C/1996 B1 (Szczepanski) [18 images] (5/22/96)

C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) - General Information

January-February 1996 Images [31 images] (3/11/96)

March 1-10, 1996 Images [18 images] (3/14/96)

March 11-20, 1996 Images [43 images] (6/19/96)

March 21-25, 1996 Images [42 images, 1 movie] (6/29/96)

March 26-31, 1996 Images [21 images] (8/5/96)

April 1-10, 1996 Images [16 images] (6/25/96)

April 11-20, 1996 Images [25 images] (6/25/96)

April 21-30, 1996 Images [0 images] (4/2/96)

May 1996 - June Images [9 images] (6/12/96)

..... C/1996 B2 (Hyakutake) - Ron Baalke's Page of Images

C/1996 J1 (Evans-Drinkwater) [2 images] (5/29/96)

C/1996 N1 (Brewington) [3 images] (7/9/96)

C/1996 N2 (Elst-Pizarro) [1 image1] (9/19/96)

C/1996 P2 (Russell-Watson) [1 images] (8/19/96)

C/1996 Q1 (Tabur) [2 images, orbit diagrams] (11/20/96)

Other Comet Images

Jim Scotti was the first to provide images to this page. As a member of the Spacewatch Telescope team, Jim and other members of Spacewatch monitor comets and Earth-approaching asteroids. Several comets have been discovered by Spacewatch. The most recent was P/1996 A1 (Jedicke).

Carl Hergenrother, Lunar and Planetary Lab, maintains a nice page with recent images and news of comets, including many faint comets. By agreement, his images will be posted on this page after he is finished with them (He only posts a single image of each comet). Images of 9P, 32P, 74P, and 120P were provided by Carl Hergenrother.

The most prolific contributor in the Northern Hemisphere to this image page is Tim Puckett of Villa Rica, Georgia. Tim images all comets, not just the bright ones. He maintains his own home page on The Puckett Observatory that shows his impressive array of telescopes and his images of comets and other objects.

Telescopes In Education (TIE) 24" (60 cm) Telescope on Mt. Wilson, CA.

The ST-6 CCD images taken by the author were made using the TIE 60cm f/3.5 reflector on Mt. Wilson. The telescope produces images of 13.9'x10.5 that reach 20th magnitude in an unfiltered 40 second exposure. This telescope is available for use by schools (K-12th grade) and amateurs. More information on the TIE program (including more images ... some of galaxies) can be found here.

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Comets Currently Visible

Information on Comet Hale-Bopp for the Non-Astronomer

Recent News and Observations

Ephemerides for Current Bright Comets

Comet Definitions

Other Sources of Comet Information

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