Amateur Observing (4) Comet Hale-Bopp (8)

Comet Hyakutake (4) Comet Lee (2)

Websites in Comets

1. British Astronomical Association Comet Section
   News, recent observations, observing information and advice.
   http://www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/
   
   
2. Canadian Comet Catchers
   A list of comets discovered by Canadian astronomers.
   http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dave.chapman/CanCom.html
   
   
3. Catalogue of Comet Discoveries
   Downloadable catalog. Also news, reading list, articles, links.
   http://www.comethunter.de/
   
   
4. Comet Information and the International Comet Quarterly
   From the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. News, observations, orbital data, comet names and designations, links.
   http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/icq/icq.html
   
   
5. Comet Section of Germany
   News, observations, analyses of current comets, images, archives, links.
   http://www.fg-kometen.de/fgk_hpe.htm
   
   
6. Comet comet comet
   Overview of comets, as described by a professional comet researcher.
   http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/comet.html
   
   
7. Comet's Long Tail Tickles Ulysses
   The solar polar orbit satellite observed tail of comet Hyakutake by means of magnetic fields and particle count anomalies. Article from Science News.
   http://sciencenews.org/20000408/fob1.asp
   
   
8. Exploring The Planets: Comets
   History, orbits, composition, ways comets are studied, relation to meteor showers. Comets Halley, Shoemaker-Levy 9. From the National Air and Space Museum.
   http://www.nasm.edu/ceps/etp/comets/
   
   
9. How Stuff Works: Comet
   Informative illustrated explanation of what comets are, what they are made of, where they come from and how to observe them.
   http://www.howstuffworks.com/comet.htm
   
   
10. Nakano Note
    Orbit computations for selected comets.
    http://www.oaa.gr.jp/~oaacs/nk.htm
    
    
11. SOHO Sungrazers
    Images of sun grazing comets from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. Also, background, archives, and how to interpret images and report new discoveries.
    http://ares.nrl.navy.mil/sungrazer/
    
    
12. Small Comets
    The original discovery and latest news about a new class of interplanetary bodies.
    http://smallcomets.physics.uiowa.edu/
    
    
13. The Solar System in Actions: Comets
    Basic features and some more information on selected comets.
    http://www.harmsy.freeuk.com/comets.html
    
    
14. Views of the Solar System: Comets
    Basic features, data, discoveries, images and sections with specific information on selected comets.
    http://www.solarviews.com/eng/comet.htm
    
    
15. Wikipedia: Comet
    Encyclopedia entry covers physical characteristics, history. List of well-known comets.
    http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet
    
    
16. Windows to the Universe: Comets
    General information and data, pictures, details on the most interesting ones.
    http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/comets/comets.html
    
    

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