Baa Comet Section

There are daily finder charts for bright comets at heavens above.

Baa comet section. The comet section was founded in 1891 and w f denning was appointed first director. The section covers all aspects of comet observation both for pleasure and to potentially make a scientific contribution. The baa computing section has online charts for the comets listed here.

Updated 2010 march 19 1996 a2 soho. Visual observations are still very important but making accurate magnitude estimates can be tricky. 2001 december 20 the comet was listed amongst those due to.

The comet is named for the baa comet section director a c crommelin who first computed a linked orbit for comets seen in 1818 1873 and 1928. The selection of comets is mainly derived from the summary on the web site of the baa comet section. It was quite well observed in 1984 when it served as a test comet for the international halley watch.

Reinder bouma and edwin van dijk s astrosite groningen has an excellent set of finder charts for brighter comets which also show suitable comparison stars. Comet section comets are wonderfully unpredicatable objects. In the journal 1 490 1891 june denning sets forth the chief aims of the section and it is interesting to notice that this comprised not only the discovery of new comets and nebulae but also the recording of telescopic meteors.

There is further explanation at the bottom of this page. Next to a chart provides a link to a red on black version for display while observing. Baa comet section.