Comets Discovered by Don Machholz
through February 2008



COMET DISC. DATE RA(2000) INSTRUMENT # HOURS SKY ELONG MAG
DESIG. PERI. DATE DEC(2000) LOCATION # SESSIONS PERI DIS. ECCEN.
1978L Sep. 12, 1978 06h 41m 25cm rl, 36x 1700.0 M 72d 10.7
1978XIII Aug. 13, 1978 -18.5d Loma Prieta, CA 691 1.772 AU 1.0004
1985e May 27, 1985 00h 52m 25cm rl, 32x 1742.3 M 49d 9.3
1985VIII Jun. 28, 1985 +15.3d Big Bear, CA 694 0.106 AU 1.0
1986e May 12, 1986 00h 44m 27x120 bino. 173.5 M 39d 10.3
1986VIII Apr. 23. 1986 +38.9d Loma Prieta, CA 86 0.127 AU 0.9580
1988j Aug. 06, 1988 04h 57m 27x120 bino. 475.5 M 67d 8.6
1988XV Sep. 17. 1988 +00.6d Loma Prieta, CA 225 0.165 AU 1.0
1992d Mar. 31, 1992 22h 09m 12cm rr, 21x 760.3 M 47d 9.4
1992X Apr. 22, 1992 +18.7d Colfax, CA 366 1.261 AU 0.9960
1992k Jul. 02, 1992 04h 44m 27x120 bino. 61.0 M 30d 9.2
1992XVII Jul. 10, 1992 +36.9d Colfax, CA 40 0.819 AU 1.0
1994m Jul. 06, 1994 03h 55m 27x120 bino. 575.8 M 55d 9.5
1994XX Jul. 12, 1994 +70.2d Colfax, CA 337 1.140 AU 1.0
1994o Aug. 13, 1994 04h 13m 25cm rl, 36x 46.5 M 72d 9.5
1994XXVI Sep. 18, 1994 +62.6d Colfax, CA 21 0.753 AU 0.7501
1994r Oct. 08, 1994 08h 42m 25cm rl, 36x 55.3 M 80d 11.5
1994XXVII Oct. 02, 1994 +55.4d Colfax, CA 34 1.845 AU 0.9995
2004 Q2 Aug. 27, 2004 08h 42m 15cm rl, 38x 1458.3 M 96d 11.2
2004 Q2 Jan. 24, 2005 -22.2d Colfax, CA 1049 1.205 AU 0.999

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