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 |