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Comets

A gallery of the many comets I've photographed since the late 1990s, probably my favourite astronomical subject. Note that the spectacular ones are rare - most are rather faint!
Comet 12P Pons-Brooks
Comet 12P Pons-Brooks
Comet 144P Kushida
Comet 144P Kushida
Comet 62P Tsuchinshan
Comet 62P Tsuchinshan
Comet C/2023 H2 Lemmon
Comet C/2023 H2 Lemmon
Comet C/2023 P1 Nishimura
Comet C/2023 P1 Nishimura
Comet 12P Pons-Brooks
Comet 12P Pons-Brooks
Comet C/2023 E1 ATLAS
Comet C/2023 E1 ATLAS
Comet C/2019 U5 PanSTARRS
Comet C/2019 U5 PanSTARRS
Comet C/2022 U2 ATLAS
Comet C/2022 U2 ATLAS
Comet C/2022 A2 PanSTARRS
Comet C/2022 A2 PanSTARRS
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF
Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF
Comet C/2020 V2 ZTF
Comet C/2020 V2 ZTF
Comet C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS
Comet C/2017 K2 PanSTARRS
Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard
Comet C/2021 A1 Leonard
Comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Comet 29P Schwassmann-Wachmann 1
Comet 29P Schwassmann-Wachmann 1
Comet C/2019 L3 ATLAS
Comet C/2019 L3 ATLAS
Comet C/2020 T2 Palomar
Comet C/2020 T2 Palomar
Comet C/2020 R4 ATLAS
Comet C/2020 R4 ATLAS
Comet C/2021 A2 NEOWISE
Comet C/2021 A2 NEOWISE
Comet C/2020 M3 ATLAS
Comet C/2020 M3 ATLAS
Comet 2020 F3 NEOWISE - 17 July 2020
Comet 2020 F3 NEOWISE - 17 July 2020
Comet 2020 F3 NEOWISE - 7 July 2020
Comet 2020 F3 NEOWISE - 7 July 2020
Comet 2020 H2 (Pruyne)
Comet 2020 H2 (Pruyne)
Comet 88P Howell
Comet 88P Howell
Comet 2019 Y1 ATLAS
Comet 2019 Y1 ATLAS
Comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS
Comet C/2019 Y4 ATLAS
Comet C/2017 T2 PanSTARRS
Comet C/2017 T2 PanSTARRS
Comet C/2018 W2 Africano
Comet C/2018 W2 Africano
Comets 260P McNaught and ASASSN (2018 N2)
Comets 260P McNaught and ASASSN (2018 N2)
Comet 2018 Y1 Iwamoto
Comet 2018 Y1 Iwamoto
Comet 2018 Y1 Iwamoto
Comet 2018 Y1 Iwamoto
Comet 46P Wirtanen
Comet 46P Wirtanen
Comet 46P Wirtanen
Comet 46P Wirtanen
 Comet C/2018 V1 Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto
Comet C/2018 V1 Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto
Comet C/2018 V1 Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto, in morning twilight
Comet C/2018 V1 Machholz-Fujikawa-Iwamoto, in morning twilight
Comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels
Comet 64P/Swift-Gehrels
Comet 39P/Stephan-Oterma
Comet 39P/Stephan-Oterma
Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner
Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner
Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner
Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner
Comet PanSTARRS C/2017 S3
Comet PanSTARRS C/2017 S3
Comet PanSTARRS 2016/M1
Comet PanSTARRS 2016/M1
Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan
Comet 62P/Tsuchinshan
Comet ASASSN (2017 O1)
Comet ASASSN (2017 O1)
Comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy
Comet C/2017 E4 Lovejoy
Comet Johnson (2015 V2)
Comet Johnson (2015 V2)
Comet Johnson (2015 V2)
Comet Johnson (2015 V2)
Comet 41P Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak
Comet 41P Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak
Comet 45P Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova
Comet 45P Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova
Comet 252P LINEAR
Comet 252P LINEAR
Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina
Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina
Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina
Comet C/2013 US10 Catalina
Comet C/2013 X1 PanSTARRS
Comet C/2013 X1 PanSTARRS
Comet C/2014 S2 PanSTARRS
Comet C/2014 S2 PanSTARRS
Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
Comet C/2014 E2 (Jacques)
Comet C/2014 E2 (Jacques)
Comet C/2014 E2 (Jacques)
Comet C/2014 E2 (Jacques)
Comet 2012 K1 (PanSTARRS)
Comet 2012 K1 (PanSTARRS)
Comet 2013 R1 (Lovejoy)
Comet 2013 R1 (Lovejoy)
Comet 2013 R1 (Lovejoy)
Comet 2013 R1 (Lovejoy)
Comet 2013 R1 (Lovejoy)
Comet 2013 R1 (Lovejoy)
Comet C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)
Comet C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)
Comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS)
Comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS)
Comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS)
Comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS)
Comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS)
Comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS)
Comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS)
Comet C/2011 L4 (PanSTARRS)
Comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd) - 19 February 2012
Comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd) - 19 February 2012
Comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd) - 7 August 2011
Comet C/2009 P1 (Garradd) - 7 August 2011
Comet C103P/Hartley & the Double Cluster in Perseus
Comet C103P/Hartley & the Double Cluster in Perseus
Comet 103P/Hartley
Comet 103P/Hartley
Comet 103P/Hartley (lower right) and the Pacman Nebula NGC 281
Comet 103P/Hartley (lower right) and the Pacman Nebula NGC 281
Comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught)
Comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught)
Comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught)
Comet C/2009 R1 (McNaught)
Comet C/2009 K5 (McNaught)
Comet C/2009 K5 (McNaught)
Comet C/2009 K5 (McNaught)
Comet C/2009 K5 (McNaught)
Comet 81P/Wild - 8 April 2010
Comet 81P/Wild - 8 April 2010
Comet Lulin - 1 March 2009
Comet Lulin - 1 March 2009
Comet Lulin, Saturn, a meteor and a satellite
Comet Lulin, Saturn, a meteor and a satellite
Comet Lulin - 21 February 2009
Comet Lulin - 21 February 2009
Comet Lulin - 20 February 2009
Comet Lulin - 20 February 2009
The 'California' Nebula and Comet Holmes
The 'California' Nebula and Comet Holmes
Comet Tuttle (left), galaxy M33 (and encroaching cloud)
Comet Tuttle (left), galaxy M33 (and encroaching cloud)
Comet Holmes and star cluster M34
Comet Holmes and star cluster M34
Comet Holmes - 8 December 2007
Comet Holmes - 8 December 2007
Comet Holmes & star cluster NGC1245
Comet Holmes & star cluster NGC1245
Comet Holmes and star Alpha Persei
Comet Holmes and star Alpha Persei
Comet Holmes. with stars Alpha and Delta Persei
Comet Holmes. with stars Alpha and Delta Persei
Comet Holmes. with stars Alpha and Delta Persei
Comet Holmes. with stars Alpha and Delta Persei
Comet Holmes. with stars Alpha and Delta Persei
Comet Holmes. with stars Alpha and Delta Persei
Comet Holmes & star Mirphak (Alpha Persei) 19 November 2007
Comet Holmes & star Mirphak (Alpha Persei) 19 November 2007
Comet Holmes - 16 November 2007
Comet Holmes - 16 November 2007
Comet Holmes - 15 November 2007
Comet Holmes - 15 November 2007
Comet Holmes - 11 November 2007
Comet Holmes - 11 November 2007
Comet Holmes - 8 November 2007
Comet Holmes - 8 November 2007
Comet Holmes - 5 November 2007
Comet Holmes - 5 November 2007
Comet Holmes - 3 November 2007
Comet Holmes - 3 November 2007
Comet Holmes - 1 November 2007
Comet Holmes - 1 November 2007
Comet Holmes - 30 October 2007
Comet Holmes - 30 October 2007
Comet Holmes - 29 October 2007
Comet Holmes - 29 October 2007
Comet Holmes - 28 October 2007
Comet Holmes - 28 October 2007
Comet C/2002 Q4 (N.E.A.T.)
Comet C/2002 Q4 (N.E.A.T.)
Comet Ikeya-Zhang
Comet Ikeya-Zhang
Comet Hyakutake, 1996
Comet Hyakutake, 1996
Comet Hale Bopp, 1997
Comet Hale Bopp, 1997