Comets

British Astronomical Association Comet Section - News, recent observations, observing information and advice.
www.ast.cam.ac.uk/~jds/

Canadian Comet Catchers - A list of comets discovered by Canadian astronomers.
www3.ns.sympatico.ca/dave.chapman/CanCom.html

Catalogue of Comet Discoveries - Downloadable catalog. Also news, reading list, articles, links.
www.comethunter.de/

Comet comet comet - Overview of comets, as described by a professional comet researcher.
www.ifa.hawaii.edu/faculty/jewitt/comet.html

Comet Information and the International Comet Quarterly - From the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. News, observations, orbital data, comet names and designations, links.
cfa-www.harvard.edu/icq/icq.html

Comet Observations - Catalogue of images, ordered by comet.
www.theastronomer.org/comets.html

Comet Section of Germany - News, observations, analyses of current comets, images, archives, links.
www.fg-kometen.de/fgk_hpe.htm

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.
www.nasm.si.edu/ceps/etp/comets/

Glossary - Glossary of comet (and astronomical) terms.
cfa-www.harvard.edu/icq/ICQGlossary.html

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.
www.howstuffworks.com/comet.htm

Lists and Plots: Comets - Offers updated orbital data, lists and orbit diagrams. Includes near Earth objects and minor planets.
cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/CometLists.html

Nakano Note - Orbit computations for selected comets.
www.oaa.gr.jp/~oaacs/nk.htm

Small Comets - The original discovery and latest news about a new class of interplanetary bodies.
smallcomets.physics.uiowa.edu/

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.
ares.nrl.navy.mil/sungrazer/

Views of the Solar System: Comets - Basic features, data, discoveries, images and sections with specific information on selected comets.
www.solarviews.com/eng/comet.htm

Wikipedia: Comet - Encyclopedia entry covers physical characteristics, history. List of well-known comets.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet

Windows to the Universe: Comets - General information and data, pictures, details on the most interesting ones.
www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=3d/comets/comets.html

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. <small>(April 8, 2000)</small>
sciencenews.org/20000408/fob1.asp