International Comet Quarterly

Unnumbered-Comet Brightness Estimates Made During 2010-2018


Selected magnitude estimates of unnumbered comets from 2010-2018 (often preliminary values!), as reported to the IAU Circulars and International Comet Quarterly for currently-observable comets are given below. NOTE: in 1997, we began adding select magnitudes from fainter comets from CCD astrometry reported to the Minor Planet Center, to make the list of comets below pretty complete for observable comets seen in the last couple of months, for the convenience of observers/readers who wish to know the most recent magnitude information on fainter comets. (Definitions of the "magnitude" and other terms regarding comets are available.)



NOTE that many values below should be considered preliminary, and as such the data below (and that published on IAU Circulars) should not be used in any serious analyses; furthermore, many of the best comet observers do not have their data listed below (and there is a huge difference in the quality of observations from one observer to another -- both visually and via CCD). Indeed, it is not uncommon that photometric data listed below are actually withdrawn by observers (or the ICQ Editor) due to problems, and sometimes substantial changes are made to the magnitudes before publication in the ICQ. The final, complete form of the data in the published ICQ (or in the electronic ICQ archive of photometric cometary observations) is what should be used. The data below are meant more as an informal guide to current behavior of observable comets. (In general, the data below will be kept on this page only until the detailed tabulated complements to the observations are published in the ICQ -- i.e., quarterly -- at which time they will be eliminated from this page. There is currently no plan to make ICQ-published data available on the Web, but such data are available to interested researchers upon request via e-mail, by individual comet.)

We now have a "Descriptive Information" page, reporting interesting information to supplement the magnitudes below.


At the end of the year 2000, we deleted numerals following comet names on these ICQ webpages and in the ICQ printed pages. With there being no longer a comet named "Shoemaker 2" (leaving "Shoemaker 3" and "Shoemaker 4"), the illogical and unnecessary existence of numerals following comet names makes the start of a new millennium a good time to cease using those numerals. Especially with the wonderful numbering system for short-period comets in place since 1995, whereby comets of two or more apparitions have been assigned permanent numbers, it is redundant to have numerals after a comet's name, and short-period comets of a single apparition have not gotten suffixed numerals since the change to the new designation system in 1995 anyway; for 1-apparition short-period comets discovered prior to 1995, the ICQ will begin using both new-style and old-style designations to help in the unambiguous titling of a specific comet. Indeed, as Brian Marsden noted in the January 1995 issue of the ICQ, history shows great inconsistency and problems regarding the addition of numerals to short-period comet names, and it makes sense to phase them out completely. Some people will prefer to continue using the suffixed name numerals, but we trust that there will be no ambiguity to the new ICQ policy for readers. Most observers appear to be quite comfortable with the new designation system (particularly regarding the permanently-numbered short-period comets), so this policy should not present problems for most people. The old suffixed numerals of comet names are still visible in the list of permanently numbered comets.


An asterisk (*) below denotes that correction was made in the magnitude estimate for atmospheric extinction, while a percent sign (%) incidates that magnitudes of very red comparison stars were corrected to visual magnitudes before use. A colon (:) after the magnitude estimate indicates that the estimate is approximate (uncertainty greater than +/- 0.3 mag); likewise, an ampersand (&) before the coma-diameter estimate indicates that the estimate is approximate. Below are given the Universal Time (UT) date, to 0.01 day, now in reverse chronological order ; the total magnitude estimate; the coma diameter (usually in minutes of arc), with a preceding plus (+) sign for 'artificial' coma diameters employed in CCD photometry (and an exclamation mark for limiting magnitude estimates when the comet is not seen, to denote the size of the defocused comparison-star images); the observer and observing location; and the instrument USED FOR THE MAGNITUDE ESTIMATE (with the size of the instrument indicating the size of the aperture --- i.e., the primary lens or mirror --- in centimeters or meters). In the listing below, if a comet is not seen and a limiting (stellar) magnitude given, a left bracket, [, appears before the magnitude value. A letter 'z' after a coma diameter indicates that it may have been made with a different instrument.


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NOTE: Please do not send e-mail with html coding or MIME encoded (or any other encoded way)! Please only send e-mail as straight or plain ASCII text. When sending data for inclusion in this webpage and/or on the IAU Circulars, please send data as listed below, EXCEPT give them chronologically (not in reverse chronological order as given below) and please also give the month on each line of observation (rather than blanks as shown below for second and third observations in the same month). Be sure to give diacritical marks in TeX form (described elsewhere in these webpages). Please send observations daily only for urgent objects -- comets in outburst, comets close to the earth, or novae/variable stars that are rapidly changing their brightness (for IAUCs). Routine comet observational data should be sent only once every week or two, as daily e-mail from dozens of observers can be very difficult to deal with. Please put "CCD [or visual] comet photometry for webpage [or ICQ]" in subject heading.


COMETS LISTED BELOW BY DESIGNATION (unnumbered comets first, numbered comets second). Jump directly to comet: C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS), or C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy), or C/2012 S1 (ISON), or C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy).

NOTE: when a comet is large in size, as comet 17P has been in Nov. 2007, normal binoculars cannot defocus enough to produce proper magnitude estimates, leading to values that are too faint; special instruments are needed for comets larger than about 10' or 15' in size (such instruments include binoculars with detached eyepieces, or 1x monoculars constructed from two binocular objective lenses).


COMET C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
Apr. 26.51, 16.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan. 12.79, 15.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2014
Nov. 29.82, 15.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
May  18.60, 14.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Apr. 24.85, 14.3, 0'.4 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
Apr.  1.67, 14.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb. 12.73, 14.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  1.77, 14.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2013
Nov. 21.82, 15.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
June 30.96, 10.5, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     12.53, 13.9, 1'.1 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
      3.99, 11.0, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
May  10.98, 10.8, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      3.95, 10.6, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Apr. 28.94, 10.7, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      7.75, 13.6, 0'.7 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
2012
Sep. 14.40, 12.9, 1'.6 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     13.84, 11.0, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Aug. 21.89, 10.7, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      9.93, 10.5, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      6.40, 13.0, 1'.3 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      5.40, 13.7, 0'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
July 16.97, 11.4, 3'.0 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     12.95, 11.5, 3'.0 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
June 14.00, 12.1, 0'.9 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
May  15.00, 13.1, 0'.7 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
2011
Aug. 28.92, 13.8, 1'.4 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      5.90, 13.4, 0'.3 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
July  5.98, 13.7, 0'.9 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
June 28.96, 14.1, 1'.6 (P. Horalek, Ondrejov, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
     28.92, 13.7, 0'.8 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     27.92, 13.7, 0'.9 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     24.98, 14.0, 0'.9 (J. Cerny, Ondrejov, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
      4.05, 13.2, 1'.3 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      2.96, 14.4, 1'.1 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.35-m reflector);
      2.01, 14.6, 1'.1 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.35-m reflector);
      1.03, 14.5, 1'.1 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.35-m reflector);
May  31.00, 14.6, 1'.1 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.35-m reflector);
     30.01, 14.6, 1'.0 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.35-m reflector);
     26.00, 14.5, 1'.1 (J. Cerny, Senohraby, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
     10.04, 14.1, 1'.1 (J. Cerny, Senohraby, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
      8.05, 14.4, 0'.9 (J. Cerny, Senohraby, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2008 FK75 (Lemmon-Siding Spring):
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2011
Oct. 30.78, 16.3, 0'.6 (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 0.30-m reflector + CCD);
     25.74, 16.4, 0'.5 (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 0.30-m reflector + CCD);
June  3.00, [15.6, ! 0'.5 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.35-m reflector);
      2.00, [15.3, ! 0'.5 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.35-m reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2008 S3 (Boattini)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2011
Oct. 27.82, 17.9, 0'.2 (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 0.30-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2009 F4 (McNaught)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Oct. 18.67, 16.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2013
Nov. 30.59, 15.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.68, 15.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 27.66, 15.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2012
June 15.76, 13.9, 0'.6 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
Apr. 25.42, 13.4, 1'.2 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     21.44, 13.4, 0'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
Mar. 14.42, 12.8, 1' (John Drummond, Gisborne, New Zealand, 41-cm reflector);
Jan. 19.48, 13.5, 0'.7 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     16.46, 13.5, 0'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
2011
June 23.38, 13.9, 0'.6 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     19.39, 13.7, 0'.6 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      6.44, 13.1, 1' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      3.43, 13.3, 0'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2009 P1 (Garradd)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2012
Dec. 19.83, 14.1, 1'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
Nov. 24.78, 13.0, 1'.4 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Oct. 20.81, 12.8, 2'.4 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
July  8.37, 10.9, 0'.9 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
June 24.88, 8.5, 5' (V. Ivanov, Melovoe, Russia, 25.4-cm reflector);
     23.37, 10.2, 3'.2 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     19.35, 10.3, 4'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     18.35, 10.3, 4' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     15.36, 9.9, 3'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     14.35, 9.9, 4' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     13.94, 10.2, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     13.48, 11.1, 1'.4 (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 300-mm camera lens + CCD);
     10.50, 10.7, 1'.7 (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 0.32-m reflector);
May  25.87, 9.1, 4'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     24.86, 9.1, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     23.85, 9.1, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     21.90, 9.5:, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     20.84, 8.9, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     19.90, 9.3, 4' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
     19.47, 10.2, 4' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 0.32-m reflector);
     18.85, 8.9, 4'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     18.43, 9.8, 4' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     17.89, 10.2, 2' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     17.86, 8.9, 4'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     15.90, 9.5, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     14.97, 8.2, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     13.89, 9.4, 6' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
     13.47, 9.3, 5' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 0.32-m reflector);
     12.51, 9.0, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      9.36, 9.6, 3'.3 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      8.88, 8.7, 3' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 8-cm refractor);
Apr. 28.50, 9.4, 5'.2 (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 300-mm camera lens + CCD);
     27.90, 8.2, 6' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     27.49, 8.4, 7' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     26.90, 8.1, 6' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     25.40, 9.7, 5'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     24.83, 7.6, 10' (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 20x110 binoculars);
     22.85, 8.6, 5' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     22.47, 8.0, 8' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     21.63, 7.7, 9' (M.-T. Hui, Mt. Mulan, Wuhan, China, 10x50);
     20.35, 8.8, 6' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     17.83, 7.9, 7' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     16.84, 8.0, 3' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     13.86, 7.0, 5' (V. Ivanov, Melovoe, Russia, 25.4-cm reflector);
     12.86, 8.0, 9' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     12.81, 7.5, 10' (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 20x110 binoculars);
      8.86, 7.4, 12' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      8.86, 8.0, 9' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
      6.89, 8.9, 5'.6 (J. Qvam, Borrevannet, Horten, Norway, 0.08-m refractor + CCD + V filter; moonlight);
Mar. 28.86, 8.4, 9' (J. Qvam, Borrevannet, Horten, Norway, 0.05-m refractor + CCD; moonlight);
     28.10, 7.1, 12' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     26.88, 7.3, 12' (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 20x110 binoculars);
     25.84, 7.1, 13' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     24.83, 7.4, 10' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 7x50 binoculars);
     24.83, 7.1, 7'.3 (M.-T. Hui, Mt. Mulan, Wuhan, China, 10.2-cm reflector; several stars inside coma);
     21.74, 7.3, 8' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     20.88, 6.9, 12' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     19.82, 6.6, 6' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     19.69, 7.1, 8' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     18.72, 7.3, 10' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     15.88, 6.8, 12' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     13.69, 6.4, 15' (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 7x50 binoculars);
     12.51, 7.2, 9' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     11.86, 6.8, 14' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     15.08, 6.9, 13' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      5.89, 6.9, 14'.7 (A. Novichonok, Nam Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam, 7x50 binoculars)
      3.80, 7.4, -- (Gustav Holmberg, Lund, Sweden, 15x70 binoculars);
      1.77, 6.7, 14'.1 (A. Novichonok, Nam Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam, 7x50 binoculars)
      1.05, 6.2, 10' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, naked eye);
Feb. 29.87, 6.9, 15'.5 (A. Novichonok, Nam Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam, 7x50 binoculars)
     28.82, 6.7, 17'.4 (A. Novichonok, Nam Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam, 7x50 binoculars)
     27.81, 7.0, 15'.5 (A. Novichonok, Nam Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam, 7x50 binoculars)
     26.70, 6.8, 10' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 7x35 binoculars);
     22.81, 7.0:, 14'.0 (A. Novichonok, Nam Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam, 7x50 binoculars)
     20.93, 7.0, 10' (V. Ivanov, Saratov, Russia, 11.0-cm reflector);
     20.93, 6.6, 12' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; 1.4-deg tail in p.a. 280 deg);
     20.18, 6.9, 11' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 15x70 binoculars);
     19.84, 6.8, 14' (A. Novichonok, Nam Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam, 7x50 binoculars);
     19.97, 7.0, 10' (V. Ivanov, Saratov, Russia, 11.0-cm reflector);
     18.76, 7.2, 5' (V. Ivanov, Saratov, Russia, 11.0-cm reflector);
     17.77, 6.8, 8' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      4.08, 7.2, 6' (V. Ivanov, Saratov, Russia, 11.0-cm reflector);
      3.07, 7.3, 5' (V. Ivanov, Saratov, Russia, 11.0-cm reflector);
Jan. 30.87, 7.1, 15' (A. Novichonok, Nam Cat Tien national park, Vietnam, 7x50 binoculars);
     29.89, 7.0, 16' (A. Novichonok, Nam Cat Tien national park, Vietnam, 7x50 binoculars);
     27.88, 7.4, 12' (A. Novichonok, Nam Cat Tien national park, Vietnam, 7x50 binoculars);
     26.23, 7.0, 10' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     25.88, 7.5, 12' (A. Novichonok, Nam Cat Tien national park, Vietnam, 7x50 binoculars);
     25.23, 7.0, 8' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     22.05, 7.5, 5' (V. Ivanov, Saratov, Russia, 11.0-cm reflector);
     21.95, 7.5, 12' (A. Novichonok, Nam Cat Tien, Vietnam, 7x50 binoculars);
     18.19, 6.7, 7' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     16.23, 6.9, 8' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
      3.26, 6.9, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      2.85, 7.3, 6' (Y. Nagai, Saitama, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      1.22, 7.2, 9' (S. Baroni, Milan, Italy, 20x80 binoculars);
2011
Dec. 27.68, 8.0, 4'.2 (J. Qvam, Borrevannet, Horten, Norway, 0.10-m refractor + CCD + V filter; moonlight);
     25.85, 7.4, 6' (Y. Nagai, Saitama, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     22.85, 7.4, 6' (Y. Nagai, Saitama, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     22.77, 6.8, 10' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 11 deg);
      7.25, 6.7, 10' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 8 deg);
Nov. 26.78, 6.9, 10' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     25.73, 6.6, 8'.4 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     25.72, 8.4, 6'.5 (J. Qvam, Borrevannet, Horten, Norway, 0.10-m refractor + CCD + V filter);
     25.38, 7.7, 7' (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     24.38, 7.8, 7' (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     24.37, 7.4, 5' (Y. Nagai, Saitama, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     23.78, 7.3, 4' (J. J. Chambo, Valencia, Spain, 20x60 binoculars);
     17.80, 7.1, 9' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; 1.1-deg tail in p.a. 50 deg);
     17.38, 7.5, 5' (Y. Nagai, Saitama, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     16.41, 7.3, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     14.40, 7.4, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     13.71, 6.7, 3' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 8x24 binoculars);
      1.94, 7.2, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; moonlight; alt. 15 deg);
      1.74, 7.9, 3' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 12-cm refractor; moonlight);
Oct. 29.85, 7.1, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     29.52, 7.4, 6'.1 (M.-T. Hui, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; severe city lights);
     27.69, 6.9, 8' (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 20x110 binoculars);
     26.49, 7.7, 7' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     23.84, 6.9, 8' (A. Diepvens, Balen, Belgium, 20x50 binoculars);
     22.77, 7.0, 7'.3 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     22.75, 7.4, 9' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     22.70, 7.5, 5' (Kazimieras Cernis, Vilnius, Lithuania, 7x50 binoculars);
     21.93, 7.5, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
     20.86, 8.5, 5'.6 (J. Qvam, Borrevannet, Horten, Norway, 0.10-m refractor + CCD + V filter);
     18.71, 6.7, 8' (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 20x110 binoculars);
     16.94, 7.5, 6' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
     16.75, 7.2, 4' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     15.80, 6.9, 10' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     10.45, 6.9, 12' (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 10x70 refractor; strong moonlight);
      7.44, 6.8, 12' (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 10x70 refractor);
      5.93, 7.2, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; moonlight);
      3.94, 7.3, 4' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x60 binoculars);
      2.81, 6.5, 9' (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 20x110 binoculars);
      2.76, 7.6, 4' (Z. Rzepka, Lublin, Poland, 0.17-m reflector; city lights);
      1.01, 6.8, 4' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x60 binoculars);
Sep. 30.93, 6.8, 4' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     30.89, 7.2, 9' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     30.75, 7.4, 4' (Z. Rzepka, Lublin, Poland, 0.17-m reflector; city lights);
     29.93, 7.5, 3'.5 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
     28.93, 6.9, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     28.78, 7.2, 2'.1 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     27.94, 7.2, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
     26.92, 6.9, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     26.85, 7.1, 9' (B. H. Granslo, Lillomarka, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars);
     26.83, 7.3, 1'.9 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     25.86, 7.2, 9' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     25.85, 6.9, 12' (M. L. Paradowski, Muczne, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
     25.84, 6.8, 13' (M. L. Paradowski, Muczne, Poland, 7x50 binoculars);
     24.85, 6.9, 10' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     24.82, 7.5, 5' (Z. Rzepka, Lublin, Poland, 0.17-m reflector; city lights);
     24.78, 7.1, 8' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 20x60 binoculars; city lights);
     24.47, 7.3, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     23.81, 7.6, 3' (Z. Rzepka, Lublin, Poland, 0.17-m reflector; city lights);
     23.81, 8.0, 6' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     22.93, 6.9, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     22.82, 7.1, 9' (B. H. Granslo, Lillomarka, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars);
     21.44, 7.2, 4' (D. A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     20.82, 7.4, 10' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     20.00, 6.8, 9' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     19.89, 6.7, 12' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     19.88, 7.1, 10' (A. Diepvens, Balen, Belgium, 20x50 binoculars);
     19.01, 7.0, 6' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     18.95, 6.9, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     17.82, 7.6, & 4' (Z. Rzepka, Lublin, Poland, 0.17-m reflector; city lights);
     17.77, 7.2, 7' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 20x60 binoculars; city lights);
     16.78, 7.4, 5' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 20x60 binoculars; city lights);
     16.77, 7.6, 4' (Z. Rzepka, Lublin, Poland, 0.17-m reflector; city lights, full moon at low alt.);
     15.78, 7.6, 4' (Z. Rzepka, Lublin, Poland, 0.17-m reflector; city lights, full moon at low alt.);
     14.96, 7.0, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     13.95, 7.1, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; moonlight);
     13.77, 7.2, & 4' (Z. Rzepka, Lublin, Poland, 0.17-m reflector; city lights, full moon at low alt.);
     12.93, 7.2, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     10.99, 7.2, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
      8.93, 7.2, 9' (B. H. Granslo, Lillomarka, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars);
      8.06, 7.2, -- (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars; moonlight);
      7.99, 7.2, 7' (B. H. Granslo, Fjellhamar, Norway, 0.05-m refractor);
      7.04, 6.8, 10' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      6.80, 7.5, & 3' (Z. Rzepka, Lublin, Poland, 0.17-m reflector; city lights, moonlight);
      6.10, 7.0, 6' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x60 binoculars);
      5.98, 6.6, 9' (A. Pereira, Carnaxide, Portugal, 9x34 binoculars);
      5.14, 7.0, 10' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
      4.98, 6.6, 8' (A. Pereira, Carnaxide, Portugal, 9x34 binoculars);
      4.97, 7.2, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
      4.95, 7.0, 10' (W. Souza, Maresias, Brazil, 20x60 binoculars);
      4.82, 7.8, & 3' (Z. Rzepka, Lublin, Poland, 0.17-m reflector; city lights);
      4.55, 7.2, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      4.38, 6.9, 10' (S. T. Rae, Hamilton, New Zealand, 9x63 binoculars);
      3.95, 6.9, 10' (W. Souza, Maresias, Brazil, 20x60 binoculars);
      3.92, 7.9:, & 7' (Z. Rzepka, Lublin, Poland, 0.17-m reflector; city lights);
      3.85, 6.8, 13' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 7x50 binoculars);
      3.08, 7.1, 6' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x60 binoculars);
      3.03, 7.0, 6' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      3.03, 7.2, 10' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      3.00, 6.8, 8' (A. Pereira, Carnaxide, Portugal, 14x100 binoculars);
      2.86, 6.9, 5' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      2.46, 7.2, 10' (S. T. Rae, Hamilton, New Zealand, 9x63 binoculars);
      2.04, 6.5, 11' (A. Pereira, Carnaxide, Portugal, 9x34 binoculars);
      1.94, 7.2, 6' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      1.90, 7.2, 8' (G. Pappa, Mascalucia, Italy, 0.16-m reflector);
      1.85, 7.6, 8' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
      1.10, 7.2, 6' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x60 binoculars);
      1.02, 7.2, 7' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      1.00, 7.2, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
Aug. 31.99, 7.4, 7' (B. H. Granslo, Fjellhamar, Norway, 10x50 binoculars);
     31.89, 7.5, 10' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     31.69, 7.5, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     30.97, 7.4:, 7' (B. H. Granslo, Fjellhamar, Norway, 0.05-m refractor);
     30.89, 7.1, 10' (A. Diepvens, Fecamp, France, 20x50 binoculars);
     30.60, 7.0, 9'.3 (M.-T. Hui, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; slight haze; city lights);
     30.04, 7.2, 6' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     29.60, 6.9, 11' (M.-T. Hui, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; clouds; city lights);
     29.53, 7.4, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     29.10, 7.2, 6' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     28.96, 7.5, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     28.91, 7.0, 10' (A. Diepvens, Balen, Belgium, 20x50 binoculars);
     28.90, 7.6, 9' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     28.84, 7.8, 7' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     28.08, 7.2, 6' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     28.03, 7.5, 7' (A. Pereira, Carnaxide, Portugal, 14x100 binoculars);
     27.94, 7.4, 8' (Giuseppe Pappa, Mascalucia, Italy, 12x50 binoculars);
     27.88, 7.7, 6'.9 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     27.81, 7.4, 8' (S. Baroni, Milan, Italy, 20x80 binoculars);
     27.58, 7.4, 7' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars; 12' tail in PA 130 deg);
     27.44, 8.3, 3' (S. Yoshida, Niigata, Japan, 0.20-m reflector);
     27.41, 7.4, 8' (S. T. Rae, Hamilton, New Zealand, 9x63 binoculars);
     27.05, 7.6, 9' (A. Pereira, Carnaxide, Portugal, 14x100 binoculars);
     27.00, 7.0, 9' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     26.91, 7.6, 6' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
     26.88, 7.5, 10' (M. Lehky, Vyskov, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars; 0.6-deg tail in p.a. 140 deg);
     26.85, 7.6, 4' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     26.42, 7.3, 9' (S. T. Rae, Hamilton, New Zealand, 9x63 binoculars);
     26.06, 7.5, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     25.93, 7.6, 9' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     25.75, 7.4, 9' (Giuseppe Pappa, Mascalucia, Italy, 12x50 binoculars);
     25.65, 7.0, 10'.6 (M.-T. Hui, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights);
     25.55, 7.2, 4' (D. A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     25.05, 7.8, 8' (A. Pereira, Carnaxide, Portugal, 14x100 binoculars);
     24.95, 7.1, 8' (A. Diepvens, Balen, Belgium, 20x50 binoculars);
     24.08, 7.6, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     23.93, 7.6, 8' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     23.75, 7.2, 9' (Giuseppe Pappa, Mascalucia, Italy, 12x50 binoculars);
     23.53, 7.2, -- (D. A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 6x35 binoculars);
     22.96, 7.5, 6' (B. H. Granslo, Fjellhamar, Norway, 10x50 binoculars);
     22.93, 7.7, 8' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     22.75, 7.3, 9' (Giuseppe Pappa, Mascalucia, Italy, 12x50 binoculars);
     22.66, 7.1, 9'.4 (M.-T. Hui, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights);
     22.40, 7.5, 10' (S. T. Rae, Hamilton, New Zealand, 9x63 binoculars);
     21.96, 7.1, 8' (A. Diepvens, Balen, Belgium, 20x50 binoculars);
     21.40, 7.2, 9' (S. T. Rae, Hamilton, New Zealand, 9x63 binoculars);
     20.96, 7.5, 7' (B. H. Granslo, Fjellhamar, Norway, 10x50 binoculars);
     20.95, 7.5, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     20.94, 7.8, 9' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     20.85, 7.8, 7' (M. L. Paradowski, Stroza-Kolonia, Poland, 25x100 binoculars);
     20.40, 7.2, 10' (S. T. Rae, Hamilton, New Zealand, 9x63 binoculars);
     19.95, 7.3, 8' (A. Diepvens, Balen, Belgium, 20x50 binoculars);
     19.85, 8.6, 4' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     19.61, 7.4, 9'.1 (M.-T. Hui, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights);
     19.48, 7.9, 6' (M. Mattiazzo, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     19.46, 7.2, 12' (S. T. Rae, Hamilton, New Zealand, 9x63 binoculars);
     19.04, 7.8, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     18.85, 7.8, 8' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     18.82, 7.3, 8' (Giuseppe Pappa, Mascalucia, Italy, 0.16-m reflector);
     18.33, 7.2, 12' (S. T. Rae, Hamilton, New Zealand, 9x63 binoculars);
     17.92, 7.9, 8' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     17.90, 7.4, 9' (Giuseppe Pappa, Mascalucia, Italy, 12x50 binoculars);
     17.55, 7.5, 8'.9 (M.-T. Hui, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights; thin clouds);
     17.51, 7.6, 9' (A. Novichonok, Nam Cat Tien, Vietnam, 20x80 binoculars);
     17.04, 7.8, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     16.96, 7.9, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     16.96, 7.7, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
     16.51, 7.4, 9' (A. Novichonok, Nam Cat Tien, Vietnam, 20x80 binoculars);
     16.06, 7.8:, -- (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars; moonlight interference
     14.10, 7.6, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars; moonlight interference
     13.10, 7.6, 6' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars; moonlight interference
     12.96, 8.1, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
     10.79, 7.9, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      9.92, 7.7, 5' (V. Ivanov, Saratov, Russia, 25.4-cm reflector);
      9.73, 8.5, 4'.2 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      9.01, 7.8, 6' (B. H. Granslo, Fjellhamar, Norway, 10x50 binoculars);
      8.96, 8.6, 6' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 12-cm refractor);
      8.92, 7.6, 10' (G. Pappa, Mascalucia, Italy, 12x50 binoculars);
      8.84, 8.1, 5' (S. Baroni, Milan, Italy, 20x80 binoculars);
      8.84, 8.5, 3'.4 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 8-cm refractor);
      8.78, 7.7, 5' (V. Ivanov, Saratov, Russia, 20.0-cm reflector);
      8.25, 7.7, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
      8.15, 7.6, 10' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
      8.12, 7.7, 10' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      8.04, 8.1, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
      7.98, 7.8, 6' (B. H. Granslo, Fjellhamar, Norway, 10x50 binoculars);
      7.87, 8.0, 5' (V. Ivanov, Saratov, Russia, 25.4-cm reflector);
      7.17, 7.8, 7' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
      7.16, 8.1, 7' (A. Pereira, Carnaxide, Portugal, 14x100 binoculars);
      7.06, 7.7, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
      6.99, 7.6, 10' (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
      6.95, 7.5, 10' (V. Ivanov, Saratov, Russia, 5.0-cm refractor);
      6.12, 7.8, 7' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
      6.03, 7.7, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      6.01, 7.5, 10' (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
      5.93, 8.0, 5' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
      5.10, 7.8, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      5.08, 8.0, 7' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
      4.44, 7.4, 10' (S. T. Rae, Hamilton, New Zealand, 9x63 binoculars);
      4.16, 8.1, 6' (A. Pereira, Carnaxide, Portugal, 14x100 binoculars);
      4.14, 7.9, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      4.03, 7.7, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      3.93, 8.2, 4'.3 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 0.25-m reflector);
      3.10, 8.0, 7' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 Binoculars);
      3.07, 8.0, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      2.96, 8.1, 8' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      2.89, 8.1, 5' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
      2.81, 7.9, 6'.8 (M.-T. Hui, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights);
      2.02, 7.8, 10' (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
      1.99, 8.3, 4' (B. H. Granslo, Fjellhamar, Norway, 0.20-m reflector);
      1.88, 7.9, 6' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
      1.81, 8.0, 6'.9 (M.-T. Hui, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights; smog);
      1.61, 8.2, 6'.2 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
      1.00, 8.1, 10' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
July 31.44, 7.6, 9' (S. T. Rae, Hamilton, New Zealand, 9x63 binoculars);
     31.31, 8.5, -- (M. Linnolt, Dillingham, Hawaii, 0.20-m reflector);
     31.00, 8.3, 4' (B. H. Granslo, Fjellhamar, Norway, 0.20-m reflector);
     30.92, 8.4, 4' (V. Ivanov, Saratov, Russia, 11.0-cm reflector)
     30.19, 8.2, 8' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     29.92, 8.5, 4' (V. Ivanov, Saratov, Russia, 11.0-cm reflector);
     29.59, 8.5, 4' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     29.22, 8.2, 7' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     28.98, 8.4, 3'.5 (B. H. Granslo, Fjellhamar, Norway, 0.10-m refractor);
     28.87, 8.1, 8' (G. Pappa, Mascalucia, Italy, 0.16-m Newtonian);
     28.55, 8.5, 4'.1 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     28.23, 8.2, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     28.01, 8.5, 3'.0 (B. H. Granslo, Fjellhamar, Norway, 0.20-m reflector);
     27.98, 8.1, 9' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     27.91, 8.0, 7' (V. Ivanov, Saratov, Russia, 5.0-cm refractor);
     27.87, 8.2, 8' (G. Pappa, Mascalucia, Italy, 0.16-m reflector);
     27.79, 8.2, 8'.0 (M.-T. Hui, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights);
     27.30, 8.2, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     27.09, 8.2, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     26.79, 8.3, 9'.4 (M.-T. Hui, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights);
     26.30, 8.3, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
     26.14, 8.4, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x60 binoculars);
     26.10, 8.3, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     24.81, 8.3, 6'.5 (M.-T. Hui, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; moonlight; city lights; smog);
     24.17, 8.4, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     23.83, 8.4, 8'.1 (M.-T. Hui, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; moonlight; city lights);
     23.21, 8.5, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; moonlight);
     23.08, 8.4, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     22.95, 8.2, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     22.91, 8.7, 2' (A. Diepvens, Balen, Belgium, 20x50 binoculars);
     22.83, 8.4, 7'.1 (M.-T. Hui, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; moonlight; city lights);
     17.14, 8.6, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight interference);
     14.84, 8.5, 6'.0 (M.-T. Hui, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; thin clouds; strong moonlight; city lights);
     12.78, 8.6, 3'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     12.01, 8.8, 3' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     11.98, 8.7, 4'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     11.60, 9.2, 3'.8 (Y. Nagai, Saitama, Japan, 300-mm camera lens + CCD);
     10.35, 8.9, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     10.17, 9.0, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      9.16, 8.6, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.076-m reflector);
      7.59, 8.8, 4' (D. A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
      6.94, 8.9, 4'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      6.37, 8.9, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.076-m reflector);
      6.00, 8.9, 5' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      5.99, 9.6, 2'.1 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD unfiltered);
      5.37, 8.9, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.076-m reflector);
      5.09, 8.6, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
      4.69, 8.9, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      1.12, 8.7, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
June 30.00, 9.3, 8' (P. Horalek, Ondrejov, Czech Republic, 11x70 binoculars; 0.2-deg tail in p.a. 265 deg);
     29.82, 9.6, 2'.5 (Sergey E. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 41-cm reflector);
     29.02, 9.5, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, binoculars 25x100);
     29.01, 9.4, 8' (P. Horalek, Ondrejov, Czech Republic, 11x70 binoculars; 0.2-deg tail in p.a. 265 deg);
     28.76, 8.9, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     28.36, 9.0, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.076-m reflector);
     28.02, 9.6, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, binoculars 25x100);
     27.01, 9.6, 3' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
     26.97, 9.0, 3' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 12-cm refractor);
     26.77, 10.6, 2'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     25.21, 9.2, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     25.01, 9.1, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 15 deg);
     25.00, 9.3, 4'.5 (J. Cerny, Ondrejov, Czech Republic, 0.10-m binoculars);
     24.59, 9.6, 4' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      6.75, 9.9, 4'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      4.10, 9.4, 5'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 19 deg);
      3.77, 9.9, 3'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      3.34, 10.1, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      3.04, 9.4, 4'.2 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.10-m binoculars);
      2.34, 10.0, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      2.05, 9.5, 4'.2 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.10-m binoculars);
      1.34, 10.0, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      1.03, 9.5, 4'.4 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.10-m binoculars);
May  31.34, 10.1, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     31.05, 9.6, 4'.0 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.10-m binoculars);
     30.35, 10.1, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     30.03, 9.6, 3'.8 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.10-m binoculars);
     28.17, 10.1, 0'.8 (W. Hasubick, Kiripotib, Namibia, 20-cm reflector);
     15.14, 9.9, 2'.2 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 11 deg);
      3.71, 11.1, 2' (D. A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25.4-cm reflector);
Apr. 23.26, 12.6, +25" (D. Bodewits, University of Maryland; 30-cm Swift Space Telescope + UVOT V-band filter);
 
 
COMET C/2009 Y1 (Catalina)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2011
Sep. 26.90, 12.5, 1'.2 (M. L. Paradowski, Muczne, Poland, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 11.5 deg);
Aug.  9.78, 13.6:, 0'.6 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2010 G2 (Hill)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2012
Feb. 20.82, 10.2, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     12.75, 14.9, 1' (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 0.30-m reflector + CCD);
Jan. 20.46, 12.6, 4'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     19.44, 12.0, 1'.3 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     14.73, 12.1, 3' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     10.77, 9.8, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      8.55, 11.8, 2'.3 (M.-T. Hui, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; thin clouds; strong moonlight);
      4.75, 13.1, -- (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector; moonlight);
      4.04, 10.9, 1'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector; moonlight; clouds);
      3.46, 13.2, -- (E. Guido, N. Howes, and G. Sostero, remotely using a 2.0-m reflector + CCD at Siding Spring, Australia; starlike appearance);
      2.83, 13.1, 57" (Erik Bryssinck, Kruibeke, Belgium, 0.4-m astrograph + CCD);
2011
Dec. 28.87, 14.9, -- (Erik Bryssinck, Kruibeke, Belgium, 0.4-m astrograph + CCD);
     22.81, 9.9, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     18.94, 12.0, 3'.7 (J. Qvam, Borrevannet, Horten, Norway, 0.10-m refractor + CCD + V filter);
      7.20, 9.7, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Nov. 26.80, 9.6, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     25.42, 9.9, 6' (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     25.17, 10.6, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     24.56, 9.9, 7'.2 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     24.18, 9.8, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     21.87, 10.5, 5' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     17.89, 10.2, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     17.85, 11.5, 0'.9 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      8.20, 10.0, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Oct. 29.99, 9.7, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector_;
     28.78, 10.6, 4' (M.-T. Hui, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights);
     27.31, 10.0, 2'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     26.83, 10.8, 4'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     20.97, 9.8, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      9.17, 10.1, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      8.77, 10.7, 6'.6 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      7.76, 10.5, 5'.2 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      3.08, 10.3, 7' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      1.98, 10.4, 7' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      1.09, 10.3, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      1.08, 10.3, 7'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
Sep. 30.14, 12.0, 1'.2 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
     30.02, 10.5, 7' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     27.06, 10.6, 7' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     26.10, 10.6, 7' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     25.16, 9.9, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     24.96, 10.7, 5'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     24.16, 11.8, 2' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     23.77, 10.6, 3'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
      7.08, 10.0, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      3.95, 10.6, 3'.7 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
      3.08, 9.8, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      2.84, 10.7, 2' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
Aug. 28.96, 10.8, 5' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     25.99, 10.9, 6' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      8.15, 10.0, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      6.94, 12.5, 1'.0 (V. Ivanov, Saratov, Russia, 25.4-cm reflector);
July 31.93, 10.1, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     27.92, 10.4, 4'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     22.92, 10.4, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      9.99, 12.5, 1'.2 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
      4.94, 11.3, 2'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
June 29.95, 12.6, 1' (Sergey E. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 41-cm reflector);
     28.97, 14.5, 0'.3 (P. Horalek, Ondrejov, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
     24.99, 11.5, 1'.7 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      2.97, 13.9, 1'.6 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.35-m reflector);
      1.92, 13.8, 1'.3 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.35-m reflector);
      1.02, 13.9, 1'.5 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.35-m reflector);
May  30.93, 14.0, 0'.8 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.35-m reflector);
     29.90, 13.3, 0'.9 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.35-m reflector);
     25.92, 13.4, 1'.0 (J. Cerny, Senohraby, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
     23.92, 14.2, 1'.0 (J. Cerny, Senohraby, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
     21.94, 13.6, 1'.1 (J. Cerny, Senohraby, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
      9.99, 13.7, 0'.8 (J. Cerny, Senohraby, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
      7.98, 13.8, 1'.1 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      7.94, 13.5, 1'.4 (J. Cerny, Senohraby, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
      6.98, 14.0, 1'.0 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      5.98, 14.0, 1'.0 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      5.00, 13.9, 1'.1 (J. Cerny, Senohraby, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
      1.94, 14.1, 0'.9 (J. Cerny, Senohraby, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
 
 
COMET P/2010 JC81 (WISE)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2011
Oct.  7.79, [13.5, ! 0'.4 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Sept. 7.17, 13.5, 0'.8 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2010 R1 (LINEAR)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2012
May  10.88, 17.0, 0'.3 (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 0.30-m reflector + CCD);
Apr. 24.93, 17.1, 0'.3 (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 0.30-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2010 S1 (LINEAR)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Oct. 25.40, [12.9, ! 1'.0 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Sep. 22.43, 13.3, 0'.9 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Aug.  2.59, 13.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
July 29.17, 13.4, 0'.2 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
June 30.19, 13.5, 0'.2 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
May   2.79, 13.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2013
Dec. 13.70, 14.2, 0'.5 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      2.71, 13.7, 0'.6 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
Nov. 25.72, 13.2, 0'.7 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     23.42, 13.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     13.72, 13.2, 0'.8 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     11.77, 13.2, 0'.8 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
Oct. 24.83, 13.2, 0'.8 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     22.77, 13.3, 0'.8 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     13.77, 13.0, 0'.6 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     12.42, 13.4, 0'.3 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; nearby faint star);
     11.44, 13.8, 0'.8 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; faint, hard to see);
      6.73, 14.4, 0'.4 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
      2.82, 13.1, 0'.8 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
Sep. 27.84, 12.9, 0'.6 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      7.88, 13.0, 0'.9 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      6.88, 13.0, 0'.9 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      5.90, 13.2, 0'.8 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      5.88, 13.3, 0'.7 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
Aug. 28.94, 12.8, 0'.8 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     27.87, 12.6, 0'.5 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.15-m reflector + CCD + V filter);
      5.92, 13.0, 0'.8 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      1.94, 12.9, 0'.9 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      1.87, 13.2, 0'.8 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
July 28.86, 13.6, 0'.4 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
     27.97, 12.9, 0'.8 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     27.83, 13.7, 0'.5 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
     26.87, 13.6, 0'.7 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
     23.85, 13.2, 0'.6 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
     18.98, 12.9, 0'.8 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     17.97, 12.1, 1'.7 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     17.90, 13.5, 0'.7 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
     15.98, 12.8, 0'.9 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     15.96, 12.1, 1'.8 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     15.88, 14.0, 0'.5 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
      9.98, 11.9, 1'.8 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      8.98, 11.9, 1'.8 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      7.96, 11.9, 1'.7 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      7.94, 13.0, 0'.8 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      7.88, 14.2, 0'.5 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
      7.66, 13.3, 1'.0 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
      6.99, 11.5, 1' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      6.51, 13.2, 0'.6 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      3.89, 14.4, 0'.6 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
June 30.92, 14.2, 0'.5 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
     27.91, 13.1, 0'.5 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
     15.07, 12.9, 0'.7 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     15.00, 13.2, 0'.8 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      7.02, 13.2, 0'.7 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      5.98, 13.2, 0'.7 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
May  17.74, 13.0, 0'.9 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     14.73, 13.4, 0'.7 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     11.05, 12.9, 0'.7 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     10.75, 12.9, 0'.6 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      7.02, 14.3, 0'.3 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
      4.11, 13.3, 0'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Apr. 20.15, 13.1, 0'.4 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Mar.  9.09, 14.6, 0'.3 (S. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 20-cm reflector + CCD);
2012
Nov. 13.73, 12.8, 1' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      6.94, 13.0, 0'.7 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Sep. 13.90, 13.5, 1' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
Aug. 21.96, 13.0, 0'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     19.68, 13.8, 0'.8 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     18.86, 12.6, 1' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
July 26.89, 13.8, 1' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     16.94, 13.2, 0'.8 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
May  10.95, 14.0, 0'.4 (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 0.30-m reflector + CCD);
2011
Nov. 25.41, 13.6, 0'.6 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; involved with mag-13.6 star);
     24.59, 13.6, 0'.3 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Oct. 30.81, 14.7, 0'.3 (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 0.30-m reflector + CCD);
     25.78, 14.4, 0'.3 (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 0.30-m reflector + CCD);
     18.79, 14.8, 0'.3 (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 0.30-m reflector + CCD);
      7.75, 14.3, 0'.3 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      2.88, 14.3, 0'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
Sep. 29.86, 13.8, 0'.7 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     28.85, 13.8, 0'.6 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     25.84, 13.7, 0'.6 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     24.84, 13.7, 0'.7 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      3.91, 13.6, 0'.54 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
Aug.  6.90, 13.7, 0'.7 (V. Ivanov, Saratov, Russia, 25.4-cm reflector);
      4.03, 13.5, 0'.8 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2010 X1 (Elenin)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2011
Nov. 24.57, [10.6, ! 4' (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; dense star field near Pleiades);
     24.16, 9.5, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     17.87, 9.5, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Oct. 30.14, 9.3, 9' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     21.00, 10.2, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      9.20, 10.7, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      9.13, 12.0, 2'.8 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
      8.80, [10.9, ! 1'.5 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; background sky bright due to low alt.; a 13.2-mag star was visible);
      7.81, [10.0, ! 2'.2 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; background sky bright due to low alt.; a 13.2-mag star was visible);
Aug. 23.39, 8.9, 3' (M. Mattiazzo, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     22.39, 8.8, 3' (M. Mattiazzo, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     21.37, 8.1, 5' (D. A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     21.31, 8.6, 4' (S. T. Rae, Hamilton, New Zealand, 9x63 binoculars);
     20.31, 8.3, 5' (S. T. Rae, Hamilton, New Zealand, 9x63 binoculars);
     19.39, 8.1, 4' (M. Mattiazzo, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 25x100 binoculars; zodiacal light);
     19.36, 8.4, 4' (D. A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     18.30, 8.3, 4' (S. T. Rae, Hamilton, New Zealand, 9x63 binoculars);
     17.39, 8.2, 4' (M. Mattiazzo, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 25x100 binoculars; zodiacal light);
     16.94, 8.9, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     16.91, 8.3, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     16.91, 8.3, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     16.38, 8.4, 5' (D. A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     13.90, 8.3, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
     12.90, 8.4, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
      7.91, 8.8, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight, light pollution);
      7.39, 9.0, 3' (M. Mattiazzo, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 25x100 binoculars; moonlight);
      5.92, 9.2, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.06-m refractor; moonlight);
      5.92, 9.2, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
      4.92, 9.3, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; moonlight);
      3.91, 9.7, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
July 30.40, 9.5, 4' (M. Mattiazzo, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 25x100 binoculars; zodiacal light);
     28.40, 10.0, 3' (M. Mattiazzo, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 20-cm reflector; hazy sky);
     28.37, 9.4, 3'.7 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     27.36, 10.0, 4'.3 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     26.91, 10.3:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector, light pollution);
     25.40, 10.2, 3' (M. Mattiazzo, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 20-cm reflector);
     24.94, 10.4, 2'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     22.91, 10.3, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     21.94, 10.5, 2'(M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     21.42, 10.5, 3' (M. Mattiazzo, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 20-cm reflector);
     20.38, 9.9, 4' (D. A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25.4-cm reflector);
June 25.93, 10.5, 2'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 12 deg);
     23.36, 12.1, 2'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     20.37, 13.8, 1' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     19.94, 12.6, 1'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     19.37, 13.5, 1'.2 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      4.93, 13.4, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.20-m reflector, ASAS-3 magnitudes);
      3.78, 11.9, 2'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
May  31.88, 13.0, 1'.5 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.35-m reflector);
     30.89, 13.1, 1'.1 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.35-m reflector);
     29.85, 13.2, 1'.5 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.35-m reflector);
     25.89, 13.1, 1'.3 (J. Cerny, Senohraby, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
     23.90, 13.5, 1'.0 (J. Cerny, Senohraby, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
     22.94, 13.2, 1'.2 (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     21.90, 13.3, 0'.9 (J. Cerny, Senohraby, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
      9.93, 13.9, 1'.3 (J. Cerny, Senohraby, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
      7.91, 13.5, 1'.2 (J. Cerny, Senohraby, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
      7.90, 14.3, 0'.7 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      6.90, 14.4, 0'.6 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      5.90, 14.4, 0'.6 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      1.90, 14.2, 1'.0 (J. Cerny, Senohraby, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2011 A3 (GIBBS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2011
Oct. 15.79, 9.1, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      7.41, [10.4, ! 1'.2 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; strong moonlight);
Sep. 24.83, 9.7, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     19.84, 9.7, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      3.83, 10.9, 2'.2 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 8.5 deg);
Aug. 28.94, 10.8:, 2'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector; haze);
     26.88, 10.3, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      3.92, 10.8, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
June 28.93, 14.7, 0'.8 (P. Horalek, Ondrejov, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
      1.95, 15.6, 0'.3 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.35-m reflector);
May  29.96, 15.6, 0'.3 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.35-m reflector);
     25.97, 15.7, 0'.3 (J. Cerny, Senohraby, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
      9.98, 15.8, 0'.3 (J. Cerny, Senohraby, Czech Republic, 0.35-m reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2011 C1 (McNaught)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2011
Aug.  6.05, 11.8, 0'.91 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
June  6.79, 12.1, 2' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      4.11, 10.8, 2' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 12 deg);
      3.78, 11.9, 2'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      3.06, 10.5, 1'.8 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.35-m reflector);
May  30.05, 11.3, 2'.0 (J. Cerny, Korcula, Croatia, 0.35-m reflector);
     28.18, 10.3, 2'.1 (W. Hasubick, Kiripotib, Namibia, 20-cm reflector);
      6.35, 9.5, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      5.34, 9.5, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      4.35, 9.6, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      3.36, 9.4, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
      2.34, 9.3, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
 
 
COMET C/2011 F1 (LINEAR)
Jan.  3.17, 13.7, 0'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
2012
Nov.  4.78, 9.0, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Oct.  9.77, 12.5, 1'.4 (J. Qvam, Borrevannet, Horten, Norway, 10-cm refractor + CCD + V filter);
      5.81, 9.3, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      2.77, 13.4, 0'.8 (J. Qvam, Borrevannet, Horten, Norway, 10-cm refractor + CCD + V filter; moonlight);
Sep. 19.81, 13.3, 1'.2 (J. Qvam, Borrevannet, Horten, Norway, 0.10-m refractor + CCD + V filter; alt. 16 deg);
     13.86, 9.8, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      9.81, 10.0:, 2'.5 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector; low alt.);
      6.85, 10.4, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      4.40, 11.6, 1'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      3.37, 11.8, 2' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
Aug. 23.53, 10.8, 3'.0 (M.-T. Hui, Luogang, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city light pollution and moonlight);
     21.91, 10.8, 3'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     19.83, 11.4, 1'.6 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
     19.36, 12.9, 1'.3 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     18.85, 12.4, 2' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     18.46, 10.6, 2'.4 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      9.94, 11.0, 3'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      6.38, 12.2, 2'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      5.50, 12.0, 1'.3 (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 300-mm camera lens + CCD);
      5.37, 12.0, 1'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      4.37, 12.2, 1'.7 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
July 25.35, 13.0, 1' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     22.95, 11.7, 2' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     22.51, [12.0, -- (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 0.32-m reflector);
     20.94, 11.0, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     20.37, 12.4, 2' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     16.99, 11.1, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     16.89, 12.7, 0'.7 (V. Ivanov, Melovoe, Russia, 25.4-cm reflector);
     16.36, 11.9, 1'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     15.89, 12.5, 1'.0 (V. Ivanov, Atamanovka, Russia, 20.3-cm reflector);
     15.36, 12.3, 1'.2 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     13.00, 11.2, 4'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      7.58, 12.2, 1'.1 (M.-T. Hui, Luogang, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; light pollution);
      5.94, 11.1, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
June 26.56, 12.4, 1'.1 (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 300-mm camera lens + CCD);
     24.45, 11.2, 1'.2 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     23.91, 12.8, 0'.8 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
     23.54, 12.5, 1'.3 (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 0.32-m reflector);
     23.40, 12.5, 1'.3 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     22.94, 12.8, 1' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     19.42, 11.5, 1'.4 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     18.37, 11.5, 1'.2 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     16.91, 11.5, 2'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     15.39, 11.4, 1' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     14.37, 11.5, 0'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     14.05, 10.7, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     13.53, 12.9, 1'.0 (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 300-mm camera lens + CCD);
     10.49, 12.5, 1'.2 (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 0.32-m reflector);
May  28.96, 11.3, 2'.4 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     26.95, 11.3, 2'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     25.90, 11.2, 2'.8 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     24.92, 11.2, 2'.8 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     23.94, 11.3, 2'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     20.88, 11.4, 2'.4 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     19.98, 12.6, 1'.2 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
     19.92, 11.4, 2'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     18.95, 11.4, 2'.8 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     17.92, 11.6, 2'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     17.91, 12.3, 1' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     14.98, 11.1, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     13.97, 12.8, 1'.2 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
     10.91, 12.8, 0'.8 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 0.25-m reflector);
     10.87, 13.4, 0'.7 (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 0.30-m reflector + CCD);
Apr. 27.92, 11.8, 2'.2 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     26.92, 11.9, 2' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     26.84, 14.1, 0'.5 (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 0.30-m reflector + CCD);
     21.68, 13.7, 1'.1 (M.-T. Hui, Mt. Mulan, Wuhan, China, 21.0-cm Cassegrain)
     12.98, 13.7, 0'.5 (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 0.30-m reflector);
      8.87, 11.2, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Mar. 28.11, 11.7, 2'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     19.83, 12.9, 1' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     15.06, 11.5, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2011 J2 (LINEAR)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
Aug. 10.63, 16.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2014
Dec. 13.48, 15.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Nov. 20.49, 15.5, 0'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 18.47, 14.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Sep. 22.45, 14.7, 0'.8 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Aug. 18.63, 14.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      3.01, 13.5, 0'.93 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector);
      1.03, 13.2, 1'.2 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
July 28.65, 14.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
May  30.72, 14.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.77, 14.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb. 28.78, 13.2, 0'.3 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     22.45, 14.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2013
Dec.  5.00, 12.8, 1'.2 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      4.77, 13.9, 1'.0 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
Nov. 22.82, 13.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     12.10, 13.7, 1'.1 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      8.11, 13.9, 0'.8 (T. Karhula, Vasteras, Sweden, 0.40-m reflector);
Oct. 13.77, 13.9, 0'.9 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     12.77, 13.4, 0'.8 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     11.76, 13.8, 0'.8 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
May  10.96, 14.1, 0'.7 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Feb. 11.66, 14.8, 0'.9 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
Jan. 22.88, 15.6, 0'.6 (S. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 20-cm reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2011 L3 (McNaught)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2011
Sep. 21.78, 14.4, 0'.5 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
Aug.  9.76, [12.2, ! 0'.7 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      6.83, 14.2, 0'.5 (V. Ivanov, Saratov, Russia, 25.4-cm reflector);
July 23.89, 13.2, 0'.9 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
      1.06, 13.1, 1'.0 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
May  31.71, 17.3, 0'.4 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
Mar. 11.83, 16.9, 0'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
Mar. 10.75, 16.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2013
Dec. 22.84, 15.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Nov.  4.43, 14.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 13.40, [12.6, ! 0'.5 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     12.41, [12.9, ! 1'.1 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     11.42, [12.6, ! 0'.9 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Sept.11.87, 14.8:, 0'.7 (T. Karhula, Vasteras, Sweden, 40-cm reflector);
      7.85, 12.9, 2' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      6.85, 12.9, 2'.1 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      5.85, 12.9, 2' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      4.82, 13.2, 2' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
Aug. 16.58, 14.2, 0'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
      7.93, 11.9, 2'.2 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector);
      1.86, 12.6, 1'.3 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      1.00, 10.3, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
July 31.71, 10.4, 2'.2 (M.-T. Hui, Nhut Thung Pau, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights);
     18.06, 10.8, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     18.02, 11.1, 2'.3 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     16.02, 11.1, 2'.2 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     12.96, 10.6, 1' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      9.96, 10.3, 2'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      9.61, 10.5, 2'.2 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
      8.96, 10.8, 2'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      8.02, 10.8, 2'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      6.96, 10.1, -- (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
      3.58, 10.2, 3' (M.-T. Hui, Nhut Thung Pau, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights);
      2.96, 10.1, 3'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      1.97, 10.9, -- (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      1.96, 10.1, 3'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      1.01, 10.1, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
June 27.53, 10.4, 2'.5 (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 0.32-m reflector);
     20.00, 10.0, 3'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     19.01, 10.0, 3' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     17.94, 9.9, 3' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     17.01, 9.9, 3'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     16.94, 10.0, 5'.3 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 100-mm lens + CCD + V filter);
     15.93, 9.9, 5'.3 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 100-mm lens + CCD + V filter; clouds);
     15.04, 9.8, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     12.92, 9.6, 3' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     11.92, 9.6, 3' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     11.49, 9.7, 3' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 0.32-m reflector);
      9.99, 9.7, 5'.1 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 100-mm lens + CCD + V filter; clouds and twilight);
      6.04, 9.2, 4' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.20-m reflector);
      4.04, 8.9, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
      3.72, 9.2, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      2.96, 8.1, 4' (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
      2.67, 8.8, 5' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
May  31.93, 8.7, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     31.66, 8.8, 3'.7, (M.-T. Hui, Nhut Thung Pau, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; road lights);
     31.61, 8.4, 7'.3 (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 300-mm camera lens + CCD);
     28.86, 9.1, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     20.86, 8.8, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     19.04, 8.7, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     18.90, 8.0, 2' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 16x70 binoculars);
     18.00, 9.0, 4'.1 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 100-mm lens + CCD + V filter);
     17.94, 10.5, > 1' (Johan Karnfelt, Gothenburg, Sweden, 25-cm reflector; light pollution);
     17.72, 8.6, 4' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     16.74, 8.2, 6'.9 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     15.94, 10.0, 0'.4 (Gustav Holmberg, Lund, Sweden, 20-cm reflector; light pollution);
     15.90, 7.9, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     15.85, 8.3, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     15.02, 7.6, -- (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     14.95, 7.8, 8' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     12.88, 8.5, 2' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 12-cm refractor);
     12.75, 8.3, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     11.98, 8.7, 4'.1 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 100-mm lens + CCD + V filter);
     11.93, 8.3, 4' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector);
     11.73, 8.1, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     11.02, 7.9, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     10.91, 8.6, 4' (J. Warell, Lindby observatory, Skurup, Sweden, 11x80 binoculars);
      9.01, 7.8, 3'.3 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 0.10-m reflector);
      8.95, 8.6, 3'.4 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 6.8-cm refractor + CCD + V filter);
      8.77, 8.1, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      8.76, 8.0, 4' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      5.89, 7.3, 10' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
      5.76, 7.8, 4' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      3.90, 7.3, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      3.90, 7.5, 8' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
      2.99, 7.8, 4' (B. H. Granslo, Rislokka, Oslo, Norway, 8.0-cm refractor);
      2.79, 8.1, 4'.0 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
      2.78, 7.6, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      1.88, 7.0, 4'.5 (S. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.07-m refractor);
      1.88, 8.0, 5' (J. Warell, Skurup, Sweden, 11x80 binoculars);
Apr. 30.97, 7.8, 4' (B. H. Granslo, Rislokka, Oslo, Norway, 8.0-cm refractor);
     28.91, 7.2, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     28.90, 7.5, 5' (J. Warell, Skurup, Sweden, 11x80 binoculars);
     28.09, 9.1, 1'.3 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
     26.08, 7.0, 3' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     25.01, 7.6, 4' (B. H. Granslo, Rislokka, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars);
     24.87, 7.2, 2' (S. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.07-m refractor);
     24.09, 6.6, 2'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     22.88, 6.9, 3' (S. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.07-m refractor);
     22.83, 7.1, 5' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 20x60 binoculars; moonlight);
     22.82, 7.6, 5'.1 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 100-mm lens + CCD + V filter; moonlight);
     22.09, 6.4, 3' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     21.83, 6.9, 6' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 20x60 binoculars);
     21.81, 7.2, 6'.1 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 100-mm lens + CCD + V filter);
     20.91, 7.1, 4' (T. Karhula, Virsbo, Sweden, 18x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     20.11, 6.9, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     20.01, 6.9, 5' (B. H. Granslo, Rislokka, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars);
     19.80, 6.8, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     19.70, 6.6*, 3' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     19.10, 6.0, 3' (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
     18.91, 6.7, 5' (J. Warell, Skurup, Sweden, 11x80 binoculars);
     17.80, 6.9*, 5'.1 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 100-mm lens + CCD + V filter; moonlight);
     17.80, 6.0, 2'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     16.83, 6.4*, 4' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 20x60 binoculars);
     16.14, 6.3, 1'.8 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25 cm reflector + CCD +R_c filter);
     15.87, 5.5, 5' (Kazimieras Cernis, Vilnius, Lithuania, 7x50 binoculars);
     15.80, 5.9, 3' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     15.79, 6.0, 4' (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 20x80 binoculars);
     15.17, 6.7, 2'.6 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     14.81, 6.1, -- (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
     14.79, 6.0, 3' (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
     13.97, 6.1, 4' (B. H. Granslo, Rislokka, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 22 deg);
     13.76, 6.1*, 4' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 11x80 binoculars);
     12.83, 6.1, -- (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
     12.83, 5.9, 6' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     12.81, 5.6, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 7x35 binoculars);
     11.86, 5.8, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     10.93, 5.9, 4' (B. H. Granslo, Steinbruvann, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 18 deg);
     10.79, 5.7, 5' (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
      9.97, 5.7, 4' (B. H. Granslo, Steinbruvann, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 18 deg);
      9.82, 4.8, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 7x35 binoculars);
      9.79, 5.7, 4' (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
      8.90, 5.5, -- (J. Warell, Skurup, Sweden, 7x50 binoculars);
      8.87, 5.5, 4' (B. H. Granslo, {\AA}neby, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 18 deg);
      7.88, 5.6, 4' (B. H. Granslo, {\AA}neby, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 17 deg);
      7.81, 5.9, 4' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars; alt. 13 deg; haze and light pollution));
      7.79, 5.2, 6' (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 10x70 refractor);
      7.78, 5.7*, 5'.3 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 135-mm lens + CCD + V filter; comet alt. 14.8 deg);
      6.78, 5.6, 3' (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
      6.08, 5.0, 3' (T. Karhula, Virsbo, Sweden, 18x50 binoculars; 1.9-deg tail in p.a. 355);
      5.84, 5.4, 4' (B. H. Granslo, Kalbakken, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 18 deg);
      5.83, 5.4, 5'.0 (J. Qvam, Holmestrand, Norway, 50-mm lens + CCD);
      3.90, 4.9, 3' (B. H. Granslo, Steinbruvann, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 12 deg);
      3.85, 4.6, -- (J. Warell, Skurup, Sweden, 7x50 binoculars);
      2.91, 4.8, 3' (B. H. Granslo, Steinbruvann, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 10 deg);
      2.78, 4.4, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
      1.87, 4.5, 3'.5 (B. H. Granslo, Steinbruvann, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 11 deg);
      1.83, 4.5, 2' (T. Karhula, Virsbo, Sweden, 18x50 binoculars);
      1.82, 4.3, -- (J. Warell, Skurup, Sweden, 7x50 binoculars);
      1.82, 3.5, 6' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
      1.81, 4.5, -- (Johan Karnfelt, Gothenburg, Sweden, 7x50 binoculars);
      1.81, 4.8, 4' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars; alt. 10.5 deg; haze and light pollution);
      1.17, 4.2, 4' (C. E. Spratt, Victoria, BC, Canada, 11x80 binoculars; city light pollution);
Mar. 31.84, 4.3, -- (B. H. Granslo, Hakadal, Norway, naked eye; alt. 12 deg);
     31.83, 4.4, -- (J. Warell, Skurup, Sweden, 7x50 binoculars);
     31.17, 3.9, 4' (C. E. Spratt, Victoria, BC, Canada, 11x80 binoculars; city light pollution);
     30.84, 4.2, 3' (B. H. Granslo, Hakadal, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 12 deg);
     30.81, 4.4, 3'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Zamora, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     30.78, 4.0, 4' (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
     29.84, 4.1, 4' (B. H. Granslo, Hakadal, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 12 deg);
     29.83, 4.1, -- (O. Skibrei, Tegneby, near Son, Norway, 7x50 binoculars; alt. 12 deg);
     28.82, 3.8, 2' (T. Karhula, Virsbo, Sweden, 18x50 binoculars);
     28.82, 3.9, 3' (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 13 deg);
     27.82, 3.7, 3' (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 13 deg);
     27.75, 3.0, 2'.3 (S. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.07-m refractor);
     26.83, 3.9, -- (J. Warell, Skurup, Sweden, 11x80 binoculars);
     26.81, 3.6, 3' (B. H. Granslo, Kalbakken, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 13 deg);
     26.75, 3.2, 2'.3 (S. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.07-m refractor);
     25.81, 3.4, 3' (B. H. Granslo, Kalbakken, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 11 deg);
     25.80, 2.6, 4' (A. Baransky, Bucha, Ukraine, 10x50 binoculars; 1.3-deg tail);
     24.82, 3.5, 3' (B. H. Granslo, Rislokka, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 9 deg);
     24.81, 3.3, -- (J. Warell, Skurup, Sweden, 7x50 binoculars);
     24.81, 2.8, 1' (T. Karhula, Virsbo, Sweden, 18x50 binoculars);
     24.78, 2.8, 6' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 16x70 binoculars);
     23.81, 2.7, 1' (T. Karhula, Virsbo, Sweden, 18x50 binoculars);
     23.80, 2.8, -- (J. Warell, Skurup, Sweden, 11x80 binoculars);
     23.80, 3.3, 3' (B. H. Granslo, Rislokka, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 11 deg);
     23.76, 1.8*, &8' (M. L. Paradowski, Wawolnica, Poland, 7x35 binoculars; alt. 8 deg);
     23.15, 2.7, 6' (C. E. Spratt, Victoria, BC, Canada, 11x80 binoculars; twilight; light pollution);
     22.81, 2.8, -- (O. Skilbrei, Honefoss, Norway, naked eye; 0.5-deg tail);
     22.81, 3.1, 3' (B. H. Granslo, Kalbakken, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 8 deg);
     22.74, 2:, -- (Giuseppe Pappa, Sicily, Italy, 12x50 binoculars);
     21.80, 2.8*, 3' (B. H. Granslo, Fetsund, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 9 deg);
     21.74, 1.5:, -- (Giuseppe Pappa, Sicily, Italy, 12x50 binoculars);
     21.41, 2.7*, 5' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 9x35 binoculars; alt. 8.9 deg; twilight);
     20.82, 2.7*, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Valladolid, Spain, naked eye; some moonlight interference);
     20.77, 2.4, -- (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 8x32 binoculars);
     20.74, 1.5:, -- (Giuseppe Pappa, Sicily, Italy, 12x50 binoculars);
     19.77, 2.0, -- (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     19.74, 1:, -- (Giuseppe Pappa, Sicily, Italy, 12x50 binoculars);
     19.74, 1.6*, 7' (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 7x50 binoculars; alt. 5 deg, 2-deg tail);
     18.80, 2.4, 3' (B. H. Granslo, Alunsjoen, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 5 deg);
     18.80, 1.9, 3' (A. Baransky, Bucha, Ukraine, 10x50 binoculars; 2.5-deg tail);
     18.74, 2.2:, -- (T. Karhula, Vasteras, Sweden, naked eye; light pollution);
     17.81, 2.2:, 2' (B. H. Granslo, near Hakadal, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 3 deg; clouds);
     17.81, 2.2*, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, naked eye);
     17.80, 1.8, 3' (A. Baransky, Bucha, Ukraine, 10x50 binoculars; 2.5-deg tail);
     17.74, 1.4*, 5'.3 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 135-mm lens + CCD + V filter);
     17.74, 0.5:, -- (Giuseppe Pappa, Sicily, Italy, 12x50 binoculars);
     16.76, 1.7, 5' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, naked eye; alt. 10 deg; clouds);
     15.77, 1.5:, -- (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     15.76, 0.1:, -- (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     15.75, 0:, -- (Giuseppe Pappa, Sicily, Italy, naked eye);
     15.43, 1.7:, -- (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 7x35 binoculars; 1.3-deg tail);
     15.40, 1.8*, 5' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 9x35 binoculars; alt. 6.4 deg; twilight);
     14.81, 1.8, 2'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     14.79, 0.9, -- (J. J. Chambo, Valencia, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; twilight);
     14.77, 1.7, 2' (B. H. Granslo, Kalbakken, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 5 deg; twilight);
     14.77, 1.5:, -- (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     14.74, 1.0:, -- (T. Karhula, Vasteras, Sweden, naked eye; light pollution);
     14.50, 1.8:, -- (M.-T. Hui, Mt. Jizu, Yunan, China, naked eye; alt. 7.8 deg);
     14.09, 1.4*, -- (C. W. Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., naked eye);
     14.09, 0.2*, -- (R. A. Keen, Mt. Thorodin, CO, U.S.A., naked eye);
     13.77, 1.2:, 3' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     13.77, 1.9, 1' (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 3 deg; twilight);
     13.76, 1.5, -- (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, naked eye);
     13.73, 1.0:, < 1' (T. Karhula, Vasteras, Sweden, 7x50 binoculars);
     13.09, 1.3*, -- (C. W. Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., naked eye);
     12.84, 0.6, -- (H. Dahle, La Palma, Spain, naked eye);
     11.83, 1.0, 1'.5 (H. Dahle, Roque de los Muchachos, La Palma, Spain, 9x63 binoculars; alt. 4 deg; twilight);
     11.79, 1.0, 5' (C. Labordena, Castellon, Spain, 11x80 binoculars);
     11.74, -1:, -- (Giuseppe Pappa, Sicily, Italy, naked eye; twilight, alt. 3 deg);
     11.41, 1.8:, -- (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 7x35 binoculars);
     11.09, 1.5:, - (C. W. Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., naked eye);
     10.77, 1.4*, 2'.5 (J.J. Gonzalez, Girona, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     10.74, -1:, -- (Giuseppe Pappa, Sicily, Italy, 12x50 binoculars; twilight, alt. 2 deg);
     10.38, 1.5, 2' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars; low alt.);
      7.39, 0.4, -- (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia; low alt.);
      7.39, 1.6, -- (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars; low alt.);
      6.41, 1.7 -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, naked eye);
      6.40, 1.8, -- (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars; low alt.);
      5.41, 1.8, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, naked eye);
      5.40, 1.1, -- (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars; low alt.);
      4.41, 2.0, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, naked eye; 1.5-deg tail);
Feb. 20.39, 4.7:, -- (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 11x70 binoculars; low alt.; moonlight; twilight);
     19.85, 4.2, 2'.5 (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector; alt. 4 deg);
     17.33, 5.2*, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; altitude 8 deg);
     16.32, 5.0, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; altitude 8 deg);
     15.73, 5.0, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, naked eye);
     14.73, 5.0, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, naked eye);
     14.32, 5.1*, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; altitude 10 deg);
     13.74, 5.3, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, naked eye);
     13.45, 5.3, 8' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
     13.32, 5.5:, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; altitude 10 deg; clouds);
     12.74, 5.5, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 6x35 binoculars);
     11.85, 5.7, 3' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
     11.32, 5.5:, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 11 deg);
     10.98, 5.6, -- (Margarete J. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     10.97, 5.5, 10' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     10.84, 5.7, 3'.5 (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
      9.74, 5.3, -- (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia; twilight);
      9.74, 5.7, 4'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
      8.72, 6.1, 8'.6 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
      7.84, 6.2, 3' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
      7.31, 6.2*, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      6.85, 6.3, 3' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
      6.72, 6.3, 6'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
      5.30, 6.3, 5' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
      4.32, 6.4*, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      2.30, 6.4, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x60 binoculars);
      1.72, 6.5, 6' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 11x70 binoculars; moonlight);
Jan. 31.84, 6.9, 3' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
     31.72, 6.5, 5'.2 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 11x70 binoculars; moonlight);
     30.31, 7.1, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; moonlight);
     29.72, 6.7, 6' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 11x70 binoculars; moonlight);
     28.30, 7.4, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; moonlight);
     26.28, 7.5, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; moonlight);
     24.83, 7.4, 2'.8 (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
     24.74, 7.2, 5' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 11x70 binoculars; twilight);
     24.29, 7.5, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
     23.81, 7.5, 2'.5 (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
     23.27, 7.6, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; altitude 10 deg; clouds interfering);
     22.73, 7.8, 2' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 20cm Reflector; twilight);
     22.31, 7.6, 1' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     21.84, 7.5, 3' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
     20.30, 8.0, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
     19.83, 7.7, 4' (A. Pearce, Middleton Beach, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
     19.73, 7.6, 2' (M. Mattiazzo, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     19.31, 7.6, 1' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     19.30, 8.0, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
     18.30, 8.0, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; altitude 17 deg);
     17.72, 7.7, 6'.3 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 11x70 binoculars);
     16.73, 7.9, 2' (M. Mattiazzo, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     14.29, 8.5, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; altitude 11 deg);
     13.30, 8.6, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
     12.31, 8.7, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; altitude 17 deg);
     11.71, 8.3, 3'.9 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 11x70 binoculars);
     11.30, 8.4, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; altitude 15 deg);
     10.83, 8.6, 3' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
     10.28, 8.6, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; altitude 13 deg; clouds);
      8.71, 8.4, 4'.3 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 11x70 binoculars);
      7.72, 8.5, 4'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 11x70 binoculars);
      7.70, 8.6, 2'.6 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      7.31, 8.0, 2' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.1-m refractor);
      7.29, 8.3, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; alt. 10 deg; clouds);
      1.71, 8.3, 3' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
2012
Dec. 24.30, 8.1:, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; altitude 8.5 deg);
     23.72, 9.1, 3' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
Oct. 15.40, 11.4, 1'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     10.39, 11.5, 1'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      7.93, 10.0:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      4.38, 11.9, 1'.2 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
Sep. 11.42, 11.8, 1' (M. Mattiazzo, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 20-cm reflector);
      9.39, 12.4, 0'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      4.41, 12.1, 1'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      3.39, 12.4, 0'.9 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      2.91, 10.8, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
Aug. 21.92, 11.5:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     21.86, 9.5, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     20.38, 12.6, 1'.7 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     19.37, 12.9, 1'.7 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     15.93, 11.5:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     14.92, 11.0, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     12.47, 11.8, 2' (D. A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     10.92, 11.5:, [0'.5 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      9.88, 9.8, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      8.91, 11.5, 0'.5 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      8.49, 12.5, -- (D. A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      7.91, 11.6, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      6.92, 11.8:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      6.38, 12.3, 1'.6 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      5.96, 11.6:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      5.38, 13.0, 0'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      4.38, 12.8, 0'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
July 25.36, 12.9, 0'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     23.01, 12.0, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     20.92, 12.0, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     20.38, 12.6, 1'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     19.91, 12.0, 0'.5 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     16.91, 11.1, 3'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     16.37, 12.8, 1'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     15.37, 12.5, 1'.2 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     12.94, 12.1:, < 0'.5 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     12.94, 11.3, 2'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      8.58, 12.0, 1'.4 (M.-T. Hui, Luogang, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; light pollution);
      8.51, 13.2, 0'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
      6.57, 12.0, 1'.2 (M.-T. Hui, Luogang, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; moonlight);
June 24.97, 12.5:, < 0'.5 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     24.47, 12.9, 0'.7 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     23.90, 13.0:, 0'.5 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector; alt. 10.5 deg);
     23.42, 13.1, 0'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     22.85, 12.3, 0'.3 (V. Ivanov, Melovoe, Russia, 25.4-cm reflector);
     20.85, 12.2, 0'.3 (V. Ivanov, Melovoe, Russia, 25.4-cm reflector);
     19.43, 13.0, 0'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     18.90, 12.2, 0'.7 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 11.6 deg);
     18.38, 13.4, 0'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     18.08, 11.9, 1' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     15.40, 12.8, 0'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     14.39, 12.8, 0'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     13.95, 11.8, 3'.0 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
May  19.45, 13.1, 0'.7 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     18.45, 13.5, 0'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     15.08, 12.2, 2'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Mar. 28.19, 14.6, 0'.3 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2011 M1 (LINEAR)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2011
Sep.  7.18, 9.2, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      3.18, 9.2, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Aug. 26.89, 9.5, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     20.83, 10.6, 2'.7 (M. L. Paradowski, Stroza-Kolonia, Poland, 25x100 binoculars);
     19.86, 12.2, 1' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      5.95, 10.8, 2'.5 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
      4.06, 10.7, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
July 23.91, 11.7:, 1'.2 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
      9.93, 11.8, 1'.2 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
      6.02, 13.0, 2'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      1.07, 12.8, 1'.2 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
June 28.98, 13.2, 2'.7 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     27.98, 13.2, 2'.6 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2011 Q4 (SWAN)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2011
Dec.  7.24, 11.2, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Nov. 24.84, 13.2, 0'.8 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Sep. 18.93, 11.1, 1'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     16.94, 11.4:, 1' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     14.40, 9.6, 3' (D. A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
 
 
COMET C/2011 R1 (McNaught)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2013
May  29.41, 13.0, 1'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      7.86, 15.5, 0'.9 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
      6.88, 15.2, 0'.6 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
      6.51, 13.9, 1'.2 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
      3.89, 11.6, 2' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      3.48, 12.9, 1'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
Apr. 29.41, 13.0, 1'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     22.73, 12.8, 2' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      7.74, [13.0, ! 1'.6 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Mar. 16.79, 13.0, 2'.0 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
Feb. 15.81, 12.6, 1'.1 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      9.22, 11.5, 2'.0 (J. J. Gonzalez, Zamora, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      8.68, 12.8, 1'.7 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      7.30, 11.8, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      6.65, 12.4, 1'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      2.28, 11.9, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
Jan. 30.30, 12.0, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
     20.25, 11.2, 2'.0 (J. J. Gonzalez, Zamora, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
2012
Oct. 15.40, 11.4, 2'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     10.40, 11.6, 2'.2 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      4.41, 11.2, 2'.3 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
Sep. 14.41, 11.6, 4' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      3.39, 12.3, 0'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
Aug. 24.77, 12.2, 3'.2 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      6.40, 11.5, 2'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      4.39, 11.5, 1'.6 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
July 16.76, 11.9, 2' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
June 24.75, 12.4, 2' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     19.76, 12.5, 1'.6 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     18.76, 12.1, 1'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     15.73, 12.0, 2'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     14.75, 12.3, 2' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2011 S2 (Kowalski)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2011
Oct.  9.19, 11.3, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      1.18, 11.8, 1'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2011 UF305 (LINEAR)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2013
Mar.  4.78, 16.7, 0'.5 (S. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 20-cm reflector + CCD);
Feb. 28.78, 17.2, 0'.4 (S. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 20-cm reflector + CCD);
     11.59, 14.6, 0'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
Jan. 22.94, 15.2, 0'.7 (S. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 20-cm reflector + CCD);
2012
Nov. 24.81, 12.9, 1'.2 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Oct. 20.84, 13.2, 1'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
Sep. 15.80, 11.5, 2'.5 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Aug. 22.16, 10.3, 3'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      9.92, 10.0, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
July 16.96, 10.7, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     12.97, 10.7, 4'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
June 23.95, 12.0, 1'.4 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector);
     23.91, 11.6, 0'.6 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
     22.89, 11.7, 3'.0 (V. Ivanov, Melovoe, Russia, 25.4-cm reflector);
     16.93, 11.6, 2' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     13.51, 12.5, 0'.7 (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 300-mm camera lens + CCD);
     10.48, 12.0, 1'.4 (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 0.32-m reflector);
     14.03, 10.9, 2'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
May  28.98, 11.8, 1'.9 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     26.97, 11.7, 2'.0 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     25.95, 11.7, 2'.0 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     25.00, 11.8, 2'.0 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     23.95, 12.0, 1'.8 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     19.93, 12.1, 1'.1 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
     18.91, 12.0, 1'.2 (V. Ivanov, Melovoe, Russia, 25.4-cm reflector);
     17.92, 12.3, 1' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     14.92, 11.2, 3'.0 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     13.99, [13.0, ! 0'.5 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
     12.85, 13.2, 0'.7 (V. Ivanov, Melovoe, Russia, 25.4-cm reflector);
     10.91, 12.9, 0'.6 (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 0.30-m reflector + CCD);
Apr. 22.84, 11.8, 1' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     21.82, 13.3, 0'.7 (M.-T. Hui, Mt. Mulan, Wuhan, China, 21.0-cm Cassegrain)
Mar. 28.15, 14.2, 0'.3 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2011 W3 (Lovejoy)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2012
Jan. 21.30, [12.0, -- (M. Linnolt, Ocean View, Hawaii, 0.50-m reflector);
      6.29, 8.5, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; 1-deg tail in p.a. 210 deg);
      4.31, 8.1, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; alt. 20 deg);
      2.27, 6.5, 12' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; comet alt. 13 deg; clouds; 10-deg tail in p.a. 225 deg;
2011
Dec. 28.30, 4.9, 15' (W. Souza, Maresias, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; tail > 30 deg in p.a. 225 deg);
     24.32, 3.8*, 10' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; 20-deg tail in p.a. 260 deg; sun alt. -15 deg; comet alt. 5 deg);
     23.32, 3.2, -- (J. G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
     23.31, 4.0, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, naked eye; 15-deg tail in p.a. 260 deg; sun alt. -14 deg; comet alt. 5 deg; clouds);
     22.32, 2.8*, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, naked eye; sun alt. -12 deg; alt. 5 deg; 20-deg tail in p.a. 240 deg);
     22.32, 2.6, -- (J. G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
     22.30, 2.8, 10' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; 13-deg tail in p.a. 235; alt. 6 deg);
     22.30, 3.0*, 10' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars; 10-deg tail in p.a. 235 deg);
     21.34, 2.1, -- (J. G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
     21.30, 2.3*, 10' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars; tail > 5 deg long in p.a. 235 deg);
     20.34, 1.1*, -- (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20X100 binoculars; stellar appearance; clouds; sun alt. -5 deg; comet alt. 7 deg);
     19.34, 0.0, -- (J. G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
     19.32, -0.5*, -- (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
     18.33, -1.0*, 1' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
     17.34, -2.9*, < 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; 0.2-deg tail in p.a. 240; alt. 4 deg; sun alt. -0.9 deg);
      4.30, 10.7, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector; alt. 13 degrees);
 
 
COMET C/2012 A1 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Jan. 19.46, 18.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2012 A2 (LINEAR)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2013
Dec.  2.73, 17.4, ! 0'.43 (Sergey E. Shurpakov, Baran, Belarus, 20-cm reflector + CCD);
Nov. 17.47, 16.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 27.52, 15.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Aug.  1.99, 16.6, 0'.3 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
2012
Nov. 24.83, 13.7, 0'.7 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     13.74, 14.5 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      6.87, 10.4, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      4.81, 10.5, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Sep. 22.96, 13.8, 1'.1 ( M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
     15.80, [12.5, ! 1'.3 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     13.85, 13.4, 1' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      6.86, 10.7, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Aug. 22.12, 11.3, 2'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
July 12.99, 13.7, 1'.3 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Apr. 27.85, 16.5, 0'.3 (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 0.30-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET P/2012 B1 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
June  1.59, 15.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
May  17.65, 15.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Apr. 14.75, 15.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.76, 15.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan. 22.80, 15.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2013
June 12.50, 16.3, 0'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
      3.97, 13.7, 0'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Apr. 16.87, 16.0, 0'.3 (S. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 20-cm reflector + CCD);
Feb. 11.71, 16.8, 0'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2012 B3 (La Sagra)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2012
Apr. 12.96, 18.0, 0'.3 (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 0.30-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2012 C2 (Bruenjes)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2012
Feb. 20.81, 10.3, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     17.46, 11.5, 2'.4 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     15.75, 11.7, 4' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2012 CH17 (MOSS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2012
July 16.92, 12.7, 1'.8 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
June 23.92, [14.0, !0'.5 ( M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector);
Apr. 24.82, 17.2, 0'.3 (V. Nevski, Vitebsk, Belarus, 0.30-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2012 F3 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2016
Sept. 4.70, 16.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2015
Sep. 30.78, [14.3, -- (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
     12.51, 15.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
June 10.69, 14.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2014
June 19.54, 16.2*, 0'.4 (M. Tsumura, Wakayama, Japan, 35-cm reflector + CCD);
May  23.61, 15.4, 0'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     18.61, 15.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      6.72, 15.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      3.53, 13.3, 1'.0 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Apr.  1.70, 15.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb.  2.77, 16.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2013
Dec. 14.81, 16.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2012 F6 (Lemmon)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Feb.  2.81, 16.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2013
Nov.  8.13, 13.9, 0'.5 (T. Karhula, Vasteras, Sweden, 0.40-m reflector);
      4.47, 13.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 30.76, 12.8, 1' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     13.41, 11.7, 1'.2 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     12.41, 11.6, 1'.4 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     11.43, 11.7, 1'.4 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      6.96, 11.3, 2' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Sep. 26.44, 12.2, 2'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     13.04, 10.7, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      8.02, 11.7, 2'.0 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      6.93, 11.6, 2'.2 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      5.93, 11.8, 1'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      4.83, 11.8, 1' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      1.15, 10.3, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Aug. 18.15, 10.1, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     16.61, 11.2, 1'.4 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
      7.96, 9.9, 3' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector);
      6.01, 9.9, 3' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.15-m reflector + CCD + V filter);
      5.98, 10.3, 1'.5 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.15-m reflector + CCD + V filter);
      4.73, 10.4, 2'.7, -- (M.-T. Hui, Nhut Thung Pau, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights);
      2.99, 11.8:, 1'.5 (J. Karnfelt, Gothenburg, Sweden, 25-cm reflector);
      1.88, 12.4, 1'.9 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      1.03, 10.1, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
July 18.05, 9.2, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     18.04, 9.0, 3'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     15.98, 9.0, 3'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     12.94, 9.2, 4' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     12.70, 9.2, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     10.00, 8.9, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      9.66, 9.4, 4'.2 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
      9.00, 8.8, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      8.59, 9.3, 4'.1 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
      7.98, 8.8, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      7.96, 8.8, 9' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 6.8-cm refractor);
      6.98, 9.5, -- (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
      3.98, 12.0, 0'.6 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
      2.97, 8.6, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      1.97, 8.6, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      1.00, 8.2, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
June 30.73, 8.7, 4'.3 (M.-T. Hui, Nhut Thung Pau, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; moonlight; very close to a star of mag 8);
     27.59, 9.4, 2'.0 (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 0.32-m reflector, moonlight);
     20.01, 8.4, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     19.02, 8.4, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     17.95, 9.7, 2'.4 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
     17.93, 8.3, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     17.02, 8.3, 4'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     16.95, 8.6, 5'.3 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 100-mm lens + CCD + V filter);
     15.96, 8.5, 5'.3 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 100-mm lens + CCD + V filter; clouds);
     15.06, 7.6, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     13.04, 7.6, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     12.79, 7.4, 6'.3 (M.-T. Hui, Nhut Thung Pau, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; road lights and moonlight);
     12.04, 7.5, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     10.00, 8.2, 5'.1 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 100-mm lens + CCD + V filter; clouds and twilight);
      4.09, 7.2, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      3.74, 7.8, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      2.68, 8.0, 5' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      1.80, 7.1, 7'.8, (M.-T. Hui, Nhut Thung Pau, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; road lights and moonlight);
      1.03, 6.8, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
May  31.82, 7.5, 6'.4, (M.-T. Hui, Nhut Thung Pau, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; road lights and strong moonlight);
     31.67, 8.0, 5'.3 (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 300-mm camera lens + CCD);
     19.06, 6.9, 5' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     19.03, 6.8, 4' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 16x70 binoculars);
     18.03, 7.4, 5'.1 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 100-mm lens + CCD + V filter; alt. 13 deg);
     18.02, 6.9, 5' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 7x35 binoculars; alt. 12 deg);
     17.77, 7.1, 8'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     17.73, 6.7*, 4' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     16.77, 7.5, 5'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     15.07, 7.0, -- (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     14.79, 6.9, 6'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     12.78, 6.5, 7' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 7x35 binoculars);
     11.77, 6.5, 7' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 7x35 binoculars);
     11.13, 6.4, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     10.78, 7.1, 5'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 11x70 binoculars);
      8.78, 6.9, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      8.77, 6.9*, 4' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      5.77, 6.9*, 4' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      4.15, 6.2, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
      2.81, 6.8, 3'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
      2.80, 6.7, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
Apr. 29.35, 6.1, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars, altitude 16 deg; moonlight);
     23.35, 6.2*, 6' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 14 deg);
     22.78, 6.1, 6'.6 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 11x70 binoculars);
     22.35, 6.0, 7' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
     21.35, 6.0*, 8' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 13 deg);
     20.35, 6.0, 8' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 13 deg);
     18.35, 5.9, 7' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 12 deg);
     17.35, 5.7, 9' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 11 deg);
     17.35, 5.7, 7' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars, comet alt. 12 deg);
     16.35, 5.7, 6' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 10 deg;
     16.35, 5.7, 7' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars; alt. 12 deg);
     10.79, 4.9, -- (David A. J. Seargent, The Entrance, NSW, Australia, 10x50 binoculars);
      1.35, 6.0:, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; altitude 5 deg);
Mar. 14.41, 4.3, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, naked eye);
     12.41, 4.3, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, naked eye);
     10.42, 4.4, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, naked eye);
      7.42, 4.4, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, naked eye);
      7.41, 4.9, 10' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars; low alt.);
      6.40, 5.3, 10'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars; low alt.);
      3.41, 4.5, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, naked eye);
      2.95, 5.2, 8' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      1.95, 5.2, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
      1.94, 5.3, 8' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; clouds interfering);
Feb. 28.94, 5.2, 10' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; light pollution; clouds; moonlight);
     24.96, 5.2, 8' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; light pollution, moonlight);
     22.95, 5.1, 8' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     21.97, 5.0, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars; moonlight);
     20.94, 5.5, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight; clouds);
     20.44, 4.8, -- (David A. J. Seargent, The Entrance, NSW, Australia, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     20.41, 5.5, 9'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     19.77, 5.4, -- (S. J. O'Meara, Maun, Botswana, 8x42 binoculars; moonlight);
     19.40, 5.5, 8'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     17.98, 5.4, 6' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     16.49, 4.9, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, naked eye);
     16.09, 5.5*, 7' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; altitude 13 degrees);
     15.75, 5.5, 15' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
     15.50, 5.0, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, naked eye);
     14.49, 5.0, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, naked eye);
     13.52, 5.5, 18' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
     13.51, 5.1, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, naked eye);
     12.45, 5.5, 18' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
     12.30, 5.6, 8' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
     11.85, 5.6, 8' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
     11.51, 5.4, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, naked eye);
     10.71, 5.8, 7'.5 (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
      9.76, 5.8, 6'.5 (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
      9.51, 5.8, 15' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
      9.25, 5.7, 8' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
      8.62, 5.7, 17' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
      7.74, 5.9, 7' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
      7.03, 5.8, -- (Margarete J. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; clouds);
      7.02, 5.6, 9' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; clouds interfering);
      6.72, 5.9, 7'.5 (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
      6.66, 5.6, 15' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
      5.32, 6.0, 8' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; clouds interfering);
      5.18, 6.0, 6' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
      4.44, 6.2, 14'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
      4.31, 6.0, 12' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      3.67, 6.0, 6' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
      3.02, 6.3, 10' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; clouds interfering);
      2.26, 6.0, 8' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
      1.43, 6.2, 12' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
Jan. 31.98, 6.3, 8' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     31.54, 6.5, 6'.5 (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
     31.43, 5.9, 12' (David A. J. Seargent, The Entrance, NSW, Australia, 10x50 binoculars);
     31.43, 6.3, 10'.4 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
     30.55, 6.5, 6'.5 (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
     30.42, 6.5, 9' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
     30.31, 6.2, 10' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     29.43, 6.2, 14' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     28.29, 6.5, 10' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     26.29, 6.7, 6' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     25.12, 6.7, 7' (W. Souza, Santos, Brazil, 20x60 binoculars; moonlight);
     24.83, 6.8, 7' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
     24.66, 6.6, 8' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
     23.78, 6.8, 7' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
     22.70, 7.3, 9' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
     22.29, 7.0, 10' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     21.83, 6.8, 7' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
     21.28, 6.9, 10' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     21.26, 7.0, -- (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     20.69, 7.0, 6' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
     20.27, 7.0, 7' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     20.06, 6.8, 6' (J. G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 25x100 binoculars);
     19.72, 7.1, 8' (A. Pearce, Middleton Beach, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
     19.71, 7.0, 8' (M. Mattiazzo, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 8x40 binoculars);
     19.29, 7.2, 10' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     19.28, 7.1, 8' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     19.08, 7.2, 8' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
     19.04, 6.9, 6' (J. G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 25x100 binoculars);
     18.28, 7.3, 7' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     18.09, 7.3, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.1-m refractor);
     18.05, 6.9, 6' (J. G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 25x100 binoculars);
     17.68, 6.9, 14' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
     17.28, 7.4, 7' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; clouds interfering);
     17.05, 7.0, 6' (J. G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 25x100 binoculars);
     16.76, 7.5, 6' (A. Pearce, Middleton Beach, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
     16.71, 7.6, 9'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars; twilight);
     16.50, 7.1, 8' (M. Mattiazzo, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     15.71, 7.3, 9'.6 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
     15.30, 7.5, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; clouds interfering);
     13.28, 7.5, 7' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     12.30, 7.6, 6' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     11.66, 7.3, 9'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
     11.28, 7.9, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     10.84, 7.4, 9' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     10.80, 8.0, 6' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.10-m reflector);
     10.28, 8.0, 6' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      9.85, 7.8, 9' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      8.67, 7.5, 16' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
      8.21, 7.2, 12' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
      7.69, 7.6, 13'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight);
      7.50, 7.7, 15' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars; low alt.);
      7.29, 7.9, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
      7.27, 8.7, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; moonlight);
      6.52, 7.4, 18' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
      5.53, 8.0, 15' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
      4.53, 8.1, 5'.6 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      3.52, 8.1, 6' (M. Mattiazzo, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
      1.68, 8.7, 4'.7 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector; moonlight);
      1.29, 8.6, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; moonlight);
2012
Dec. 26.82, 10.0, 2'.0 (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.41-m reflector);
     25.23, 9.4, 4' (J. G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 25x100 binoculars);
     24.25, 9.5:, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; close to star);
     24.23, 9.5, 4' (J. G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 25x100 binoculars);
     23.83, 9.4, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     23.69, 9.7, 5'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     23.20, 8.7, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     20.65, 9.4, 4'.2 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     19.88, 9.8, 5'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     18.67, 9.4, 6' (M. Mattiazzo, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     17.68, 9.7, 5'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     14.86, 9.8, 3'.2 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     13.65, 9.8, 5'.3 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     12.69, 9.8, 6' (M. Mattiazzo, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 20-cm reflector);
Nov. 24.80, 11.9, 1'.7 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     22.24, 11.3, 2'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Cantabria, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Oct. 20.83, 15.0, 0'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2012 J1 (Catalina)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Mar. 15.50, 17.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  1.70, 16.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2013
Nov. 16.72, 16.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2012
Dec. 13.44, 13.7, 1'.2 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      8.81, 12.5, 1'.2 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      2.79, 12.5, 1'.3 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Nov. 24.41, [12.1, ! 0'.7 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; strong moonlight);
     13.75, 12.4, 1' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      6.89, 11.8, 1'.2 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Oct. 20.89, 13.0, 0'.6 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
     20.71, 14.0, 0'.9 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     13.93, 13.5, 0'.3 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
     11.80, 13.2, 0'.3 (J. Karnfelt, Gothenburg, Sweden, 40-cm reflector);
      5.87, 12.8, 0'.8 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Sep. 10.95, 13.7, 0'.54 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 0.15-m reflector + CCD + V filter);
Aug. 22.03, 14.3, 0'.6 ( M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector);
     21.98, 13.5, 0'.6 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
July 17.01, 13.8, 0'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
Oct. 18.49, 15.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan. 19.10, 11.5, 4'.5 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
     12.07, 11.0, 6' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
      5.06, 11.0, 4' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
      2.35, 11.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2014
Dec. 30.45, 10.9, 6' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
     26.99, 10.1, 3'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector; moonlight);
     26.00, 10.1, 3'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     23.37, 11.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     20.46, 10.1, 10' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
     18.45, 10.5, 2' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     16.00, 10.0, 3'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     15.44, 9.8, 11' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
     15.42, 9.8, 2' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     14.12, 9.8, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     13.40, 10.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     10.98, 9.5, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector; clouds);
      7.47, 9.4, 10' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
      7.42, 9.3, 2' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
      2.23, 8.8, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
Nov. 28.10, 8.7, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; clouds);
     26.51, 8.7, 15' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
     18.97, 8.6:, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; close to 10th-mag star);
     18.62, 8.1, 22' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
     18.16, 8.4, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     18.06, 8.6, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
     17.23, 8.7, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     17.08, 8.2, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     16.99, 8.5, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.08-m refractor);
     15.17, 8.0, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     15.11, 8.3, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     13.98, 8.5, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     13.12, 7.9, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     12.57, 7.8, 20' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
     12.47, 8.0, 6' (D. A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     12.09, 8.1, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.08-m refractor);
      4.53, 7.4, 22' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
      2.19, 7.4, 10' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
      2.16, 7.7, 6' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.08-m refractor);
      1.70, 7.3, 7' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.08-m refractor);
Oct. 31.12, 7.6, 6' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.08-m refractor);
     30.73, 7.4, 6' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.08-m refractor);
     30.31, 7.6, 7' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     30.17, 7.6, 6' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 Binoculars);
     29.26, 7.6, 6' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     29.19, 7.5, 6' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 Binoculars);
     28.73, 7.1, 5' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.08-m refractor);
     28.72, 7.3, 23' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
     28.14, 7.3, 7' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 Binoculars);
     28.12, 7.4, 7' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     27.72, 7.0, 5' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.08-m refractor);
     27.22, 7.3, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.10-m refractor);
     25.82, 7.6*, 5' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars; alt. 11 deg);
     25.79, 8.2, 8' (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     24.70, 7.0, 5' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.08-m refractor);
     22.72, 7.2, 4' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.08-m refractor);
     21.75, 7.2, 22' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
     20.30, 7.3, 10' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     19.52, 7.2, 6' (M.-T. Hui, Lick Observatory, USA, 15x70 binoculars);
     18.82, 7.7, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     15.74, 7.4, 16' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
     15.21, 7.0, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; moonlight);
     14.82, 7.6, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     11.33, 7.1, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; moonlight);
      9.30, 7.3, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.10-m refractor);
      6.31, 7.3, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
      5.73, 7.3, 16' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
      5.31, 7.3, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.08-m refractor);
      4.77, 7.5, 6' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 8.0-cm refractor);
      3.27, 7.1, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
      2.76, 7.5, 6' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 8.0-cm refractor);
Sep. 30.77, 7.4, 6' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 8.0-cm refractor);
     28.15, 7.6, 13' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
     28.14, 7.0, 4'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     27.82, 7.8, 6'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     27.78, 7.3, 5' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 8.0-cm refractor);
     26.78, 7.5, 13' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
     24.31, 7.3, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.08-m refractor);
     23.78, 7.3, 6' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 8.0-cm refractor);
     23.34, 7.1, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     23.31, 7.2, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
     22.81, 8.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     22.80, 7.1, 8' (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 10x70 refractor);
     22.76, 7.5, 5' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 8.0-cm refractor);
     21.78, 7.3, 12' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia, cloudy);
     21.77, 7.4, 5' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 8.0-cm refractor);
     20.79, 7.2, 15' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
     19.80, 7.3, 4' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     19.76, 7.5, 4' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 8.0-cm refractor);
     16.81, 7.0, -- (M. Tsumura, Wakayama, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     16.77, 8.0, 4' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.20-m reflector);
     16.33, 7.4, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; close to star);
     14.34, 7.8, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; moonlight);
     14.34, 7.3, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.10-m refractor);
     14.34, 7.1, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; moonlight, twilight);
     13.79, 8.3, 4' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.20-m reflector);
     11.34, 7.5, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.10-m refractor);
     10.34, 7.4, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.10-m refractor);
      9.34, 7.4, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.10-m refractor);
      7.82, 7.9*, 8' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
      7.81, 8.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.35, 7.2, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
      6.35, 7.1*, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; alt. 15 deg);
      5.35, 7.1*, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; alt. 13 deg);
Aug. 31.36, 6.8:, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; comet alt. 10 deg);
July 11.92, 7.8, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; moonlight);
      3.92, 8.4, 7' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR; alt. 6 deg);
      2.92, 8.3, 7' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR; alt. 7 deg);
      1.92, 8.3, 6' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR; alt. 7 deg);
      1.92, 7.9, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; moonlight);
      1.15, 7.9, 4' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
June 29.90, 8.0, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; alt. 16 deg);
     28.93, 8.0, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     20.20, 8.0, 4' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     19.51, 9.4*, 2'.0 (M. Tsumura, Wakayama, Japan, 35-cm reflector + CCD);
     18.90, 7.9, 6' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     17.98, 8.1, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     15.93, 8.2, 16' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
     15.92, 8.2, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      9.89, 8.1, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      8.89, 8.1, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      7.95, 8.1, 6' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 6.8-cm refractor; twilight);
      7.89, 8.0, 6' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      6.98, 8.0, 8' (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
      6.89, 8.0, 6' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      5.98, 8.0, 9' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
      5.90, 8.4, 6'.5 (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
      2.93, 8.2, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; moonlight);
      2.92, 8.7, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; alt. 20 deg);
      1.96, 8.5, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; alt. 15 deg);
      1.60, 8.6, 5' (M.-T. Hui, Nhut Thong Pau, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights);
      1.50, 9.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.18, 7.8, 7' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
May  30.96, 8.4, 9' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     30.95, 7.8, -- (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
     30.93, 8.3, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     30.91, 8.7:, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; alt. 19 deg);
     30.91, 7.9, 29' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
     30.90, 8.1, 6' (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
     30.77, 8.6, 3'.7 (W. Hasubick, Kiripotib, Namibia, 10x50 binoculars);
     29.97, 8.8:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; alt. 15 deg);
     29.76, 8.8, 3'.1 (W. Hasubick, Kiripotib, Namibia, 10x50 binoculars);
     27.77, 8.5, 4'.7 (W. Hasubick, Kiripotib, Namibia, 10x50 binoculars);
     27.15, 8.2, 6' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     27.02, 8.3, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     26.80, 8.4, 4'.7 (W. Hasubick, Kiripotib, Namibia, 10x50 binoculars);
     25.60, 9.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     24.97, 8.2, 3' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector);
     24.96, 8.2, 26' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
     24.90, 8.3, 7' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     24.88, 8.4:, 5'.5 (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
     23.95, 8.6, 9' (A. Scholten, Bussloo, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     23.92, 8.7, 6' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     23.88, 8.3, 6' (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
     23.61, 8.8, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     23.54, 8.9, 8'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     21.92, 8.1, 7' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     20.93, 7.9, 17' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR);
     20.92, 8.0, 9' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     20.88, 8.7, 2'.5 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 12-cm refractor);
     19.93, 8.2, 23' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
     19.92, 8.4, 9' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     19.92, 8.2, 8' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     18.93, 8.7, 9' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     18.88, 8.2, 6' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     18.53, 8.7, 6' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     18.50, 9.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     17.47, 8.7, 6' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     16.91, 8.8, 8' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     16.14, 8.4, 5' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     10.73, 8.9, 6' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      8.77, 8.5, 7' (Giuseppe Pappa, Mascalucia, Sicily, Italy, 12x50 binoculars);
      6.69, 9.7, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
      4.98, 8.6, 8' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars; comet near star of mag 5.1);
      4.47, 9.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      4.14, 9.0, 5' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
      4.07, 8.7, 7' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
      3.92, 8.1, 5'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
      3.89, 8.4, 26' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
      3.87, 9.3, 2'.5 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
      3.85, 8.9, 4'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      3.50, 9.0, 8' (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      2.91, 8.5, 10' (A. Scholten, Bussloo, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
      1.52, 9.9, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
Apr. 30.85, 9.0, 4'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     29.85, 8.8, 15' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
     27.90, 9.0, 7' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     27.04, 9.3, 3' (W. Souza, Monte Verde, Brazil, 0.08-m refractor);
     25.98, 8.7, 23' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
     25.94, 9.2, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     25.14, 9.3, 4' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
     25.12, 9.4, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     24.84, 10.2, 2'.2 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
     24.84, 9.3, 4'.5 (M. Meyer, Frauenstein, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
     23.92, 8.9, 16' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
     23.82, 9.3, 4'.5 (M. Meyer, Frauenstein, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
     23.10, 9.2, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     22.98, 9.1, 14' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR);
     22.82, 9.4, 4' (M. Meyer, Frauenstein, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
     21.08, 9.4, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; clouds);
     20.97, 9.7, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector; comet near star of mag 7.8);
     20.89, 9.5, 2'.5 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
     20.83, 9.8, 3'.5 (M. Meyer, Frauenstein, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
     19.93, 8.9, 7'.5 (T. Karhula, Virsbo, Sweden, 18x50 binoculars);
     19.90, 9.7, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     19.88, 9.9, 2'.5 (J. Karnfelt, Gothenburg, Sweden, 0.40-m reflector);
     18.84, 10.7, 1'.5 (J. Karnfelt, Gothenburg, Sweden, 0.40-m reflector);
     18.83, 9.3, 4'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     16.94, 9.7, 9' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     16.84, 10.2, 2'.5 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     13.50, 9.8, 3' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
      8.50, 9.6, 4' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
      7.76, 10.2, 2'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD + V filter);
      6.05, 9.9, 3' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector; comet near star of mag 8.9);
      5.73, 10.1, 2' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Victoria, 0.2-m reflector);
      5.25, 10.4, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
      4.44, 9.8, 4' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
      2.23, 10.3, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
      2.10, 10.1, 3' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      1.72, 10.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Mar. 31.74, 10.3, 2'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     30.05, 10.3, 2'.9 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 6.8-cm refractor + CCD + V filter);
     30.04, 10.4, 2'.5 (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 25-cm reflector);
     29.31, 10.4, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
     28.95, 10.4, 4' (A. Scholten, Bussloo, Netherlands, 35-cm reflector);
     28.26, 10.2, 2' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
     27.97, 10.6, 3' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     27.23, 10.4, 2'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
     26.04, 10.3, 2' (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 25-cm reflector);
     25.90, 10.2, 3' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     24.96, 11.5, 0'.5 (J. Warell, Lindby, Sweden, 0.22-m reflector);
     24.94, 10.3, 3' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     23.93, 10.6, 1'.2 (T. Karhula, Vasteras, Sweden, 0.25-m reflector);
     23.32, 10.7, 2' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
     22.97, 10.4, 3' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     14.15, 10.6, 2' (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 25-cm reflector);
     13.18, 10.4, 2'.2 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
     13.18, 10.6, 3' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     13.15, 11.3, 2'.2 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     12.16, 10.7, 2' (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 25-cm reflector);
     11.81, 10.7, 2'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     11.15, 10.6, 2' (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 25-cm reflector);
     10.66, 11.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     10.23, 11.2, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
     10.18, 10.2, 2'.0 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
     10.18, 10.8, 3' (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 25-cm reflector);
     10.18, 11.4, 2' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     10.15, 10.6, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      9.18, 11.3, 2'.8 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      9.18, 10.9, 1'.6 (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 25-cm reflector);
      6.15, 10.6, 2' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      4.15, 10.4, 2' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      3.19, 10.9, 1'.4 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      3.18, 11.8, 1'.6 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      1.33, 11.7, 1'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector; clouds);
Feb. 25.16, 11.8, 2'.7 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     20.81, 12.3, 1'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     16.80, 12.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      5.18, 12.7, 1'.3 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      2.74, 12.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.21, 12.8, 0'.9 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
Jan. 26.79, 12.9, 1'.2 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     13.24, 13.3, 0'.8 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     11.22, 13.4, 0'.8 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      3.24, 13.4, 0'.8 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
2013
Dec. 14.24, 14.0, -- (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     13.85, 13.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 27.40, 13.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.77, 14.5, 0'.4 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
Sep. 28.77, 14.6, 0'.4 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      7.82, 14.9, 0'.3 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      4.83, 14.8, 0'.3 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
Aug. 28.83, 14.8, 0'.4 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     11.86, 14.9, 0'.3 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      7.89, 14.7, 0'.9 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector);
      5.88, 14.9, 0'.4 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      1.88, 14.9, 0'.4 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
July 27.89, 15.0, 0'.3 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     18.90, 15.2, 0'.3 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      9.94, 15.1, 0'.3 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      7.91, 15.0, 0'.3 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
June 15.97, 15.3, 0'.3 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     14.94, 15.2, 0'.2 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     11.89, 15.2, 0'.2 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
May  16.05, 13.5:, 1'.0 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      7.97, 16.1, 0'.5 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
      6.97, 16.2, 0'.4 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
Mar.  9.03, 16.6, 0'.3 (S. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 20-cm reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2012 K5 (LINEAR)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2013
Feb. 10.78, 12.2, 1' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
Jan. 28.43, 12.4, 1'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     17.48, 11.2, 2'.2 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     15.58, 10.0, 2' (M.-T. Hui, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights, fog);
     14.80, 10.0, 2'.5 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.20-m reflector);
     13.85, 10.0, 3' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     13.83, 8.7, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     13.58, 9.5, 2'.1 (M.-T. Hui, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights interfering);
     11.98, 10.0:, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     11.78, 9.5, 2' (Giuseppe Pappa, Mascalucia, Sicily, Italy, 0.16-cm reflector);
     11.00, 9.5:, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     10.45, 9.6, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      8.47, 8.0, 7'.7 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 11x70 binoculars);
      8.45, 9.3, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      8.17, 8.5, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
      7.46, 8.1, 13' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
      6.80, 9.1, 2' (Giuseppe Pappa, Acicatena, Sicily, Italy, 0.16-cm reflector);
      6.46, 8.2, 9'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
      5.53, 8.2, 8'.6 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 11x70 binoculars);
      4.93, 9.0, 2' (Giuseppe Pappa, Mascalucia, Sicily, Italy, 0.16-cm reflector);
      4.50, 8.2, 8' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 11x70 binoculars);
      4.04, 8.7, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
      3.80, 7.9, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      3.50, 8.2, 5' (M. Mattiazzo, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
      3.43, 8.3, 4'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      2.87, 9.3, 3'.6 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      2.80, 7.1, 9' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
      1.86, 9.0, 4' (J. Karnfelt, Gothenburg, Sweden, 40-cm reflector);
      1.47, 8.3, 4'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector; moonlight);
2012
Dec. 31.44, 8.4, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     30.74, 7.4, 12' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     27.86, 9.2, 3' (Giuseppe Pappa, Mascalucia, Sicily, Italy, 0.16-cm reflector);
     27.84, 10.0:, 3' (J. Karnfelt, Gothenburg, Sweden, 40-cm reflector);
     24.92, 9.5, 3' (Giuseppe Pappa, Mascalucia, Sicily, Italy, 0.16-cm reflector);
     23.98, 9.7, 2' (Giuseppe Pappa, Mascalucia, Sicily, Italy, 0.16-cm reflector);
     23.85, 9.1, 3' (M.-T. Hui, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights);
     23.82, 8.6, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     23.17, 9.3, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     22.97, 9.8, 2' (Giuseppe Pappa, Mascalucia, Sicily, Italy, 0.16-cm reflector);
     19.85, 9.0, 5'.9 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     19.81, 8.9, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     14.77, 10.3, 1'.5 (J. Karnfelt, Gothenburg, Sweden, 40-cm reflector);
     13.82, 9.6, 1'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
      8.78, 9.7, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      8.77, 10.6:, 1' (J. Karnfelt, Gothenburg, Sweden, 40-cm reflector);
      5.72, 9.8, 1' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      2.78, 10.0, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Nov. 24.78, 9.9, 6' (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     22.20, 10.2, 3'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Cantabria, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     14.78, 11.4, 1' (J. Karnfelt, Gothenburg, Sweden, 40-cm reflector);
     12.79, 10.1, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      6.78, 10.2, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      4.79, 10.1, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Oct. 20.78, 12.0, 1'.4 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 17 deg);
     19.80, 10.6, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     11.80, 12.2, 0'.7 (J. Karnfelt, Gothenburg, Sweden, 40-cm reflector);
      5.82, 10.5, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Sep. 13.88, 11.1, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      9.82, 12.7, 0'.5 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
Aug. 21.94, 13.7, 0'.7 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     21.90, 13.4, 1'.6 ( M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector);
     17.50, 14.1, 0'.9 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2012 K6 (McNaught)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Apr.  6.58, 15.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan. 30.72, 15.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2013
Dec. 14.84, 15.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
June  3.37, 14.4, 0'.4 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2012 K8 (Lemmon)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Oct. 19.44, 17.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
May  31.67, 17.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     21.69, 17.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2012 L1 (LINEAR)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2012
Dec. 23.24, 13.7, 0'.7 (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2012 L2 (LINEAR)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2013
July  3.35, 11.5, 1'.9 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector; low alt.);
June  3.35, 10.4, 3'.3 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector; low alt.);
May  19.35, 10.5, 1'.4 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      9.36, 9.6, 3'.9 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      7.36, 9.9, 3'.7 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      3.88, 8.5:, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      3.35, 9.4, 4'.2 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      1.36, 9.8, 3'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector; low alt.);
Apr. 22.35, 10.1, 1'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector; moonlight; low alt.);
     18.36, 10.0, 2'.7 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector; moonlight);
     13.43, 10.9, 2'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.35-m reflector);
Mar. 31.85, 10.5, 2'.5 (B. H. Granslo, Hakadal, Norway, 0.10-m refractor);
     30.89, 10.4, 3' (B. H. Granslo, Hakadal, Norway, 0.08-m refractor; alt. 14 deg);
     30.88, 10.5, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Zamora, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      5.78, 11.0, 2'.0 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      4.78, 11.0, 2'.1 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
      2.81, 11.6, 1' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      1.83, 10.3, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Feb. 11.55, 12.6, 1'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     10.78, 10.6, 2' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      8.86, 11.3, 1'.8 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Jan.  3.87, 11.8, 1'.8 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
2012
Nov.  6.83, 14.7, 0'.3 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
 
 
COMET P/2012 NJ (La Sagra)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2012
Aug. 19.69, 15.0, -- (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     10.88, 14.9, -- (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector; stellar appearance);
      7.92, 13.9, 0'.28 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 0.15-m reflector + CCD + V filter);
July 26.91, 14.2, -- (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector; stellar appearance);
     24.97, 14.2, -- (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector; stellar appearance);
     22.98, 14.4, -- (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector; stellar appearance);
     22.96, 14.1, -- (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector; stellar);
     17.10, 14.5, -- (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2012 S1 (ISON)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2013
Dec. 14.86, [15.5, -- (Katsumi Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi-ken, Japan, Nikon digital camera + 180-mm f/2.8 lens);
     12.86, [17, -- (Y. Ikari, Moriyama, Shiga-ken, Japan, 0.26-m reflector + CCD);
     10.85, [17.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.16-m f/3.3 hyperbolic astrograph + CCD);
      8.88, [15, -- (Katsumi Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 16-cm reflector + CCD);
      8.85, [16.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.16-m f/3.3 hyperbolic astrograph + CCD);
      8.8, [10.6, -- (Akie Hashimoto, Chichibu, Saitama-ken, Japan, 25x150 binoculars);
      7.26, 7.2, 10' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; NOTE: unconfirmed detection);
      4.26, [8.0, -- (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 0.08-m refractor; alt. 5 deg, twilight);
Nov. 30.88, 5.4, -- (S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan; measured from SOHO C3 images);
     30.50, 3.0, -- (S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan; measured from SOHO C3 images);
     30.23, 2.3, -- (Quanzhi Ye, University of W. Ontario; SOHO C3 image; coma brightness similar to delta Sco);
     30.01, 2.0, -- (S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan; measured from SOHO C3 images);
     29.76, 1.4, -- (S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan; measured from SOHO C3 images);
     29.38, 0.5, -- (S. Nakano, Sumoto, Japan; measured from SOHO C3 images);
     28.33, [-4.0:, -- (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 5 deg; daytime);
     28.3, -1.8, -- (M. Knight, Lowell Observatory; measured from SOHO C3 images);
     28.1, -1.9, -- (M. Knight, Lowell Observatory; measured from SOHO C3 images);
     28.0, -1.6, -- (M. Knight, Lowell Observatory; measured from SOHO C3 images);
     27.83, -0.8:, -- (K. Battams, Naval Research Lab.; measured from SOHO C3 images);
     27.7, 0.0, -- (M. Knight, Lowell Observatory; measured from SOHO C3 images);
     27.64, 0.5, -- (K. Battams, Naval Research Lab.; measured from SOHO C3 images);
     27.5, 1.0, -- (M. Knight, Lowell Observatory; measured from SOHO C3 images);
     27.2, 2.0, -- (M. Knight, Lowell Observatory; measured from SOHO C3 images);
     25.29, [3.5:*, ! 1'.0 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 4 deg; twilight);
     23.26, 4.6*, -- (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; 0.7-deg tail; alt. 5 deg; twilight);
     22.85, 3.6*, 1'.3 (Osamu Miyazaki, Ishioka, Ibaraki, Japan, 7x50 binoculars);
     22.85, 3.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     22.26, 3.6:*, & 1' (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 8.0-cm refractor; alt. 3 deg; strong twilight);
     22.24, 4.0, -- (J. J. Chambo, Valencia, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight; twilight; alt. 5 deg);
     21.87, 3.7*, -- (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars; alt. 9 deg);
     21.85, 4.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     21.84, 3.4*, 2'.5 (Osamu Miyazaki, Ishioka, Ibaraki, Japan, 7x50 binoculars);
     21.45, 4.0, -- (John Bortle, Stormville, NY, U.S.A., 15x70 binoculars; low alt.);
     21.27, 4.5:, & 1' (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 8.0-cm refractor; alt. 6.5 deg; strong twilight);
     21.25, 3.8, 2' (J. J. Gonzalez, Salamanca, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; 1.5-deg tail; moonlight);
     20.86, 3.8*, -- (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars; alt. 9 deg);
     20.85, 4.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     20.24, 4.6, 2' (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 8.0-cm refractor; alt. 6 deg);
     20.22, 5.0, -- (J. J. Chambo, Valencia, Spain, 20x60 binoculars; moonlight; alt. 7 deg);
     19.83, 4.8*, 6'.5 (Osamu Miyazaki, Ishioka, Ibaraki, Japan, 10x50 binoculars);
     19.53, 5.2, 3' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     19.31, 4.8, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; alt. 10 deg);
     19.30, 5.2, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     19.29, 5.2, 5' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
     19.18, 5.0*, & 4' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 7x50 binoculars; twilight; alt. 9 deg);
     18.85, 5.2, -- (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     19.84, 5.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     18.53, 5.4, 3' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     18.30, 5.5:, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 10 deg; moonlight; clouds);
     18.29, 5.2, 8' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
     18.19, 5.7, -- (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     18.17, 5.4, 2' (Kazimieras Cernis, Vilnius, Zirmunai, Lithuania, 7x50 binoculars; alt. 9 deg);
     17.86, 5.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     17.32, 4.7, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; alt. 16 deg; clouds; twilight);
     17.22, 5.7, 4' (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 9 deg; bright sky);
     17.22, 5.4, 4' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     16.83, 5.8, -- (S. Yoshida, Mt. Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, 10x70 refractor; full moon; low alt. haze);
     16.22, 5.3, 9' (S. Baroni, Milan, Italy, 20x80 binoculars);
     15.83, 5.7, 5' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 15x70 binoculars);
     15.31, 4.8*, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; alt. 14 deg; 1-deg tail);
     15.30, 5.3, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     15.29, 5.2, 6' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
     14.52, 5.7, 2' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     14.41, 5.4, 5' (John Bortle, Stormville, NY, 15x70 binoculars);
     14.30, 6.0, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 14 deg);
     14.30, 6.1, 2' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, BRazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     14.29, 5.4, 6' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
     14.22, 6.1, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; 0.7-deg tail);
     14.21, 6.3, 3' (N. Biver, Pico Veleta, Spain, 7x50 binoculars; mag 6.2 to naked eye);
     13.75, 8.0, 3' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Vic., Australia, 25x100 binoculars; alt. 8 deg; twilight);
     13.41, 7.4, & 7' (John Bortle, Stormville, NY, 15x70 binoculars);
     13.39, 7.3, 8' (D. W. E. Green, Nelson Island, MA, 12x50 binoculars);
     13.31, 7.2, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; alt. 16 deg);
     13.22, 8.1, 3' (S. Baroni, Milan, Italy, 20x80 binoculars);
     13.22, 7.4, 3' (N. Biver, Pico Veleta, Spain, 7x50 binoculars);
     13.21, 7.0, 7' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 16 deg);
     13.20, 7.7, 4' (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 13 deg);
     13.20, 6.7, 4' (J. Warell, Lindby, Sweden, 11x80 binoculars; 20' tail);
     12.83, 7.9, -- (K. Kadota, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     12.83, 7.1, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars; 20' tail);
     12.83, 7.1, 6' (Osamu Miyazaki, Ishioka, Ibaraki, Japan, 11x80 binoculars);
     12.21, 8.1, -- (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     12.21, 7.5, 9' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     12.19, 8.1, 4' (N. Biver, Pico Veleta, Spain, 7x50 binoculars);
     12.18, 8.1, 5' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     11.83, 8.0, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     11.33, 8.4, -- (John Bortle, Stormville, NY, 15x70 binoculars);
     11.30, 7.8, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; alt. 14 deg);
     11.23, 7.7, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     11.21, 7.9, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     11.20, 8.0, 4' (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 8.0-cm refractor);
     11.19, 8.1, 5' (N. Biver, Pico Veleta, Spain, 7x50 binoculars);
     11.16, 8.0, 4' (J. Karnfelt, Braennoe, Sweden, 25-cm reflector; alt. 20 deg);
     11.16, 8.0, 4' (J. Karnfelt, Brannoe, Sweden, 0.25-m reflector; 10' tail);
     10.83, 8.1, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     10.51, 8.1, 5' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     10.30, 8.5, 2' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.10-m refractor);
     10.18, 8.0, 5' (N. Biver, Pico Veleta, Spain, 7x50 binoculars);
      9.31, 8.4, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      9.17, 8.4, 7' (N. Biver, Pico Veleta, Spain, 7x50 binoculars);
      8.79, 8.3, 2'.8 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      8.53, 8.1, 7' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
      8.18, 8.4, 8' (N. Biver, Pico Veleta, Spain, 7x50 binoculars);
      8.17, 8.0, 5' (T. Karhula, Vasteras, Sweden, 10x50 binoculars);
      7.82, 8.3, 3'.5 (Osamu Miyazaki, Ishioka, Ibaraki, Japan, 11x80 binoculars);
      7.50, 7.9, 7' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
      7.30, 8.5:, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector, alt. 15 deg);
      7.19, 8.2, 3'.4 (J. J. Chambo, Valencia, Spain, 20x60 binoculars; light pollution);
      6.90, 9.0, 4' (M.-T. Hui, Nhut Thong Pau, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights);
      6.21, 8.0, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      5.84, 9.3, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      5.80, 10.1, 3'.1 (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 300-mm camera lens + CCD);
      5.30, 8.8, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; alt. 18 deg);
      5.19, 8.8, 2'.7 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.20-m reflector; 0.3-deg tail);
      4.83, 9.3, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      4.83, 9.1, 3' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 45x141 binoculars);
      4.74, 8.4, & 4' (D. A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector; low alt., twilight);
      4.73, 8.7, 5'.3 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 11x70 Binoculars);
      4.48, 8.3, 5' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
      4.40, 8.1, 8' (D. W. E. Green, Nelson Island, MA, U.S.A., 20x80 binoculars);
      3.21, 8.6, 4' (J. J. Chambo, Valencia, Spain, 20x60 binoculars);
      2.71, 9.5, 3' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      2.32, 9.2, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
      1.50, 9.5, 3' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
      1.14, 8.9, 2'.8 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 6.8-cm refractor + CCD + V filter);
      1.13, 9.5, 3'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
Oct. 31.72, 9.6, 4'.4 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     31.30, 9.5:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     31.20, 8.3, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     31.17, 8.0, 2' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector; moon only 8 deg away);
     31.17, 8.8, 2'.5 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
     31.16, 8.9, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     31.15, 9.5, 3'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     30.72, 9.7, 3'.2 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector; low alt.);
     29.83, 9.9, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     28.32, 10.0:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector, alt. 19 deg; moonlight);
     27.31, 9.8:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; alt. 19 deg; moonlight);
     27.16, 10.0, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector; moonlight);
     26.80, 9.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     23.15, 9.1, 2'.2 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 6.8-cm refractor + CCD + V filter; moonlight);
     20.79, 10.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     20.32, 10.0:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; alt. 19 deg; moonlight; clouds);
     19.18, 9.6, 7' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     16.75, 10.1, 3'.9 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     16.49, 10.1, 3' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
     16.20, 8.8, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     14.75, 10.2, 4' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     13.81, 10.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     13.80, 10.5, 3'.0 (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 0.32-m reflector);
     13.78, 10.7, 2'.5 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     13.18, 10.4, 3' (C. Labordena, Castellon, Spain, 23.5-cm reflector);
     13.13, 10.5, 2'.5 (B. H. Granslo, Breisjoen, Oslo, Norway, 10.0-cm refractor);
     12.84, 10.6, 2'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     12.78, 10.8:, 2' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Vic., Australia, 20-cm reflector; alt. 10 deg; twilight; comet at limit of visibility);
     12.78, 9.9, 3'.1 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     12.17, 10.5:, 1'.5 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
     11.82, 10.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     11.78, 10.4, 2'.2 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     11.48, 10.6, 2.5' (C. W. Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
      9.78, 10.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      9.74, 10.1, 2'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      8.78, [11.0, -- (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Vic., Australia, 20-cm reflector; alt. 8 deg; twilight);
      8.32, 10.8, 0'.5 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; alt. 16 deg);
      7.32, 11.0:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; alt. 15 deg);
      7.21, 9.8, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
      6.14, 10.9, 2' (C. Labordena, Castellon, Spain, 23.5-cm reflector);
      6.11, 13.6, 0'.4 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
      5.33, [11.1, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      4.75, 11.3, 2' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      3.83, 11.3, 2'.2 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
      3.75, 10.9, 2'.4 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      3.5, 11.4, 2' x 4' (D. H. Levy, Vail, AZ, U.S.A., 0.41-m reflector);
      3.16, 10.7, 7' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      2.15, 11.0:, 1'.5 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
      1.15, 11.3, 3'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
Sep. 30.83, 11.7, 1'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD)
     30.16, 11.2, 4' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     29.15, 11.4, 2' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 5-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     28.16, 10.8, 5' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     27.33, [11.3, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     26.83, 11.7, 1'.1 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     25.83, 12.0, 1'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     19.82, 12.8, 0'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     17.14, 12.0, 1'.2 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     13.82, 13.0, 0'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     13.19, 10.8, 2'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      6.13, 11.9:, 1'.5 (A. Scholten, Bussloo, Netherlands, 35cm-reflector);
      6.12, 12.9, 0'.6 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
      5.05, 13.5, 0'.3 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
      1.47, 13.1*, 0'.6 (A. Hale, Cloudcroft, NM, U.S.A., 0.41-m reflector; bright background sky);
      1.17, 11.2, 1'.8 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Aug. 30.12, 13.4, 0'.5 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     17.11, 13.7, 0'.5 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
June 14.80, 15.1, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
      7.80, 15.6, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
      5.80, 15.1, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
      2.80, 15.4, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
May  31.85, 15.5, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
     27.79, 16.0, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
     25.80, 15.8, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
     20.82, 16.0, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
     17.80, 15.5, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
     14.76, 16.1, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
      8.78, 16.2, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
      6.49, 15.5, 0'.4 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
      3.78, 16.3, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
Apr. 27.78, 15.8, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
     19.81, 16.2, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
     18.81, 16.2, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
     15.78, 15.1, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
     14.78, 16.3, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
     12.78, 15.9, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
     10.82, 17.0*, & 0'.06 (M. Galiazzo and W. Zeilinger, Mitterschoepfl, Austria, 152-cm reflector + CCD + V filter);
     10.78, 16.3, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
      9.78, 16.2, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
      9.48, 15.8, 0'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
      6.82, 16.2 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
Mar. 23.79, 15.8, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
     22.78, 16.4, 0'15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
     19.78, 15.6, 0'.15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
     17.76, 16.0, 0'15 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
     10.76, 16.1, 0'.12 (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 25-cm reflector + CCD + R_c filter);
      6.72, 15.5, 0'.5 (S. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 20-cm reflector + CCD);
Feb. 27.75, 15.3, 0'.3 (S. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 20-cm reflector + CCD);
     23.74, 15.8, 0'.5 (S. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 20-cm reflector + CCD);
     11.57, 15.8, 0'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
      2.90, 15.0, -- (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
Jan. 27.78, 15.8, 0'.5 (S. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 20-cm reflector + CCD);
     22.82, 15.9, 0'.5 (S. Shurpakov, Baran, Belarus, 20-cm reflector + CCD);
     21.85, 15.8, 0'.3 (S. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 20-cm reflector + CCD);
     13.90, 14.8, 0'.3 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
2012
Dec. 19.82, 16.5, 0'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 14.77, 17.3, 0'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2012 S3 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2013
July 18.99, 15.7, 0'.3 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
     17.97, 15.5, 0'.4 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
     15.94, 15.9, 0'.4 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
     14.97, 15.6, 0'.4 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
      7.92, 15.7, 0'.4 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2012 S4 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2013
Oct. 26.52, 17.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2012 T5 (Bressi)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2013
Feb. 10.96, 10.7:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; clouds interfering);
      8.43, 10.5, 2'.4 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      6.44, 10.6, 3' (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      5.44, 9.7, 2' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      4.44, 9.0, 2' (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
Jan. 31.97, 10.5:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; clouds interfering);
     31.42, 10.5, 2'.2 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     30.43, 10.5, 2'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     29.42, 10.4, 1'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector; moonlight);
     13.81, 10.8, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      3.85, 12.0, 3'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2012 V2 (LINEAR)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2013
Dec. 12.30, 10.9, 1'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
Nov. 15.27, 11.0, 3' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 27-cm reflector);
      5.29, 10.7:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      3.75, 10.2, 2' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Vic., Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
Oct. 31.75, 9.9, 3' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Vic., Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     31.71, 9.9, 3'.3 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     24.72, 10.7, 1'.9 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector; moonlight);
     20.30, 9.5:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
     12.76, 8.9, 3' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Vic., Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     10.31, 9.5:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; clouds interfering);
      9.69, 9.0, 5'.7 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 11x70 binoculars);
      9.30, 9.3, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      8.75, 8.9, 3' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
      8.31, 9.0, 2'.5 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      7.30, 8.9, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      5.32, 9.0, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      4.72, 8.4, 10'.4 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 11x70 binoculars);
Sep. 29.74, 8.7, 7'.2 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector; moonlight);
     28.76, 9.2, 3'.7 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector; moonlight);
     28.32, 9.0:, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; clouds interfering);
     27.32, 9.1, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     24.75, 8.9, 3' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector; moonlight);
     11.75, 9.0, 3'.4 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      4.77, 8.9, 3' (David A. J. Seargent, The Entrance, NSW, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
Aug. 30.34, 9.0, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     29.35, 9.2, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     23.35, 8.7, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.10-m refractor);
     15.79, 9.5, 1'.6 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     14.77, 9.4, 2'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector; low alt.);
     12.80, 8.6, 4' (David A. J. Seargent, The Entrance, NSW, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     11.36, 8.7:, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.20-m reflector);
      9.82, 8.9, 3' (Michael Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Vic., Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
 
 
COMET C/2012 X1 (LINEAR)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Oct. 12.45, 12.7, 1' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
Sep. 23.53, 12.0, 2' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     22.54, 12.0, 2' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     22.02, 11.5, 2'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     15.12, 11.4, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector; clouds);
     20.42, 12.0, 2' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     17.44, 11.8, 2' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     14.45, 11.8, 2' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     13.50, 11.9, 4' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     11.51, 11.9, 3' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
      3.74, 11.2, 3' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
Aug. 31.23, 10.9, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     30.27, 10.9, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     20.11, 10.5, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
      7.33, 10.4, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      6.35, 10.2, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      5.69, 11.3, 1'.1 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 7-cm refractor + CCD);
      2.21, 9.8, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
July 29.12, 9.7, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
     26.65, 11.0, 1'.9 (K. Nagashima, Ikoma, Nara, Japan, 30-cm reflector);
     26.26, 10.3, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     24.75, 10.8, 2'.1 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     21.33, 10.0, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     20.34, 10.0, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
     19.34, 9.8, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
     12.71, 10.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      5.68, 9.9, 2'.2 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 7-cm refractor + CCD);
      4.14, 9.0, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      2.80, 9.2, 5' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 20-cm reflector);
      1.42, 9.8, 3' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
      1.35, 9.3, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
June 30.20, 8.8, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     28.31, 8.8, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     26.73, 9.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     23.44, 9.8, 3' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
     21.19, 8.7, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      7.21, 8.7, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      4.37, 8.8, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      3.34, 9.0, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      1.75, 9.8, 1'.6 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 7-cm refractor + CCD);
      1.72, 9.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
May  31.76, 9.3, 5'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     31.21, 8.7, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     30.34, 9.0, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     29.75, 9.5, 2'.1 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 7-cm refractor + CCD);
     29.35, 9.0, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     27.19, 8.5, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     24.35, 9.2, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     18.34, 8.9, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
     17.34, 9.0, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
     15.34, 9.0, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
     13.34, 9.0, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     11.44, 8.1, 4' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     10.75, 8.6, 4' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     10.29, 8.4, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      6.74, 8.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      4.30, 8.7, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      3.74, 7.9, 5' (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Apr. 29.48, 8.0, 8' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     27.28, 8.5, 5' (W. Souza, Monte Verde, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     26.25, 8.5, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     14.79, 8.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     13.49, 8.0, 4' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
      8.49, 8.1, 5' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
      7.81, 8.8, 5'.2 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD + V filter);
      6.33, 8.2, 8' (W. Souza, Monte Verde, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
      5.79, 8.5, 4' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Victoria, 25x100 binoculars);
      5.69, 8.0, 8' (S. T. Rae, Karamu, New Zealand, 9x63 binoculars);
      5.27, 8.0, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
Mar. 31.83, 8.0, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     29.34, 8.3, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     28.32, 8.3, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     26.33, 8.5, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     25.50, 8.0, 3' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
     25.35, 8.3, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     25.30, 8.3, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     14.34, 7.8, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; clouds);
     14.18, 8.3, 3'.5 (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
     13.17, 7.7, 3'.5 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
     13.16, 8.4, 2' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector; alt. 15 deg);
     11.18, 8.2, 4' (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
     10.83, 8.2, 3'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     10.80, 8.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     10.32, 8.3, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     10.19, 7.8, 4'.0 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
     10.17, 8.4, 6' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector; alt. 16 deg);
      9.18, 9.1, 2'.6 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      6.16, 8.6, 2' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector; alt. 15 deg);
      2.32, 8.6, 2'.5 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
Feb. 28.31, 8.8, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     25.33, 8.8, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     22.19, 7.8, 4' (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
     22.17, 8.0, 2' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector; moonlight; cirrus);
     20.87, 8.9*, 4'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     17.19, 7.7, 3'.8 (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
     12.86, 8.3, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     12.85, 8.3, 2' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 25x141 binoculars);
     12.22, 8.6, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     11.53, 8.3, 6' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
      8.33, 8.4, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      8.20, 8.3, 5' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
      6.32, 8.6, 2'.5 (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
      5.23, 8.7, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      5.22, 8.4, 5'.5 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
      3.32, 8.7:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      3.32, 8.6, 2'.5 (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
      2.32, 8.7, 2'.5 (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.10-m refractor);
      1.32, 8.7, 2'.5 (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.10-m refractor);
Jan. 31.32, 8.5, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     31.22, 8.4, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     30.31, 8.7, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; alt. 10 deg);
     29.23, 8.3, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     27.22, 8.2, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector; comet in open star cluster NGC 4665);
     20.80, 9.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     12.22, 9.0, 3' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector; comet close to star);
     11.85, 8.9, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
      7.25, 9.0, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      4.21, 9.1, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      3.51, 9.0, 4' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
      1.84, 9.2, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
2013
Dec. 31.53, 8.5, 5' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     30.22, 8.7, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     25.53, 8.8, 4' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     14.86, 9.4, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     14.23, 10.5, 2'.1 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
     13.81, 9.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      5.24, 8.8, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
      1.85, 9.4, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
Nov. 28.21, 10.3, -- (J. Warell, Lindby, Sweden, 11x80 binoculars);
     19.83, 8.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     16.83, 9.0, 3'.5 (S. Yoshida, Mt. Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; full moon; low alt. haze);
     14.53, 8.5, 6' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
     13.41, 8.5, 6' (D. W. E. Green, Nelson Island, MA, 20x80 binoculars);
     13.22, 8.8, 8' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     13.21, 8.0, 11' (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 8.0-cm refractor);
     13.18, 9.4, 6' (N. Biver, Pico Veleta, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     12.84, 9.2, 8' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     12.82, 8.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     12.17, 8.2, 12' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     11.24, 7.4, 13' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     11.21, 8.0, 11' (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 8.0-cm refractor);
     10.85, 9.1, 8' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     10.52, 8.0, 10' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
      8.81, 8.6, 4'.6 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      8.52, 7.7, 9' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
      8.15, 8.5, 10' (T. Karhula, Vasteras, Sweden, 10x50 binoculars);
      8.14, 8.8, 9' (B. H. Granslo, H{\aa}g{\aa}r Observatory, Eina, Norway, 10.2-cm refractor);
      7.82, 8.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.52, 7.3, 14' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
      6.23, 7.5, 13' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      5.84, 8.5, 7'.8 (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 300-mm camera lens + CCD);
      4.51, 7.5, 10' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
      1.72, 8.0, 8' (T. Karhula, Virsbo, Sweden, 25x100 binoculars; alt. 9 deg);
      1.51, 7.6, 13' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
Oct. 31.24, 8.1, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     31.23, 8.6, 6' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     31.20, 8.5:, 3'.5 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
     31.18, 7.7, 9' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     30.52, 7.7, 7' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     29.73, 7.0, 12' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 16x70 binoculars);
     27.19, 8.1, 7' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars; moonlight);
     21.51, 8.3, 1'.9 (H. Sato, Tokyo, Japan; remotely with 0.51-m astrograph + CCD near Mayhill, NM, U.S.A.);
     21.84, 8.4, 3' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     20.82, 8.2, 5' (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD; disk-like inner coma dia 1'.6);
May  14.51, 17.1, +0'.64 (Mitsunori Tsumura, Wakayama, Japan, 35-cm reflector + CCD);
Apr. 13.61, 17.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb. 23.66, 17.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  5.71, 18.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
May  19.64, 15.5, 0'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
Mar. 26.74, 14.0, 1'.2 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
Feb. 14.85, 12.3, 1'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     14.18, 12.9, 1'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
Jan. 17.85, 11.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2014
Dec. 13.35, 11.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      6.35, 10.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Nov. 29.37, 10.4, 1'.6 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; low alt.);
     22.35, 10.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     16.95, 8.7, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; alt. 11 deg);
     15.35, 10.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 25.38, 11.0, 1'.5 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     22.44, 11.4, 1.3 (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     21.44, 11.5, 2' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     19.41, 12.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     18.43, 11.9, 1'.1 (K. Yoshimoto. Yamaguchi, Japan, 7.7-cm refractor + Digital camera);
     18.39, 12.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     15.42, 11.4, 1'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     11.45, 11.2, 1' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
      7.94, 10.3:, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
      1.44, 10.6, 2' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
Sep. 29.47, 10.5, 2' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     27.45, 10.6, 1'.5 (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     23.52, 10.9, 1'.5 (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     22.95, 10.0, 1'.5 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     22.42, 9.7, 2' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.20-m reflector);
     21.95, 10.0, 1'.7 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     21.48, 9.4, 2' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     20.41, 9.5, 2'.5 (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     17.41, 9.5, 2' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     16.94, 9.8, 1'.5 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     15.99, 9.7, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     14.94, 9.7, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     14.47, 9.5, 2' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     13.97, 9.7, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     13.51, 9.4, 3' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     11.52, 9.5, 3' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     10.95, 9.7:, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      9.45, 9.4, 3' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
      6.30, 9.6, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
      3.75, 9.6, 2'.5 (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
Aug. 31.25, 9.8, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     30.31, 9.8, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     23.21, 10.0, 3'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     22.35, 10.3:, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     21.35, 10.4:, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; very close to star);
     19.19, 10.0, 3'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
      9.34, 10.1, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
      9.34, 10.4, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      7.34, 10.4, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      6.34, 10.7, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      2.29, 10.6, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
July 29.23, 10.8, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
     26.27, 11.0, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     21.34, 11.5, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     20.35, 11.5:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
     19.36, 11.5:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
      6.32, 11.3, 1'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
      2.82, 11.9, 1' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 20-cm reflector);
June 28.35, 11.6, 1'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
Jan. 19.39, 15.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2013
Dec.  4.68, 15.3, 0'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 C2 (Tenagra)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
Apr. 26.56, 17.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Mar. 22.29, 12.5, 1'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
2014
Jan. 22.70, 19.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 E2 (Iwamoto)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Feb.  2.44, 17.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2013
Nov. 30.56, 15.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      4.62, 15.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Aug. 16.75, 15.2, 0'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
      8.02, 14.3, 0'.8 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector);
July  9.70, 14.7, 0'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
May  17.73, 13.1, 0'.9 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     14.75, 12.3, 2' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     10.77, 12.1, 2'.6 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
Apr. 22.75, 11.1, 3' (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     20.16, 10.8, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      7.78, [12.3, ! 0'.6 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Mar. 16.85, 13.3, 0'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     14.83, 13.0, 1'.6 (Y. Ikari, Moriyama, Japan, 0.26-m reflector + CCD);
     14.80, 12.1, 3' (T. Takahashi, Kurihara, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET P/2013 G1 (KOWALSKI)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Oct. 18.50, 17.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 G3 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
May  31.59, 17.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Apr.  7.73, 17.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 G8 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2013
July 28.96, 18.7, 0'.2 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 G9 (Tenagra)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
Jan. 17.81, 16.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     12.82, 16.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2014
June  1.53, 17.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Apr.  7.69, 17.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 H2 (Boattini)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
May  31.53, 18.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      6.68, 18.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET P/2013 J2 (McNaught)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Feb. 22.42, 17.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  1.49, 16.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2013
Dec.  2.70, 16.0, ! 0'.49 (Sergey E. Shurpakov, Baran, Belarus, 20-cm reflector + CCD);
Nov. 24.39, 15.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     16.54, 15.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 12.44, [13.3, ! 0'.4 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     11.45, 14.3, 0'.5 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      6.76, 15.5, 0'.3 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
Sep.  7.97, 12.9, 0'.7 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.15-m reflector + CCD + V filter);
      4.91, 15.7, 0'.2 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
      1.12, 12.2, 1'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Aug. 31.85, 15.4, 0'.3 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
     29.89, 15.5, 0'.5 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
     28.08, 12.3, 1' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
     18.12, 14.0, 0'.4 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     15.91, 15.4, 0'.2 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
      9.22, 14.4, 0'.3 (A. Hale, Cloudcroft, NM, 0.41-m reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2013 N4 (Borisov)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2013
Dec. 13.83, 15.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Nov. 19.81, 14.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.84, 13.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 12.80, 10.8, 1'.3 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; low alt.; hard to see);
Sep. 30.82, 13.1, 0'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
Aug. 18.17, 8.8, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
July 18.13, 11.0, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
 
 
COMET P/2013 O2 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2013
Dec.  1.63, 18.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 P3 (Palomar)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Jan. 12.42, 18.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2013
Nov. 30.51, 18.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
June  1.63, 13.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
May  30.92, 11.7, 1'.3 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     17.70, 12.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      3.71, 11.3, 2'.0 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Apr. 26.23, 11.5, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
     14.78, 11.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     13.49, 10.5, 3' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
      8.49, 10.6, 3' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
      5.75, 10.2, 4' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Victoria, 0.2-m reflector);
      5.69, 10.2, 4' (S. T. Rae, Karamu, New Zealand, 0.25-m reflector);
      5.23, 10.9, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
      4.45, 10.2, 3' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
Mar. 31.80, 10.6, 2'.9 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     29.33, 10.6, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
     25.51, 10.3, 2' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
     14.17, 9.9, 2' (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 25-cm reflector);
     13.17, 9.0, 8' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     13.16, 9.2, 2'.5 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
     12.17, 9.6:, 2'.5 (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 25-cm reflector);
     11.83, 9.6, 3'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     11.17, 9.4, 2' (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 25-cm reflector);
     10.79, 10.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     10.19, 9.3, 3'.5 (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 25-cm reflector);
     10.17, 9.2, 2'.8 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
     10.17, 8.8, 9' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     10.16, 9.4, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      9.18, 10.9, 1'.6 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      3.19, 9.2, 4'.7 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      2.31, 9.1, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
Feb. 28.30, 9.1, 2'.5 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     25.32, 8.8, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     25.18, 8.3, 8' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     22.18, 8.0, 4' (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
     22.18, 8.8, 3' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector; moonlight; cirrus);
     20.88, 8.3, 3'.9 (M.-T. Hui, Nhut Thong Pau, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights);
     20.85, 9.4*, 3'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     17.18, 8.1, 2'.8 (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
     12.85, 8.2, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     12.84, 8.6, 3' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 25x141 binoculars);
     12.21, 8.2, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     11.53, 7.5, 6' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
      8.33, 7.5, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      8.20, 8.1, 4' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
      7.32, 7.4, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      6.32, 7.5, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 Binoculars);
      5.23, 7.9, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
      5.22, 7.4, 6'.5 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
      3.33, 7.2, 6' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 Binoculars);
      3.21, 7.6, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
      2.33, 7.2, 6' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.1-m refractor);
      1.33, 7.2, 6' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.1-m refractor);
Jan. 31.81, 8.1, 4' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     31.33, 7.0, 7' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     31.22, 7.5, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     30.32, 7.1, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; alt. 9 deg);
     29.22, 7.5, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     28.24, 7.4, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     27.21, 7.4, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars; comet close to star 72 Oph);
     26.16, 7.1, 5' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     20.81, 7.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     15.24, 6.5:, 1' (R. Kannenberg, Rheinfelden, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     13.23, 6.4, 3'.0 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     12.23, 6.7, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars; comet close to group of stars);
     11.87, 6.2, 8' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     11.24, 6.0, 9' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     10.24, 6.5, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars);
      7.54, 6.5, 5' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
      7.23, 6.4, 8' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars);
      6.22, 5.8, 11' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
      6.21, 6.2, 3'.7 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
      4.17, 6.4, 6' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars);
      3.87, 6.2, 8' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
      3.52, 6.4, 4' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
      3.22, 5.5, 14' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
      3.20, 6.1, 1'.2 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
      2.86, 6.5, 6' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 11x80 binoculars);
      1.86, 6.1, 10' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
2013
Dec. 31.54, 6.1, 6' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     31.20, 6.0, 4'.3 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 6.8-cm refractor + CCD + Lumicon Comet filter; bandpass 494-523 nm; clouds);
     30.85, 6.3, 6' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 12x50 binoculars);
     30.20, 5.7, 5' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 12-cm refractor);
     30.20, 5.9, 7' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars);
     28.86, 6.0, 6' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 9x35 binoculars);
     28.21, 6.3, 10' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x80 binoculars);
     25.54, 5.9, 3' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     23.87, 5.6, 8' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 9x35 binoculars);
     23.24, 5.8, 6' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     20.86, 5.4, 10' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 12x50 binoculars);
     20.75, 6.0, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars; poor conditions; alt. 10 deg);
     19.73, 5.8, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars; alt. 14 deg);
     19.54, 5.7, -- (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     18.71, 5.8, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars; alt. 19 deg);
     17.20, 5.6, 15' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, naked eye);
     16.23, 5.4, -- (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     16.22, 5.8, 7' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9X63 binoculars);
     14.87, 5.5, 10' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     14.53, 5.8, 6' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     14.21, 5.1, 20' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     14.18, 5.3, -- (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, naked eye);
     14.13, 5.7, 10' (Kazimieras Cernis, Vilnius, Zirmunai, Lithuania, 7x50 binoculars);
     13.69, 5.7, 4' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
     12.85, 5.2, 12' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 11x80 binoculars);
     10.73, 5.5, 8' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars; moonlight; hazy);
     10.20, 5.6, 9' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9X63 binoculars);
      8.84, 5.4, 12' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars; 1.9-deg tail);
      8.81, 5.5, 12' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 11x80 binoculars);
      6.43, 5.0, 20' (W. Souza, Orlando, FL, USA, 15x70 binoculars);
      6.22, 5.7, 10' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars);
      5.21, 5.1, 12' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, naked eye; 2.2-deg tail in 10x50 binoculars);
      4.84, 5.6*, 12'.4 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
      4.22, 5.1, 6'.7 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
      3.75, 4.9, 10' (B. H. Granslo, Eidsvoll Verk, Norway, 10x50 binoculars);
      3.23, 4.9, 23' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
      3.22, 5.3, -- (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
      3.21, 5.0, 13' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9X63 binoculars);
      3.13, 5.7, 12' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, naked eye);
      2.54, 5.2, -- (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., naked eye);
      2.21, 5.2, 7' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
      2.20, 5.0, 7' (J. Warell, Lindby, Sweden, 11x80 binoculars; 1.0-deg tail);
      1.85, 5.5, 14' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars; 1.6-deg tail);
      1.78, 5.6, 5' (J. Karnfelt, Gothenburg, Sweden, 0.40-m reflector; 1.0-deg tail);
Nov. 30.99, 5.1, 11' (B. H. Granslo, Steinbruvann, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars);
     30.84, 5.4, 12' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 12x50 binoculars);
     30.84, 4.9, 15' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars; 2.3-deg tail);
     30.23, 4.8, 12' (T. Karhula, Vasteras, Sweden, 10x50 binoculars; 2.5-deg tail);
     29.84, 5.3, 12' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 12x50 binoculars);
     28.72, 5.1, 8' (J. Karnfelt, Gothenburg, Sweden, 0.25-m reflector);
     28.23, 5.6, -- (G. Holmberg, Lund, Sweden, 15x70 binoculars);
     28.22, 4.7, 15' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, naked eye; 3.2-deg tail in 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     28.21, 5.0, 10' (J. Warell, Lindby, Sweden, 11x80 binoculars; 1.5-deg tail);
     28.01, 5.1, 12' (B. H. Granslo, Steinbruvann, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars);
     27.23, 4.8, 30' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     27.22, 4.9, 13' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars; 0.8-deg tail);
     27.14, 5.0, 12' (S. Baroni, Milan, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
     26.21, 4.8, 16' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars; 1.6-deg tail);
     25.94, 5.4, 13' (J. Warell, Lindby, Sweden, 11x80 binoculars; 1.5-deg tail);
     25.82, 4.9, 15' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars; 1.4-deg tail);
     25.53, 4.8, -- (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., naked eye);
     25.22, 4.7, 34' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     25.21, 4.9, 15' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars; 1.3-deg tail);
     25.20, 5.2, 14' (B. H. Granslo, Risl{\o$kka, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars);
     25.20, 4.8, 12' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, naked eye; moonlight; 2.3-deg tail in 10x50 binoculars);
     25.19, 5.0, 10' (S. Baroni, Milan, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
     25.17, 4.7, 7' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 8x24 binoculars);
     24.79, 4.9, 12' (T. Karhula, Vasteras, Sweden, 10x50 binoculars; 1.1-deg tail);
     23.69, 5.2, 12' (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars);
     23.19, 5.0, 13' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     22.23, 5.1, 12' (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight and twilight);
     21.23, 5.0, 12' (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     21.19, 5.2, 13' (J. J. Gonzalez, Salamanca, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     20.20, 5.1, 14' (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     20.20, 5.2, 16' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     19.51, 5.1, 9' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     19.30, 4.8, 15' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; alt. 12 deg);
     19.17, 5.2, 12' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     18.51, 5.3, 9' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     18.06, 5.7, 12' (Kazimieras Cernis, Vilnius, Zirmunai, Lithuania, 7x50 binoculars);
     18.05, 5.7, 8' (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 7x30 binoculars);
     17.31, 5.2, 12' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; clouds);
     17.22, 5.6, 10' (J. Karnfelt, Brannoe, Sweden, 0.40-m reflector; full moon);
     17.18, 5.4, 15' (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars; full moon);
     16.78, 4.9, 21' (S. Yoshida, Mt. Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, 10x70 refractor; full moon);
     16.27, 5.8, 12' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
     15.77, 5.6, 14' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 15x70 binoculars);
     15.30, 5.4, 16' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; 1-deg tail);
     15.27, 5.4, 15' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     15.27, 5.8, 12' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
     14.53, 5.5, 15' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     14.27, 5.9, 12' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
     14.26, 5.6, 15' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     14.20, 5.2, 15' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, naked eye; 1.7-deg tail in 10x50 binoculars);
     14.20, 5.7, 21' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     14.19, 5.3, 15' (N. Biver, Pico Veleta, Spain, 7x50 binoculars; mag 5.3 to naked eye);
     13.73, 6.1, 13' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Vic., Australia, 8x40 binoculars);
     13.73, 5.4, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 6x35 binoculars);
     13.40, 6.4, 13' (D. W. E. Green, Nelson Island, MA, 12x50 binoculars);
     13.30, 5.6, 16' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; 1-deg tail);
     13.27, 6.0, 12' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
     13.22, 5.5, -- (J. Warell, Lindby, Sweden, naked eye);
     13.19, 5.8, 15' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars);
     13.17, 5.4, 20' (N. Biver, Pico Veleta, Spain, naked eye);
     13.16, 5.6, 15' (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars);
     13.03, 5.9, 10' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x80 binoculars);
     12.80, 5.8, 18' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars; 1.2-deg tail);
     12.27, 6.0, 10' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
     12.19, 6.2, 10' (J. J. Chambo, Valencia, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     12.19, 5.7, 14' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     12.19, 5.7, 37' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     12.06, 5.7, 15' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, naked eye);
     11.79, 5.8, 18' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     11.29, 6.0, 15' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     11.20, 5.4, 15' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, naked eye; 2.2-deg tail in p.a. 290 deg in 10x50 binoculars);
     11.19, 5.9, 14' (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars);
     11.18, 6.0, 17' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars);
     11.11, 6.4, 5' (J. Karnfelt, Brannoe, Sweden, 0.40-m reflector);
     10.69, 6.1, 16' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     10.53, 6.2, 14' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     10.28, 6.2, 10' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
     10.26, 6.3, 10' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x60 binoculars);
      9.96, 6.2, 9'.9 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
      9.72, 5.7, 12' (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 6x35 binoculars);
      9.29, 6.2, 15' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
      9.28, 6.3, 10' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
      8.77, 6.0, 18' (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 10x70 refractor);
      8.67, 6.2, 16' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
      8.50, 6.5, 14' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
      8.29, 6.3, 14' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; clouds);
      8.28, 6.4, 8' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 11x80 binoculars);
      8.14, 5.8, 14' (T. Karhula, Vasteras, Sweden, naked eye);
      8.00, 6.2, 14' (B. H. Granslo, H{\aa}g{\aa}r Observatory, Eina, Norway, 10x50 binoculars);
      7.84, 6.0, 16' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
      7.50, 6.5, 12' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
      7.28, 6.5:, 8' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; clouds interfering);
      7.16, 6.5, 17' (J. J. Chambo, Valencia, Spain, 20x60 binoculars);
      6.77, 6.8, 10'.7 (M.-T. Hui, Nhut Thong Pau, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights);
      6.31, 6.5:, 10' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; clouds interfering);
      6.18, 5.9, 12' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, naked eye);
      6.14, 6.3, 11' (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars);
      5.83, 6.6, 11' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 11x80 binoculars);
      5.82, 6.1, 18' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
      5.26, 6.8, 12' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      5.12, 6.5, 13' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
      4.81, 6.6, 18' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
      4.80, 6.9, 8' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 45x141 binoculars);
      4.49, 6.3, 14' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
      4.41, 6.8, 14' (D. W. E. Green, Nelson Island, MA, U.S.A., 20x80 binoculars);
      3.75, 6.9, 10' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Vic., Australia, 8x40 binoculars);
      3.72, 6.3, 15' (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 6x35 binoculars);
      3.27, 6.9, 8' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 25x100 binoculars);
      3.25, 6.8, 10' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
      3.11, 6.6, 12' (J. J. Chambo, Valencia, Spain, 20x60 binoculars);
      2.67, 7.0, 10' (John Drummond, Gisborne, New Zealand, 11-cm refractor);
      2.29, 7.1, 12' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
      2.28, 6.7, 10' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; clouds interfering);
      2.28, 7.0, 8' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 25x100 binoculars);
      2.12, 6.6, 10' (B. H. Granslo, Roverkollen, Oslo, Norway, 10x50 binoculars);
      1.75, 7.0, 10' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Vic., Australia, 8x40 binoculars);
      1.48, 6.7, 11' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
      1.25, 7.4, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      1.11, 6.6, 7' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 6.8-cm refractor + CCD + V filter);
      1.03, 7.2, 8' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
Oct. 31.75, 7.3, 8' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Vic., Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     31.68, 6.9, 13'.6 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 7x50 binoculars);
     31.29, 7.1, 9' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     31.17, 7.2, -- (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
     31.15, 7.2, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     31.15, 7.2, 10' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     31.15, 7.7, 11' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     31.15, 7.5, 7' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 20x60 binoculars; moonlight);
     31.04, 7.2, 9' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     30.68, 7.6, 11'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 11x70 binoculars);
     30.50, 7.3, 10' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     29.76, 8.0, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     28.30, 8.1, 8' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     27.30, 8.7, 2'.5 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
     27.17, 8.1, 10' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars; moonlight);
     24.71, 8.2, 3'.9 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector; moonlight);
     23.13, 8.7, 2'.2 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 6.8-cm refractor + CCD + V filter; moonlight);
     20.25, 9.5:, 1'.5 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
     19.15, 8.2, 12' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     16.72, 9.3, 3'.3 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector; moonlight);
     16.50, 8.7, 5' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
     16.22, 8.7, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     15.29, 10.0:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; close to TYC 162-1293-1);
     14.72, 9.3, 6'.4 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
     14.09, 8.9, 4'.5 (B. H. Granslo, Steinbruvann, Oslo, Norway, 8.0-cm refractor);
     13.78, 9.0, 3'.3 (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 0.32-m reflector);
     13.76, 9.3, 6'.5 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     12.82, 9.4, 4'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     12.76, 10.4, 4'.5 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     12.75, 9.6, 4' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Vic., Australia, 20-cm reflector);
     12.31, 10.5, 1'.3 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     11.75, 9.3, 5' (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     11.50, 9.3, 4' (C. W. Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
     13.10, 8.8:, 5' (B. H. Granslo, Breisjoen, Oslo, Norway, 10.0-cm refractor);
      9.67, 9.8, 4'.4 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      9.29, 10.4, 1'.3 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      8.73, 10.1, 3'.5 (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 20-cm reflector);
      8.30, 10.9, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      7.30, 10.6, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      7.17, 9.7, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
      6.32, 11.0:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; clouds interfering);
      5.31, 11.0:, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; close to Tycho-catalogue star);
      4.70, 10.1, 3'.4 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
      3.82, 10.2, 4'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
      3.73, 10.2, 4'.3 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
Sep. 30.80, 11.4, 3'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     29.73, 10.1, 5'.5 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector; moonlight);
     28.74, 10.6, 3'.8 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector; moonlight);
     28.14, 10.4, 8' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     19.79, 13.3, 1'.2 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     13.16, 12.7, 1'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     11.73, 12.2, 1'.9 (C. Wyatt, Walcha, NSW, Australia, 25-cm reflector);
 
 
COMET P/2013 R3 (Catalina-PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2013
Nov. 17.50, 18.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      4.58, 17.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET P/2013 T2 (Schwartz)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2013
Dec.  1.49, 18.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 TW5 (Spacewatch)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Dec. 14.74, 17.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan. 20.76, 17.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2013
Nov. 30.72, 18.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET P/2013 TL_117 = 2013 UT_2 (Lemmon)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2013
Dec. 15.50, 17.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 U1 (Catalina)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2013
Nov.  4.51, 18.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 U2 (HOLVORCEM)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Nov. 29.69, 17.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 24.78, 17.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 UQ4 (Catalina)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Aug. 27.83, 11.9, 1'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32 cm reflector);
     12.85, 13.0, 3'.2 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR);
      2.56, 12.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
July 27.16, 11.4, 7' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely near Mayhill, NM, USA);
     26.61, 12.9, 1'.0 (K. Nagashima, Ikoma, Nara, Japan, 30-cm reflector);
     26.15, 11.2, 8' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely near Mayhill, NM, USA);
     25.93, 11.6, 7' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR);
     24.53, 12.6, 1'.4 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     24.17, 10.8, 12' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely near Mayhill, NM, USA);
     22.93, 11.1, 8' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR);
     22.27, 10.8, 12' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely near Mayhill, NM, USA);
     21.90, 10.5:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     20.90, 10.0:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; alt. 20 deg);
     20.26, 10.9:, 7' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely near Mayhill, NM, USA, cloudy);
     19.94, 10.3, 3'.7 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector);
     19.90, 10.0:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; alt. 17 deg);
     18.94, 10.1, 15' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 7-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
     17.91, 10.0, 4'.5 (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
     16.96, 9.7, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
     15.91, 9.7, 16' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 7-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
     12.60, 10.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     12.33, 9.4, 14' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely near Mayhill, NM, USA);
      8.35, 9.4, 11' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely near Mayhill, NM, USA);
      8.34, 9.7, 9' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely near Mayhill, NM, USA);
      6.30, 9.8, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
      5.27, 10.0, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
      4.01, 9.4, 6'.5 (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
      3.99, 9.8, 10' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
      3.25, 10.4, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
      3.02, 9.6, 5' (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
      2.96, 9.7, 13' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
      2.79, 10.5, 3' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 20-cm reflector; hazy);
      2.67, 11.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.97, 10.5, 3'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      1.96, 9.9, 9' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
      1.43, 10.1, 6' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
June 30.29, 11.1, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
     29.46, 9.5, 5' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
     28.33, 11.4, 1'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
     26.72, 11.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     23.45, 10.6, 2' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
      7.34, 12.3, 1' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
      1.77, 13.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
May  31.78, 14.2, 0'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     30.76, 14.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 US10 (Catalina)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2017
Jan.  1.65, 15.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2016
Dec.  2.72, 15.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 31.07, 15.6, 0'.4 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.32-m reflector + CCD);
     14.70, 14.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Sep.  9.74, 14.6, 1'.1 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
      1.76, 14.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.74, [13.5, ! 0'.6 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
July 14.76, 13.9, 1'.0 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
May  22.45, 13.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      4.47, 11.9, 1'.4 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      2.45, 11.6, 1'.6 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Apr. 17.52, 12.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      6.87, 10.1, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      6.80, 11.8, 0'.9 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
Mar. 22.47, 9.7, 2'.2 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; difficult in strong moonlight);
     21.48, 10.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     16.81, 10.2, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     12.97, 9.8, & 3' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     11.97, 9.7, & 3' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     11.83, 9.5, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     11.50, 10.6, 2'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 180-mm f/2.8 lens + CCD);
      8.41, 10.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.85, 9.8, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      7.51, 10.3, 2'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
      5.93, 10.0, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      5.92, 9.3, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      3.83, 9.7, & 3' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector; star of mag 10.9 in coma);
      1.55, 9.8, 4'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 180-mm f/2.8 lens + CCD);
      1.00, 9.0, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Feb. 29.93, 9.4, & 6' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     27.81, 9.5. & 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     27.41, 9.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     14.51, 8.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     12.96, 7.8, 9' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     12.93, 7.9, 12' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     11.78, 7.8, 9' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     10.67, 8.0, 7' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     10.56, 8.6, 6' (Y. Nagai, Aichi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     10.45, 8.3, 7'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
      9.95, 7.8, 12' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars; 9th-mag star in coma);
      8.66, 8.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.89, 7.6, & 12' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
      7.07, 7.5, 8' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      5.70, 7.8, 8' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
      3.98, 7.0, 9' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x80 binoculars);
      3.83, 7.4, 10' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
Jan. 29.94, 6.7, 10' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x80 binoculars);
     28.80, 6.6, & 15' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x56 binoculars);
     28.25, 6.7, & 15' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x56 binoculars; moonlight);
     27.73, 7.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     22.92, 6.6, 8' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x80 binoculars);
     22.30, 6.5, -- (K. Wierzchos, Tampa, FL, USA, 8x56 binoculars; moonlight);
     22.22, 6.5, & 13' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x56 binoculars);
     19.80, 6.5, 14' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     19.24, 6.3, & 15' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x56 binoculars);
     18.91, 6.5, 10' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x80 binoculars);
     18.34, 6.4, -- (K. Wierzchos, Tampa, FL, USA, 8x56 binoculars);
     18.23, 6.3, & 13' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x56 binoculars);
     18.10, 6.6, 9'.1 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     17.91, 6.7, 6' (S. Baroni, Milan, Italy, 20x80 binoculars);
     17.19, 6.2, & 12' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x56 binoculars);
     16.30, 6.3, 6' (K. Wierzchos, Tampa, FL, USA, 8x56 binoculars);
     15.94, 6.3, 13' (A. Scholten, Bussloo, Netherlands, 8.5x42 binoculars);
     14.20, 6.6, 14' (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     12.79, 6.5, 15' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     11.98, 6.2, 13' (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     10.23, 6.4, 11'.3 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 6.8-cm refractor + CCD + V filter; twilight);
      9.79, 6.4, 17' (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 10x70 refractor);
      9.04, 6.5, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      8.21, 6.5, 10'.5 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
      8.21, 6.6, & 15' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x56 binoculars);
      5.44, 6.5, 6' (K. Wierzchos, Tampa, FL, USA, 8x56 binoculars);
      5.19, 6.3, 9' (Sergey E. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 8x30 binoculars);
      3.86, 6.6, 14' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
      2.73, 6.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.30, 6.5, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.1-m refractor);
2015
Dec. 31.44, 6.4, 6' (K. Wierzchos, Tampa, FL, USA, 8x56 binoculars);
     31.13, 6.4, 8' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     30.85, 6.4, 12' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     30.45, 6.4, 6' (K. Wierzchos, Tampa, FL, USA, 8x56 binoculars);
     30.25, 6.3, & 10' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x56 binocular; moonlight);
     30.17, 6.3, 10' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
     29.23, 6.9, 6' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     28.83, 6.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     28.21, 6.2, 8' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binocular; moonlight);
     25.45, 6.3, 7' (K. Wierzchos, Tampa, FL, USA, 8x56 binoculars; moonlight);
     23.20, 6.6, 5' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     23.20, 6.6, 11'.5 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     22.25, 6.6, 10' (J. Qvam, Holmestrand, Norway, 3-cm camera lens + CCD + V filter);
     21.44, 6.4, 7' (K. Wierzchos, Tampa, FL, USA, 20x80 binoculars);
     21.24, 6.2, 10' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     21.18, 6.2, 6' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 7x50 binoculars);
     19.85, 6.5, 6' (Y. Nagai, Aichi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     19.82, 6.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     19.31, 6.2, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     16.72, 6.4, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     14.19, 6.7, 6'.8 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     13.55, 6.5, 5' (M.-T. Hui, Joshua Tree National Park, CA, USA, 20x80 binoculars);
     12.85, 6.3, 10' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     12.31, 6.3, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     12.24, 6.2, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     11.84, 6.4, 8' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     11.20, 6.8, 7'.2 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     11.19, 6.2, 3' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 25x100 binoculars);
     10.19, 6.8, 5'.0 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
      8.86, 6.5, 8' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
      8.23, 6.6, 6' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binocular; moonlight);
      8.19, 6.8, 5'.0 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
      7.23, 6.4, 5' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
      7.20, 6.8, 3'.6 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
      6.84, 6.5, --' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
      6.25, 6.3, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
      4.83, 6.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      4.19, 6.3, 6'.0 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
      1.24, 6.2, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 11 deg; moonlight);
Nov. 26.86, 5.7*, -- (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     23.25, 5.7, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Zamora, Spain, 25x100 binoculars; alt. 5 deg);
     22.25, 6.0:, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Valladolid, Spain, 25x100 binoculars; alt. 4 deg);
Oct. 13.94, 6.5*, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; alt. 11 degrees);
      6.96, 6.5, 12' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
      5.94, 6.5, 12' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
      2.93, 6.5, 10' (W. Souza, Maresias, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      1.95, 6.6, 10' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; clouds);
      1.42, 6.6, 4' (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
Sep. 19.95, 6.3, 12' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight);
      9.98, 6.4, 8' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
      2.94, 6.3, 15' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
Aug. 30.92, 6.5, 10' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
     29.92, 6.5, 8' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
     28.92, 6.5, 8' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
     26.96, 6.5, 10' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars; moonlight);
     28.94, 6.4, 15' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     24.48, 7.5, -- (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector);
     21.11, 6.6, 14' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     20.11, 6.6, 15' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     15.00, 6.8, 12' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     14.08, 7.0, 7' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
     13.08, 7.0, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
     10.00, 7.0, 12' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
      8.04, 7.0, 12' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
      7.08, 7.1, 12' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
      5.10, 7.3, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.08-m refractor);
      2.21, 7.4, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; moonlight);
July 27.10, 8.2, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; moonlight);
     27.09, 8.2, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.08-m refractor);
     26.25, 7.9, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     26.11, 8.2, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight; close to nearby star);
     24.20, 8.0, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     22.22, 8.5, 7' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     22.15, 8.2, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     14.17, 9.0, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     12.29, 9.1, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     11.25, 9.2, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     10.23, 9.4, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
June 29.22, 10.0, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector; moonlight);
     28.37, 10.0, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     27.37, 9.9, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     26.22, 10.2, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     23.77, 10.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     22.21, 10.3, 2'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     20.23, 10.5, 2'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     13.29, 10.6, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
      7.27, 10.9, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector; moonlight);
May  24.33, 11.0:, 1'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector; close to 9th-mag star);
     16.33, 11.4, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector; clouds);
Jan.  5.06, 14.2, 0'.6 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
      2.39, 14.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2014
Dec. 30.06, 14.6, 0'.8 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
     24.06, 14.5, 0'.9 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
     21.07, 14.5, 0'.8 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
     13.39, 14.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.70, 14.8, 0'.5 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
Nov. 24.74, 14.9, 0'.4 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR);
     19.08, 14.7, 0'.6 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely near Mayhill, NM, USA);
     15.45, 14.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.81, 14.8, 0'.3 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR);
Oct. 25.45, 14.3, 0'.4 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     16.48, 14.7, 0'.5 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
      8.52, 14.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.60, 14.4, -- (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
Sep. 17.58, 14.9, -- (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia, starlike);
     14.56, 14.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     14.52, 14.8, 0'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     13.56, 15.1*, 0'.3 (M. Tsumura, Wakayama, Japan, 35-cm reflector + CCD);
     13.54, 14.8, -- (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia, starlike);
Aug. 18.69, 15.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      6.67, 15.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
July 28.73, 15.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
June  1.75, 15.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan. 12.38, 18.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2013
Dec.  1.40, 18.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 V1 (Boattini)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Aug. 30.43, 16.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
June 29.52, 14.4, 0'.4 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     19.48, 15.2*, 0'.5 (M. Tsumura, Wakayama, Japan, 35-cm reflector + CCD);
Apr. 26.44, 14.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb. 16.45, 14.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.50, 14.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan. 24.72, 14.7, 0'.5 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
     19.69, 14.5, 0'.5 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
2013
Dec. 27.75, 14.0, 0'.6 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
     14.48, 14.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      4.71, 14.9, 0'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
      2.95, 14.9, ! 0'.54 (Sergey E. Shurpakov, Baran, Belarus, 20-cm reflector + CCD);
Nov. 23.66, 15.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     17.67, 15.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     12.66, 15.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.65, 15.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 V2 (Borisov)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
Mar. 20.58, 15.8, 0'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
2014
Nov. 13.82, 15.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 24.81, 15.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     17.84, 16.7, 0'.4 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
Mar. 23.47, 16.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      9.52, 16.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2013
Dec. 13.71, 16.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      4.74, 17.2, 0'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
Nov. 16.68, 17.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     15.70, 17.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 V3 (Nevski)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Feb. 28.80, 13.1, 0'.6 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     17.87, 16.0:, & 2' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
      3.88, 12.7, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
Jan. 30.69, 16.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     25.79, 13.1, 1'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     13.21, 14.9:, 2' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      6.25, 12.1, 9' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
2013
Dec. 26.98, 16.3, ! 0'.64 (Sergey E. Shurpakov, Baran, Belarus, 20-cm reflector + CCD);
     22.68, 13.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     14.85, 12.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     13.67, 12.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     12.29, 9.8, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
      5.03, 9.1, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
      4.80, 10.0, 6'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
      3.19, 10.1, 10' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
      3.08, 10.0, 5' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      2.87, 10.8, 4' (M.-T. Hui, Nhut Thong Pau, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights);
      2.16, 11.1, 4' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      1.83, 10.8, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
Nov. 25.19, 11.4, 5' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR green);
     21.79, 10.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     17.78, 10.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     16.84, 10.1, 2'.7 (S. Yoshida, Mt. Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; full moon);
     15.77, 10.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     15.29, 8.8, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     15.28, 10.9, 4' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 27-cm reflector);
     14.51, 8.6, 7' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     14.29, 11.0, 3' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 27-cm reflector);
     14.28, 9.4, 2' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.10m-Refractor);
     14.18, 8.7, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     13.73, 8.9, 6' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Vic., Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     13.71, 9.5, 8' (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     13.29, 11.0, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
     13.14, 10.2, 3'.5 (N. Biver, Pico Veleta, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     12.68, 11.1, -- (K. Kadota, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     12.17, 10.8, 2'.8 (N. Biver, Pico Veleta, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     12.15, 10.1, 3'.8 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 0.42-m reflector);
     11.71, 12.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     11.21, 10.9, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      8.76, 14.6, 0'.9 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
      8.02, 12.7; 1'.3 (Sandor Szabo, Sopron, Hungary, 51-cm reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2013 V4 (Catalina)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
Mar. 28.68, 18.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2016
Dec. 17.75, 16.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Nov. 19.78, 16.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Apr. 11.82, 16.2, 0'.33 (Sergey E. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 15-cm reflector + CCD);
2015
Feb. 11.49, 16.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  2.61, 15.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2014
Nov. 22.91, 15.7, -- (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
     22.53, 15.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 29.68, 16.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Sep. 28.69, 16.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     27.77, 16.5, 0'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
Aug.  2.73, 16.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2013
Nov. 23.62, 17.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     15.66, 17.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 V5 (Oukaimeden)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Dec. 18.84, 14.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     16.85, 14.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 18.37, 10.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     15.40, 10.6:, -- (K. Yoshimoto. Yamaguchi, Japan, 180-mm lens + CCD; alt. 5 deg; twilight);
      9.94, 8.7, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      7.94, 8.3, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; moonlight);
      7.93, 7.8:, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
      3.93, 7.9, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; moonlight);
Sep. 30.38, 7.5, 5' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 20x80 binoculars);
     28.94, 7.1, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; moonlight);
     28.38, 7.1, 5' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 20x80 binoculars);
     27.38, 7.0, 6' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 20x80 binoculars);
     25.94, 6.9, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; clouds);
     24.38, 6.6, 6' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 20x80 binoculars);
     23.93, 6.6, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; clouds, light polution);
     23.38, 6.6, 6' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 20x80 binoculars);
     22.92, 6.9, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 14 deg);
     22.38, 6.6, 6' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 20x80 binoculars);
     21.93, 6.5*, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; alt. 7 deg);
     21.92, 6.5, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 12 deg);
     16.34, 6.5, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 14 degrees);
     16.33, 6.5, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
     14.35, 6.7, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; twilight);
     14.35, 6.8, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; moonlight, twilight);
     14.33, 6.5, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.10-m-refractor);
     13.78, 6.9, 3' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 5.0-cm refractor);
     12.36, 6.6, -- (J. Cerny, Malargue, Argentina, 0.3-m reflector + CCD + V filter);
     11.39, 7.5, -- (J. Cerny, Malargue, Argentina, 0.3-m reflector + CCD + V filter);
     11.32, 7.2, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.10-m-refractor);
     10.32, 7.2, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
      9.32, 7.3, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
      8.82, 7.6*, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
      7.81, 7.5*, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
      7.79, 8.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.34, 7.1, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; clouds);
      7.33, 7.3, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
      7.11, 7.5*, 4' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 6.8-cm refractor; alt. 5 deg; twilight);
      6.33, 7.3, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
      3.76, 7.5, 5' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 8.0-cm refractor);
      1.47, 7.7, 4' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, USA, 10x50 binoculars);
Aug. 31.35, 8.1, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     30.49, 7.6, 5' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, USA, 10x50 binoculars);
     30.34, 8.1, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     29.46, 7.7, 4' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, USA, 10x50 binoculars);
     29.34, 8.1, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     28.34, 8.2, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     27.49, 7.9, 4' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, USA, 10x50 binoculars);
     27.33, 8.3, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     26.87, 8.7, 4'.1 (M.-T. Hui, Nhut Thong Pau, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights);
     25.81, 8.6, 3' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     25.45, 8.3, 4' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, USA, 10x50 binoculars);
     25.34, 8.5, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.10-m refractor);
     25.33, 8.4, 5' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 25x100 binoculars);
     24.36, 8.4, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     24.34, 8.5, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.10-m refractor);
     24.33, 8.5, 5' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 25x100 binoculars);
     23.34, 8.6, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.10-m refractor);
     23.33, 8.5, 5' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 25x100 binoculars);
     22.36, 8.7, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; very close to star);
     22.34, 8.6, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     22.33, 8.6, 5' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 25x100 binoculars);
     21.34, 8.7, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     21.33, 8.6, 5' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 25x100 binoculars);
     20.45, 8.8, 3' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, USA, 30x125 binoculars);
     20.33, 8.7, 4' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 25x100 binoculars);
     19.33, 8.9, 4' (Jose G. de S. Aguiar, Campinas, Brazil, 25x100 binoculars);
     18.78, 9.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     16.35, 8.9:, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector; moonlight);
      9.35, 9.6, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
      9.34, 8.9, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      8.37, 9.8,2'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector; civil twilight);
      7.35, 9.6, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      6.77, 10.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      6.46, 10.2, 2' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, USA, 30x125 binoculars);
      6.35, 9.5, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      5.77, 10.2, 1'.8 (K. Nagashima, Ikoma, Nara, Japan, 30-cm reflector);
      5.77, 10.4, 1'.2 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 7-cm refractor + CCD);
      5.46, 9.9, 1'.5 (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, USA, 30x125 binoculars);
      3.36, 10.0, 2'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
      2.79, 10.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.36, 10.2, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
July 31.77, 11.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     29.80, 11.6, 0'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     25.78, 11.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Mar. 15.46, 16.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      9.46, 16.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb. 20.53, 16.6, 0'.4 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
2013
Dec. 14.66, 17.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Nov. 23.69, 18.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     15.73, 18.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET P/2013 W1 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2013
Dec. 28.49, 19.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 W2 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2013
Dec. 28.56, 19.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 X1 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
Jan. 29.75, 18.3, 10" (H. Sato, remotely with a 0.51-m astrograph at Siding Spring);
2017
Apr. 19.61, 16.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2016
Aug.  7.45, 11.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.87, 8.2, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
July 27.89, 8.1, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     12.62, 8.2, 6' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector);
      5.03, 7.3, 8' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.1-m refractor);
      4.05, 7.2, 10' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.1-m refractor);
      3.60, 7.6, 6'.5 (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector);
      3.18, 7.0, 10' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
      2.65, 7.2, 10' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector);
      1.61, 7.3, 10' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector);
June 18.85, 6.9, 8' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector; moonlight);
     15.14, 6.5, 15' (W. Souza, Marilia, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     14.67, 6.8, 9' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector);
     14.17, 6.5, 15' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
     13.82, 6.8, 11' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector);
     13.35, 6.4, 12' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     12.32, 6.5, 15' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     11.37, 6.5, 15' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     10.82, 6.9, 9' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector);
     10.73, 7.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     10.36, 6.4, 10' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      9.76, 6.8, 12' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
      9.32, 6.4, 15' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      9.16, 6.5, 15' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
      8.32, 6.4, 15' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      7.81, 6.9, 10' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector);
      7.37, 6.4, 12' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      5.81, 7.1, 7'.5 (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector);
      4.32, 6.5, 15' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; clouds);
      3.75, 7.9, 7' (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      2.83, 7.0, 7'.5 (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector);
      2.72, 7.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.90, 7.2, 7' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector);
      1.77, 6.9, 12' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
      1.11, 6.6, 10' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; altitude 12 deg);
May  31.83, 7.2, 8' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector);
     22.75, 7.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     19.88, 7.2, 10' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector);
     15.14, 6.9, 10' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain,  10x50 binoculars; alt. 9 deg);
     12.78, 7.8, 9'.0 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 330-mm refractor + CCD);
     12.77, 7.6, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     12.76, 8.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      8.35, 7.1, 10' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      5.35, 7.2, 8' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      4.76, 7.9, 5' (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      2.35, 7.5, 8' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
Apr. 30.81, 8.3, 4'.9 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     29.78, 8.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     20.35, 7.7, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
     19.79, 8.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     18.35, 8.0, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
     17.34, 7.7, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     15.80, 8.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     15.35, 8.0, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
     14.80, 8.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     11.80, 8.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb. 27.40, 9.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     11.42, 9.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.38, 9.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      6.43, 8.9, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
      3.81, 8.5, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
Jan. 28.78, 8.6, & 6' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     10.41, 8.6, 7' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
      9.71, 8.2, 7' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
      9.40, 8.6, 7' (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      8.93, 7.3, 15' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      8.76, 8.1, & 13' (A. Scholten, Bussloo, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
      8.00, 8.3, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      7.94, 8.2, & 8' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      7.93, 8.3, & 7' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
      4.99, 8.4, 5' (K. Wierzchos, Tampa, FL, USA, 20x80 binoculars; outburst);
      3.45, 9.0, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
2015
Dec. 31.74, 9.9, 2'.3 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
     31.45, 10.4, 3'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     30.73, 9.5, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     29.73, 10.0, 1'.5 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 0.20-m reflector);
     29.46, 9.0, 5' (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     20.36, 10.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     17.00, 9.9, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-reflector);
     13.36, 9.3, 4' (M.-T. Hui, Joshua Tree National Park, CA, USA, 20x80 binoculars);
     12.47, 9.4, 5' (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     11.80, 8.8, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     10.76, 10.8, 2'.2 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      9.93, 10.4, 2'.2 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
      9.83, 10.1, 3'.5 (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 0.20-m reflector);
      8.68, 10.1, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
      7.80, 10.5, 1'.5 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
      7.46, 10.5, 4'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
      5.90, 9.8, 3'.5 (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 0.20-m reflector);
      2.00, 10.3, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
      1.42, 10.0, 3'.1 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
Nov. 30.81, 9.4, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     23.22, 9.6, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Zamora, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     20.72, 10.9, 2'.0 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     18.72, 10.1, 1'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     16.04, 10.4, 1'.5 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
     15.44, 10.8, 2' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 37x100 binoculars);
      7.84, 10.4, 2'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      7.19, 10.6, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
      3.63, 11.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.58, 10.8, 1'.9 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
      1.85, 10.5, 3'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Oct. 17.79, 12.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     15.06, 11.8, 1'.1 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     13.73, 13.7, 1'.2 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     11.60, 13.1, 0'.8 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Sep. 21.72, 12.5, 1'.0 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     10.74, 13.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      9.14, 13.5, 0'.3 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
Jan. 12.76, 15.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2014
Dec.  6.67, 16.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Nov.  3.73, 16.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb.  2.65, 19.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2013
Dec. 28.64, 19.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2013 Y2 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
June  1.47, 15.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Apr.  6.50, 15.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Mar. 23.44, 15.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb. 16.55, 15.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan. 22.66, 17.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET P/2014 A2 (Hill)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Jan. 20.68, 18.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2014 A4 (SONEAR)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2016
Nov.  3.53, 17.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Sept. 4.59, 16.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
June 10.71, 16.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  2.54, 16.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2015
Nov. 11.97, [14.2, -- (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
Oct. 18.59, 14.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     13.65, 15.7, 0'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD)
      8.69, 14.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  1.54, 15.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2014
Dec. 13.52, 15.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Nov. 20.62, 15.4, 0'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     15.67, 15.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.65, 15.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct.  9.80, 15.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Sep. 22.80, 15.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2014 AA52 (Catalina)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
Aug. 10.68, 17.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2014 C2 (STEREO)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Mar. 23.42, 16.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     10.82, 14.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb. 20.86, 15.3, 0'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD; alt. 14 deg);
 
 
COMET C/2014 C3 (NEOWISE)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Apr. 12.47, 16.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Mar. 15.65, 15.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     10.64, 15.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb. 22.76, 16.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET P/2014 D2 (Catalina-PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Apr.  6.54, 17.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Mar. 23.60, 17.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     10.71, 17.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET P/2014 E1 (LARSON)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
May  31.49, 15.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Apr. 12.61, 16.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Mar. 15.74, 17.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     11.78, 17.2, 0'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2014 E2 (Jacques)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Nov. 15.72, 13.1, 1'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     15.38, 14.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 25.39, 12.0, 1'.2 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     21.45, 12.0, 2' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     18.76, 11.8, 3'.0 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.20-m reflector + CCD via DSLR);
     15.76, 10.6, 2'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 12-cm refractor);
     12.40, 12.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.09, 10.2, 6' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely near Mayhill, NM, USA);
Sep. 28.83, 10.6, 3'.8 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 6.8-cm refractor + CCD; cirrus clouds);
     27.92, 9.6, 2'.6 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.20-m reflector);
     27.83, 9.4, 3'.8 (M. L. Paradowski, Keblo, Poland, 20x60 binoculars);
     27.79, 9.1, 13' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
     26.02, 8.3, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     24.41, 9.0, 7' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.20-m reflector);
     24.06, 10.4, -- (R. Donner, Robert Moses State Park, NY, U.S.A., 0.30-m reflector);
     24.04, 8.3, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     23.81, 9.4, 3'.2 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
     22.96, 9.6, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     22.90, 9.5, 2' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     22.42, 9.2, 5'.5 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     22.01, 9.5, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     21.95, 8.2, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     20.84, 8.7, 3'.8 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
     20.47, 9.7, 3'.7 (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 300-mm camera lens + CCD);
     20.39, 9.0, 4' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.20-m reflector);
     19.84, 8.6, 6' (M. L. Paradowski, Zuberec, Slovakia, 25x100 binoculars);
     19.56, 9.5, 6' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     18.90, 8.0, 8' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     17.86, 9.0, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     17.83, 7.9, 8' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     17.82, 8.5, 13' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
     17.43, 8.1, 6' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 20x80 binoculars);
     16.93, 8.7, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     16.92, 8.0, 7' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     16.50, 9.7, 4' (M. Tsumura, Wakayama, Japan, 40-cm reflector);
     15.98, 8.5, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     15.85, 8.7, 4' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     14.93, 8.3:, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     14.49, 8.0, 4' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 20x80 binoculars);
     13.97, 8.5, 10' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 0.15-m reflector + CCD + V filter, remotely from Nerpio, Spain);
     13.83, 8.4, 7' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     13.51, 8.3, 3'.8 (K. Nagashima, Ikoma, Nara, Japan, 20-cm reflector);
     13.48, 8.8, 4' (M. Tsumura, Wakayama, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     11.48, 7.6, 3' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 20x80 binoculars);
     10.94, 7.4, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     10.92, 8.0:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; light pollution; clouds);
     10.21, 8.6:, 6 -' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely near Mayhill, NM, USA);
      9.92, 8.0:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; light pollution);
      8.98, 8.0:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; light pollution; moonlight);
      6.04, 7.6, 8' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      5.04, 7.5, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; moonlight);
      4.83, 7.6, 8' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      4.82, 7.8, 8' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 6.8-cm refractor + CCD + V filter);
      4.04, 7.5, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; moonlight);
      3.88, 7.1, 9' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
      2.90, 9.1, 4' (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran, Belarus, 0.15-m reflector + CCD);
      1.89, 7.1, 11' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars);
      1.44, 7.7, 8' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, USA, 10x50 binoculars);
Aug. 31.92, 8.2, 4'.5 (J. Qvam, Borrevannet, Horten, Norway, 0.10-m refractor + CCD + V filter);
     31.89, 7.1, 11' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars);
     30.85, 6.9, 9' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     30.49, 6.8, 9' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, USA, 10x50 binoculars);
     30.08, 9.2, -- (R. Donner, Robert Moses State Park, NY, U.S.A., 0.30-m reflector)
     29.90, 7.8, 9' (A. Giambersio, Metaponto, Italy, 16x70 binoculars);
     29.46, 7.5, 11' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, USA, 10x50 binoculars);
     28.14, 6.7, 10' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, USA, 10x50 binoculars);
     28.08, 6.8, 9' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     27.95, 6.6, 27' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
     27.94, 7.2, 12' (J. Warell, Lindby, Sweden, 11x80 binoculars);
     27.91, 7.1, 7' (G. Holmberg, Lund, Sweden, 15x70 binoculars);
     27.88, 7.0, 9' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars; star-rich field);
     27.87, 7.5, 8' (J. Karnfelt, Gothenburg, Sweden, 0.40-m reflector);
     27.84, 7.6, -- (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
     27.16, 7.2, 11' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, USA, 10x50 binoculars);
     26.86, 6.9, 12' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars);
     26.83, 7.5:, 5' (J. Karnfelt, Gothenburg, Sweden, 0.40-m reflector);
     26.76, 6.9, 11'.2 (M.-T. Hui, Nhut Thong Pau, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; city lights);
     26.50, 6.9, 9' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 11x80 binoculars);
     25.90, 6.8, 13' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 7x35 binoculars);
     25.88, 7.1, 7' (G. Holmberg, Lund, Sweden, 15x70 binoculars);
     25.80, 6.8, 9' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     25.16, 7.1, 9' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, USA, 10x50 binoculars);
     24.90, 6.9, 12' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars);
     24.85, 6.7, 9'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     24.84, 6.8, 12' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     24.13, 7.1, 9' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, USA, 10x50 binoculars);
     23.95, 7.4, 10' (J. Warell, Lindby, Sweden, 11x80 binoculars);
     23.90, 7.0, 6' (G. Holmberg, Lund, Sweden, 15x70 binoculars);
     22.92, 7.1, 9' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     21.89, 6.9, 12' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     21.88, 6.7, 10' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     21.87, 6.7, 9' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     21.84, 7.0:, 8' (M.-T. Hui, Nhut Thong Pau, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector; clouds; city lights);
     20.88, 6.8, 9' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars);
     20.84, 6.7, 12' (Kazimieras Cernis, Vilnius, Lithuania, 7x50 binoculars);
     20.38, 6.7, 8' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, USA, 10x50 binoculars);
     19.88, 6.7, 10' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars);
     18.94, 6.6, -- (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 8x30 binoculars);
     18.91, 6.8, 9' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     18.89, 6.7, 10' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     18.68, 7.2, 4' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 25x141 binoculars);
     17.86, 6.6, 13' (M. L. Paradowski, Stroza Kolonia, Poland, 20x60 binoculars);
     16.36, 7.0, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; moonlight);
     16.03, 7.1, 7' (J. Warell, Lindby, Sweden, 11x80 binoculars; moonlight);
     15.86, 7.2, 3' (J. Karnfelt, Gothenburg, Sweden, 0.40-m reflector; light pollution);
     12.08, 6.8, -- (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 8x30 binoculars);
     10.15, 6.6, 15' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 15-cm refractor + CCD + V filter, remotely from Nerpio, Spain);
      9.36, 6.8, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
      8.96, 6.9, 7' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      8.36, 6.9, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      8.08, 6.4, 5'.0 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
      7.37, 7.0:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.05-m refractor, altitude 13 degrees);
      6.41, 7.0, 7' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, USA, 10x50 binoculars);
      5.97, 7.0, 5' (J. Warell, Lindby, Sweden, 11x80 binoculars);
      5.74, 7.2, 4'.9 (K. Nagashima, Ikoma, Nara, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
      5.45, 7.0, 5' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, USA, 10x50 binoculars);
      4.33, 7.1, 2' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
      4.10, 6.7, 8' (A. Scholten, Wadebridge, United Kingdom, 15x80 binoculars);
      3.98, 7.2, 3'.5 (S. E. Shurpakov, Baran, Belarus, 7-cm refractor);
      3.35, 6.9, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
      3.34, 7.0, 2' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
      3.05, 6.6, 6' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 6.8-cm refractor; twilight);
      2.35, 6.9, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
      2.34, 6.9, 2' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
      1.95, 6.8, 3' (T. Karhula, Virsbo, Sweden, 25x100 binoculars);
      1.36, 7.0, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      1.34, 6.7, 2' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
      1.04, 6.7, 6' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
July 31.76, 7.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     31.08, 6.7, & 5'.5 (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     31.00, 7.0, 5' (J. Warell, Lindby, Sweden, 11x80 binoculars);
     30.49, 6.5, 6' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     29.77, 7.5, 6'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     29.10, 6.7, 8' (A. Scholten, Wadebridge, United Kingdom, 15x80 binoculars);
     27.75, 6.8*, 3' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     26.75, 7.0, 4'.6 (K. Nagashima, Ikoma, Nara, Japan, 10-cm refractor);
     27.37, 7.0, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.05-m refractor; alt. 14 deg);
     26.84, 6.6, 4'.4 (M.-T. Hui, Nhut Thong Pau, Canton, China, 20.0-cm reflector);
     26.80, 6.7, 6'.4 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     26.11, 6.3, 8' (A. Scholten, Wadebridge, United Kingdom, 15x80 binoculars; twilight);
     26.05, 6.7, 2' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 12-cm refractor);
     25.98, 7.0, 2'.5 (Sergey Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 0.20-m reflector);
     25.96, 7.0:, 5' (T. Karhula, Virsbo, Sweden, 25x100 binoculars; bright twilight; alt. 10 deg);
     25.76, 6.9, -- (M. Tsumura, Wakayama, Japan, 7x35 binoculars);
     25.74, 7.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     25.46, 6.4, 4' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     25.07, 6.2, 3'.5 (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     24.77, 6.7*, -- (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     24.07, 6.0, 3'.5 (M. Meyer, Limburg, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     21.75, 6.6*, 4' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     21.36, 6.2, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 9 deg);
     20.37, 6.3, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 9 deg; moonlight);
     20.02, 6.3, 5' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 6.8-cm refractor; moonlight, twilight; comet alt. 8 deg);
     19.37, 6.1, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 9 deg; moonlight);
     18.46, 6.3, 3' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     16.87, 6.6, & 2' (M.-T. Hui, Nhut Thong Pau, Canton, China, 20-cm reflector; twilight; clouds);
     16.37, 6.0, 2' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x80 binoculars);
     14.37, 6.0:, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; alt. 6 deg; moonlight);
June  3.89, 8.0, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 14 deg; light pollution and moonlight);
      2.92, 7.3, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; moonlight);
      2.89, 7.5, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; alt. 16 deg);
      1.89, 7.7, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; alt. 18 deg);
May  30.92, 7.3, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     30.90, 7.7, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; alt. 19 deg);
     29.89, 7.8, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; alt. 20 deg);
     26.92, 7.3, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     25.45, 9.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     18.46, 8.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     17.90, 7.5, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     17.46, 7.5, 6' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     16.14, 7.4, 7' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 10x50 binoculars);
     12.91, 8.0:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.05-m refractor; moonlight);
      9.93, 7.8, 7' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.05-m refractor; moonlight);
      8.67, 8.6, 5' (Giuseppe Pappa, Mascalucia, Sicily, Italy, 12x50 binoculars);
      4.90, 8.5:, 2'.5 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; clouds; moonlight);
      4.44, 9.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      4.14, 8.6, 4' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
      4.00, 7.7, 12' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      3.91, 8.5, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
      3.85, 8.6, 7' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
      3.45, 8.0, 6' (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      2.91, 8.5, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      1.99, 8.5, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
      1.93, 8.5:, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; clouds);
      1.49, 8.9, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
Apr. 30.94, 7.8, 12' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     29.93, 8.8:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; averted vision);
     29.14, 9.0, 4' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
     29.00, 8.0, 12' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     28.92, 8.8, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     27.00, 8.3, 10' (W. Souza, Monte Verde, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     26.94, 8.8, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     26.42, 10.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     26.00, 8.4, 9' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     25.13, 9.5, 3' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
     25.00, 8.5, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     24.83, 10.2, 2'.2 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
     24.83, 9.0, 7' (M. Meyer, Frauenstein, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
     23.85, 9.1, 6' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
     23.83, 9.2, 5'.5 (M. Meyer, Frauenstein, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
     22.84, 9.2, 5'.5 (M. Meyer, Frauenstein, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
     21.04, 9.0, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     20.84, 9.2, 6'.5 (M. Meyer, Frauenstein, Germany, 15-cm refractor);
     16.93, 9.2, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     16.83, 10.0, 1'.5 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     14.47, 10.0, 4'.2 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     12.43, 10.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.14, 9.8, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      6.94, 10.5:, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      6.48, 11.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      6.05, 9.6, 4' (W. Souza, Monte Verde, Brazil, 0.10-m refractor);
      5.51, 9.2, 7' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Victoria, 25x100 binoculars);
      5.17, 9.9, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      4.98, 10.7:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
      4.40, 10.2, 4' (S. T. Rae, Karamu, New Zealand, 0.25-m reflector);
      1.95, 10.5, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
Mar. 28.96, 10.5, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     28.25, 10.3, 3' (Carl Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
     28.00, 11.0:, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     27.50, 10.2, 4' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 20-cm reflector);
     25.03, 10.6, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; averted vision);
     24.02, 10.7, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
     23.96, 10.5, 1'.5 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     23.55, 12.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     23.17, 10.5:, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector; clouds, moonlight);
     23.06, 10.8, 1'.5 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     19.41, 10.7, 3' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 20-cm reflector);
     15.62, 12.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2014 F1 (Hill)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Apr. 12.69, 18.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.77, 18.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2014 H1 (Christensen)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Apr. 26.61, 18.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET P/2014 L2 (NEOWISE)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
Jan. 10.42, 17.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2014
Dec. 23.47, 16.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Nov. 15.53, 15.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 25.44, [13.7, ! 0'.8 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Sep. 22.64, [13.8, ! 0'.6 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     20.63, 13.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     14.58, 14.2, 0'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     13.60, 14.2*, 0'.7 (M. Tsumura, Wakayama, Japan, 35-cm reflector + CCD);
Aug. 18.66, 13.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.71, 14.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
July 29.76, 14.8, 0'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     12.62, 14.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.76, 14.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET P/2014 L3 (Hill)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Aug.  2.65, 16.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2014 M3 (Catalina)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Aug.  6.71, 17.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET P/2014 M4 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Sep. 28.64, 19.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2014 N3 (NEOWISE)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2016
Jan.  2.58, 15.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2015
Sep. 30.78, [14.3, -- (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
Feb. 11.42, 15.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  3.44, 15.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2014
Dec. 23.39, 15.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Nov. 22.48, 14.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 18.56, 14.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      9.66, 14.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Sep. 20.67, 14.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Aug. 19.77, 14.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      6.74, 14.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2014 OE4 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
Dec. 28.49, 17.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
July  2.70, 17.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
May  15.73, 16.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Apr.  7.78, 16.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Mar.  2.82, 16.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  4.44, 16.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2017
Nov.  5.46, 16.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Sep. 10.59, 16.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
July  7.70, 16.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
May   2.04, 16.9, 0'.3 (J. Qvam, Horten, Norway, 0.50-m reflector + CCD + V filter);
Mar. 19.76, 16.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb. 15.76, 16.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  2.82, 16.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2016
May  28.60, 16.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Apr. 19.73, 16.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2014 Q1 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
Aug. 20.93, 9.5, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector; moonlight);
      9.93, 8.4, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      7.93, 8.3, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      6.93, 8.2, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      1.92, 7.5, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
July 27.91, 6.5:, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     26.93, 6.1, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight; alt. 14 deg);
     26.90, 6.2, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
     25.92, 5.7*, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight; alt. 16 deg);
     23.36, 5.8, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 15x80 binoculars);
     22.92, 5.1, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; alt. 14 deg);
     20.91, 4.9, 8' (M. Goiato, Caucaia, Brazil, 8x25 binoculars; alt 11 deg);
     20.89, 5.5, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     19.91, 4.9, 8' (M. Goiato, Caucaia, Brazil, 8x25 binoculars; alt 10 deg);
     19.89, 5.2, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
     17.89, 5.2, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     17.35, 5.2, 0'.6 (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
June 28.91, 6.5:, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; alt. 18 deg; moonlight);
     26.91, 6.0:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 17 deg; moonlight);
     25.90, 5.8*, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 18 deg; moonlight);
     21.90, 5.5*, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 14 deg);
     17.90, 5.0, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 10 deg);
Jan.  3.42, 15.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.41, 15.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2014
Dec. 13.42, 15.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Nov. 15.48, 16.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 18.53, 16.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Sep. 28.57, 16.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     20.60, 16.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2016
June  1.63, 16.4, 0'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
May  28.67, 16.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Apr. 15.78, 15.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2015
Oct. 12.43, 11.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      5.46, 11.4, 2'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
      1.86, 10.7, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Sep. 20.42, 11.3, 1'.6 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     18.50, 11.3, 4'.0 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD + V filter);
     12.45, 11.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     11.52, 11.3, 4'.2 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     10.81, 12.2, 1'.9 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      7.96, 10.4, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Aug. 22.93, 10.6, & 3' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 0.20-m reflector);
     20.90, 10.7, 4'.2 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 15-cm reflector + CCD + V filter);
      5.54, 10.3, 4'.2 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 180-mm-f.l. f/2.8 lens + Nikon D5100 camera);
      3.51, 10.1, 4'.2 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 180-mm-f.l. f/2.8 lens + Nikon D5100 camera);
      2.52, 10.2, 3'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 180-mm-f.l. f/2.8 lens + Nikon D5100 camera);
July 25.98, 9.7, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     22.02, 9.2, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     21.96, 10.2, 4'.2 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
     20.90, 9.3, 3'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     19.95, 9.5, 6' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     18.50, 9.0, 5'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     16.94, 9.3, 3'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     14.03, 8.8, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     11.98, 9.1, 3'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     10.98, 9.1, 3'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      9.94, 9.3, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      6.94, 9.3, 3'.5 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
      6.90, 8.9, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
June 30.95, 9.1, 6' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector; twilight; moonlight);
     22.00, 8.9, 4'.5 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
     17.93, 8.1, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     16.97, 8.6, & 8' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars; twilight);
     12.92, 8.4, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     11.94, 8.5, 8' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars; twilight);
     10.61, 9.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      6.94, 8.2, & 8' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars; twilight);
      6.92, 8.2, 4'.3 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      6.91, 8.4, 4'.4 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 6.8-cm refractor);
      5.92, 8.2, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      4.97, 8.7, 6' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 16x70 binoculars; moonlight; large and diffuse);
      4.92, 8.2, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      3.93, 8.3, & 7' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector; twilight);
      3.00, 8.3, 3'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
May  28.94, 7.9, & 8' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     25.78, 8.3, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     19.60, 7.6, 6'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     19.52, 8.3, 5' (Y. Nagai, Aichi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     17.94, 7.9, 5' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     16.12, 7.6, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     15.91, 7.6, 7'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
     13.85, 8.4, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     13.56, 7.8, 5' (Y. Nagai, Aichi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     12.94, 7.9, 8' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     11.85, 8.3, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     10.94, 7.1, 7'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
     10.85, 8.3, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      9.92, 7.4, 9' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 7x35 binoculars);
      7.85, 8.1, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      6.91, 8.0, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      6.89, 7.6, 9' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars)
      6.89, 6.8, 8' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
      6.85, 7.3, 9'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
      5.88, 7.7, & 9' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars; moonlight);
      4.95, 7.7, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      3.90, 7.5, & 9' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars; moonlight);
      2.92, 7.7, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      2.74, 7.9, 6'.5 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      1.76, 7.5, 5' (Y. Nagai, Aichi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars; moonlight);
      1.74, 7.5, 7'.5 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Apr. 30.86, 7.6, 5' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     28.90, 7.5, 5' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     28.90, 7.2, & 9' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars; moonlight);
     27.90, 7.1, & 10' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     26.88, 7.4, 5'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     25.88, 7.0, & 10' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     23.90, 7.0, & 10' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     22.90, 7.3, 6' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     22.88, 7.0, & 10' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars);
     22.08, 7.4, 4'.6 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     21.81, 7.2, 6'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     20.91, 7.1, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     20.81, 7.2, 6' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     19.89, 6.9, & 10' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars);
     19.81, 7.1, 6'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     18.92, 6.8, & 10' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars);
     18.86, 7.0, 8' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     18.84, 6.5, 12'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
     18.83, 6.9, 6'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     17.93, 6.8, & 10' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars);
     15.81, 6.8, 7'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     14.88, 6.9, & 9' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars);
     13.87, 6.9, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     13.81, 6.8, 6' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 8x24 binoculars);
     12.81, 6.6, 6' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     11.84, 7.0, 8'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 7x50 binoculars);
     10.80, 6.4, 5' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      9.84, 6.8, 4'.1 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
      9.80, 6.4, 5' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      8.88, 6.7, & 10' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars);
      7.91, 6.8, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      6.84, 6.7, & 10' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars);
      6.84, 6.5, 6'.2 (Sergey E. Shurpakov, Baran, Belarus, 8x30 binoculars);
      4.81, 6.3, 5' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      3.81, 6.3, 5' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      2.12, 6.5, 26' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
Mar. 29.12, 6.3, 25' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
     28.18, 6.3, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     27.90, 6.2, & 10' (A. Scholten, Bussloo, Netherlands, 8x56 binoculars; moonlight);
     24.11, 6.0, 6' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     23.82, 6.7, 2'.5 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     23.11, 6.0, 6' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     22.87, 6.2, 11' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars);
     21.44, 6.7, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     19.83, 6.1, 25' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     19.82, 6.5, 6'.3 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     19.45, 6.0, 10' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     17.82, 6.1, 24' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     17.79, 6.1, 12' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 8x24 binoculars);
     17.49, 6.7, 3' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     16.80, 5.8, 8'.5 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 7x50 binoculars);
     15.12, 6.0, 18' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
     14.44, 6.5, 3' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 25x141 binoculars);
     13.93, 6.0, 11' (A. Scholten, Bussloo, Netherlands, 8x56 binoculars);
     12.88, 5.7, 6' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     12.82, 5.9, 11' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars);
     12.11, 5.8, 24' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
     11.83, 5.8, & 10' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars);
     11.82, 5.8, 8'.6 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     10.80, 5.8, 12' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars);
      9.83, 5.9, 9' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      9.80, 5.5, 8'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 8x24 binoculars);
      9.79, 5.9, 4'.5 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
      9.76, 5.4, 10' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      8.81, 5.8, 12' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars);
      8.78, 5.3, 10' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      8.44, 6.2, 4' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      7.83, 5.8, 10' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      7.82, 5.8, & 13' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
      7.12, 5.8, 22' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
      5.87, 5.7, & 10' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars; bright moonlight);
      4.93, 5.7, & 10' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars; bright moonlight);
      4.83, 5.8, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
      4.74, 5.8, 6' (Sergey E. Shurpakov, Baran, Belarus, 8x30 binoculars);
      2.88, 5.7, & 10' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars; bright moonlight);
      2.79, 5.0, 10' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
      2.41, 5.4, 7' (S. Yoshida, Kanagawa, Japan, 6.6-cm refractor; near limit; light pollution);
      2.46, 5.7, 9' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 7x35 binoculars);
      1.11, 5.6, 22' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
Feb. 27.80, 5.6, & 10' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8.5x42 binoculars; moonlight);
     27.41, 5.6, 9' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 15x70 binoculars);
     26.77, 5.6, 27' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     25.79, 5.7, 5'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 8x24 binoculars);
     24.49, 5.6, 10' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     23.78, 5.2, & 12' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars; moonlight);
     21.74, 4.9, 15' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
     21.42, 6.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     21.16, 5.2, 32' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
     20.79, 5.2, 11' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 7x50 binoculars);
     20.78, 4.8, 15' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
     19.87, 5.3, 30' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     19.77, 5.2, 6'.6 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     19.77, 4.8, 15' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
     19.76, 5.4, 11' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 8x24 binoculars);
     18.78, 5.1, 16' (A. Scholten, Bussloo, Netherlands, 8x56 binoculars);
     18.12, 5.2, 33' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
     17.81, 5.1, 12' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 7x50 binoculars);
     17.78, 5.2, 15' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars);
     16.78, 5.2, 36' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     16.77, 5.1, & 15' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars);
     16.76, 4.4, 20' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, naked eye);
     16.75, 5.1, 12' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 7x50 binoculars);
     16.42, 5.2, 12' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 7x35 binoculars);
     15.84, 5.1, 16' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars);
     15.76, 4.4, 20' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, naked eye);
     15.44, 4.7, 16' (S. Yoshida, Kanagawa, Japan, 10x66 refractor);
     14.81, 5.1, & 15' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars);
     14.79, 5.1, 13' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 7x50 binoculars);
     14.78, 5.2, 36' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     14.76, 5.6:, 10' (R. Kannenberg, Rheinfelden, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     14.51, 5.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     14.40, 5.0, 15' (S. Yoshida, Kanagawa, Japan, 10x66 refractor);
     13.84, 5.1, 15' (A. Scholten, Bussloo, Netherlands, 8x56 binoculars);
     13.79, 5.2, 35' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     13.77, 4.9, -- (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, naked eye);
     13.76, 5.0, 15' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowica, Poland, 7x50 binoculars);
     13.74, 4.4, 20' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, naked eye);
     12.78, 4.7, 9'.6 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     11.77, 5.1, 31' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     11.52, 4.9, 12' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 15x70 binoculars);
     11.09, 4.9, 32' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
     10.75, 4.8, 9'.6 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     10.48, 4.7, 13' (S. Yoshida, Kanagawa, Japan, 10x66 refractor);
      9.49, 4.4, 15' (S. Yoshida, Kanagawa, Japan, 10x66 refractor);
      9.19, 5.0, 34' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
      8.86, 4.9, 13' (A. Baransky, Bucha, Ukraine, 10x50 binoculars);
      8.81, 5.0, 12' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
      8.76, 5.1, 32' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
      8.75, 4.5, 8' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, naked eye);
      8.49, 5.0, 10' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
      8.42, 4.8, 14' (S. Yoshida, Kanagawa, Japan, 10x66 refractor);
      7.96, 4.8, 10' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; alt. 14 degrees);
      7.78, 5.0, 35' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 2-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
      7.75, 4.6, 15' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
      6.78, 4.8, & 20' (A. Scholten, Bussloo, Netherlands, 8x56 binoculars);
      6.48, 4.8, 11' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 15x70 binoculars);
      6.45, 4.9, 10' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
      6.08, 4.9, 34' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
      5.87, 4.9, & 18' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars; moonlight);
      5.82, 4.8, 12' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 8x24 binoculars);
      5.10, 4.8, 36' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
      4.80, 4.7, & 18' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars; moonlight);
      4.08, 4.8, 40' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
      3.93, 4.8, & 18' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars; moonlight);
      3.49, 4.9, 12' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
      3.47, 4.7, 12' (S. Yoshida, Kanagawa, Japan, 10x66 refractor);
      2.48, 4.8, 14' (S. Yoshida, Kanagawa, Japan, 10x66 refractor);
      1.97, 4.7, 12' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars, moonlight; clouds);
      1.87, 4.7, & 20' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars; moonlight);
      1.79, 4.9, 10'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 8x24 binoculars);
      1.72, 4.5, 22' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight);
      1.51, 4.8, 12' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 15x70 binoculars);
      1.45, 5.0, 14' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
      1.43, 4.7, 15' (S. Yoshida, Kanagawa, Japan, 10x66 refractor; heavy city light pollution);
Jan. 31.83, 4.8, 12'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 8x24 binoculars);
     31.83, 4.6, & 20' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars; moonlight);
     31.43, 4.7, 16' (S. Yoshida, Kanagawa, Japan, 10x66 refractor);
     30.98, 4.6, 15' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight; clouds);
     29.75, 4.5, 9'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 8x24 binoculars);
     28.97, 4.6, & 20' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars; moonlight);
     28.52, 4.2, 16' (S. Yoshida, Kanagawa, Japan, 10x66 refractor);
     28.11, 4.3, 45' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
     27.89, 4.5, & 20' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars; moonlight);
     26.09, 4.2, 44' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
     25.76, 4.6, 15' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
     24.81, 4.4, & 20' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars; moonlight);
     24.55, 4.3, 19' (S. Yoshida, Kanagawa, Japan, 10x66 refractor);
     23.75, 3.6, 25' (Sergio Foglia, Novara, Italy, 20x80 binoculars);
     23.52, 4.5, 17' (S. Yoshida, Kanagawa, Japan, 10x66 refractor);
     21.78, 4.5, & 18' (A. Scholten, Bussloo, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars);
     21.75, 4.5, 15' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, naked eye);
     21.62, 4.6, 14' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 7x35 binoculars);
     21.07, 4.0, 46' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA, foggy);
     20.98, 4.4, 20' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     20.74, 4.4, -- (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, naked eye);
     20.57, 4.4, 14' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 7x35 binoculars);
     20.55, 4.5, 20' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     20.49, 4.3, 16' (S. Yoshida, Kanagawa, Japan, 10x66 refractor);
     20.47, 4.2, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, naked eye);
     20.21, 4.1, -- (M.-T. Hui, Malibu, USA, naked eye);
     19.48, 4.4, 20' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     19.45, 4.0, 18' (S. Yoshida, Kanagawa, Japan, 10x66 refractor);
     18.83, 4.2, 25' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, naked eye);
     18.82, 4.0, 18' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     18.74, 3.9, 25' (S. Baroni, Milan, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
     18.71, 4.4, 20' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, naked eye);
     18.54, 4.2, 18' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 7x35 binoculars);
     18.47, 4.0, 20' (S. Yoshida, Kanagawa, Japan, 10x66 refractor; through thin clouds);
     17.99, 4.3, 20' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     17.91, 4.1, 64' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 2-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     17.87, 4.0, 20' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, naked eye);
     17.43, 4.2, 24' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     17.42, 3.9, 23' (S. Yoshida, Kanagawa, Japan, 10x66 refractor);
     17.01, 4.0, 35' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, naked eye);
     16.99, 3.9, 15' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, naked eye);
     16.76, 4.1, -- (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, naked eye);
     16.75, 3.9, & 19' (Z. Rzepka, Lublin, Poland, 7x35 binoculars; city lights);
     16.73, 4.1, 20' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, naked eye);
     15.93, 4.0, -- (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, naked eye);
     15.76, 4.0, 20' (A. Baransky, Bucha, Ukraine, 10x50 binoculars);
     15.53, 4.1, --' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, naked eye);
     15.49, 4.2, 24' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     15.44, 4.1, 48' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
     15.01, 4.0, 30' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 8x25 binoculars; clouds);
     14.89, 4.0, 20' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, naked eye);
     14.84, 3.9, 19' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     14.84, 4.2, 53' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     14.83, 4.4, -- (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     14.78, 4.1, & 25' (A. Scholten, Bussloo, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars);
     14.04, 3.8, 45' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, naked eye);
     13.96, 4.3, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, naked eye);
     13.82, 4.1, -- (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, naked eye);
     13.79, 4.0, & 17' (Z. Rzepka, Lublin, Poland, 7x35 binoculars; city lights);
     13.73, 4.4, 11' (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     13.73, 3.9, 25' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, naked eye);
     13.56, 4.2, 22' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     13.53, 3.8, 22' (S. Yoshida, Kanagawa, Japan, 10x66 refractor);
     13.48, 4.0, 18' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 7x35 binoculars);
     13.00, 3.8, 40' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, naked eye);
     12.98, 3.9, 30' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     12.86, 4.5, 11'.8 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     12.54, 4.2, 16' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 12x50 binoculars);
     12.46, 4.0, 21' (S. Yoshida, Kanagawa, Japan, 10x66 refractor);
     12.45, 3.7, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, naked eye);
     12.17, 4.0, 53' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
     11.99, 4.0, 30' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 8x25 binoculars; clouds);
     11.73, 4.7, 11'.8 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     11.45, 4.3, 20' (S. Yoshida, Kanagawa, Japan, 10x66 refractor; strong light pollution);
     11.11, 3.9, 30' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     11.08, 4.0, 47' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
     10.98, 3.9, 36' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, naked eye);
     10.94, 4.0, 30' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     10.82, 4.1, & 20' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 8x40 binoculars);
     10.81, 3.9, 30' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     10.80, 4.5, 13' (A. Giambersio, Potenza, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
     10.78, 3.3, -- (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, naked eye);
     10.77, 3.9, 25' (S. Baroni, Milan, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
     10.45, 4.0, 24' (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 10x70 refractor);
     10.42, 4.3, 21' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     10.01, 4.0, 36' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, naked eye);
      8.99, 4.1, 30' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
      8.78, 4.4, -- (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, naked eye);
      8.47, 4.2, -- (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, naked eye);
      7.95, 4.7, 8'.0 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
      7.78, 3.3, 40' (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
      7.74, 4.0, 20' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 8x24 binoculars);
      7.73, 4.2, 62' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
      7.68, 4.4, 14' (A. Baransky, Bucha, Ukraine, 20x60 binoculars);
      7.15, 4.1, 42' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
      7.12, 4.2, 30' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight);
      6.98, 4.2, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, naked eye; moonlight);
      6.98, 4.2, -- (M. J. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, naked eye; moonlight);
      6.96, 4.3, -- (M. Batista de Lima, Florianopolis, Brazil, naked eye; moonlight);
      6.85, 4.2, 17' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight);
      6.82, 4.6, 15' (A. Baransky, Bucha, Ukraine, 10x50 binoculars);
      6.76, 3.6, 40' (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
      6.71, 4.4, 15' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      5.92, 4.4, 13' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
      5.81, 4.5, 15' (A. Baransky, Bucha, Ukraine, 10x50 binoculars);
      5.20, 4.2, 49' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
      5.12, 4.2, 18' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; full moon 45 deg away; clouds);
      5.04, 4.5, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, naked eye; moonlight);
      4.80, 4.3, 7' (S. Baroni, Milan, Italy, 20x80 binoculars; moonlight);
      3.94, 4.5, & 13' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 10x50 binoculars; bright moonlight);
      2.10, 4.5, 20' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight);
      1.98, 4.8, 15' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; clouds; moonlight);
      1.90, 5.3, 10' (A. Giambersio, Potenza, Italy, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight);
      1.58, 4.8, 20' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
      1.56, 4.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.25, 4.5, 22' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
2014
Dec. 31.56, 4.9, 18' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     31.12, 4.7, 20' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight; clouds);
     31.05, 5.0, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, naked eye, nebulosity and moonlight);
     30.55, 4.7, 49' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
     30.54, 5.0, 18' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     30.04, 4.9, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, naked eye, nebulosity and moonlight);
     28.95, 5.1, 15' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     28.93, 4.0, 20' (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
     28.17, 4.9, 20' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; visible with naked eye);
     28.11, 5.1, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, naked eye);
     27.17, 5.0, 20' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     26.92, 5.0, 49' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
     26.91, 5.4, 20' (A. Giambersio, Potenza, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
     26.91, 5.0, 10' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 12-cm refractor);
     26.90, 5.6, 8' (M. Micheli, Brescia, Italy, 11x70 binoculars);
     26.82, 5.2, 9'.5 (S. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 8x30 binoculars);
     26.30, 5.1, 19' (M.-T. Hui, Joshua Tree National Park, CA, USA, 20x80 binoculars);
     26.04, 5.2, 20' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; clouds);
     25.96, 5.8, 7' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars; alt. 8 degrees);
     25.59, 5.2*, 12' (Y. Nagai, Niigata, Japan, 7x35 binoculars);
     25.59, 5.3, 15' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     25.25, 5.2:, 20' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; clouds);
     23.93, 5.3, 12' (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 9x63 binoculars);
     23.60, 6.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     23.42, 5.1, 20' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     20.65, 5.5, 34' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
     20.00, 5.6, 20' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     19.10, 5.6, 16' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; clouds);
     19.03, 5.7, 18' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 3x27 monocular);
     18.99, 5.7, -- (M. Batista de Lima, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     18.06, 6.0, & 8' (R. Salvo, Montevideo, Uruguay, 7x50 binoculars);
     18.00, 5.7, 16' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; clouds);
     16.70, 5.6, 12' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 20x80 binoculars);
     16.63, 6.2, 14' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     16.12, 5.8, 15' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     16.01, 6.2, -- (M. J. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
     16.00, 6.1, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 3x27 monocular; moonlight);
     15.60, 6.0, 32' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
     15.58, 5.7, 12' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, naked eye);
     14.59, 5.7, 12' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, naked eye);
     14.14, 6.0, 14' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; mag-7.8 star in coma);
     14.04, 6.6, 8' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.08-m refractor);
     13.67, 7.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     13.47, 6.1, -- (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, naked eye);
     11.46, 6.6, -- (D. A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 2x25 binoculars);
     11.27, 6.5, 10' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     11.31, 6.5, 10' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     10.18, 6.4, 12' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight; clouds);
      9.61, 6.5, 28' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Siding Spring Obs., Australia);
      9.46, 6.8, 8' (D. A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 6x35 binoculars);
      8.03, 7.0:, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; moonlight);
      6.15, 6.9, 10' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight);
      5.28, 7.2, 8' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      4.21, 7.5, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 20x60 binoculars);
      3.28, 7.2, 7' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
      3.12, 7.6, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.08-m refractor);
      2.72, 7.3, 8' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.08-m refractor);
      2.25, 7.4, 10' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
      2.14, 7.6, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.08-m refractor);
      1.11, 7.4, 6' (K. Cernis, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 20x60 binoculars);
Nov. 30.27, 7.6, 10' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; clouds);
     29.77, 7.8, 7'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     29.75, 8.8, 5'.0 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; close to 9th-mag star);
     28.12, 7.7, 10' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; clouds);
     26.80, 8.3, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     26.53, 7.6, 19' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter at Siding Spring);
     26.17, 7.6, 5' (K. Cernis, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 20x60 binoculars);
     23.74, 8.5, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     19.27, 9.0, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
     19.12, 8.9, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     18.69, 8.2, 14' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter at Siding Spring);
     18.23, 9.2, 2'.2 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
     18.18, 9.1, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     17.49, 8.7, 6' (D. A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     17.22, 9.2, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     17.12, 9.2, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     15.18, 9.3, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     15.11, 9.5, 2'.5 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     13.14, 9.4, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     12.59, 9.0, 10' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter at Siding Spring);
     10.19, 9.8, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
      5.65, 9.5, 8' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter at Siding Spring);
      2.21, 10.5, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector; 11th-mag star inside coma);
      1.68, 10.0, 2'.0 (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m refractor);
Oct. 30.72, 10.5, 2'.0 (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m refractor);
     29.29, 11.5:, 1' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     28.72, 11.0, 1'.6(P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m refractor);
     28.70, 9.7, 9' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter at Siding Spring);
     27.73, 11.2, 1.3'(P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m refractor);
     25.81, 12.1, 1'.2 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     24.71, 11.5, 1.5'(P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     22.73, 11.6, 1.3'(P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     21.73, 10.2, 10' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter at Siding Spring);
     17.81, 12.7, 0'.9 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     11.73, 10.7, 9' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter at Siding Spring);
      4.76, 12.3, 1'.8 (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
      3.25, 12.8, 1' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
      2.75, 12.3, 1'.5 (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
      2.72, 11.3, 6' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter at Siding Spring);
Sep. 30.76, 12.5, 1' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     27.76, 12.6, 1' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     23.77, 12.6, 1' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     22.77, 12.7, 1' (P. Camilleri, Warners Bay, Australia, 0.40-m reflector);
     20.74, 12.7, 3'.5 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter at Siding Spring);
     10.75, 13.8, 1'.6 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter at Siding Spring);
 
 
COMET C/2014 Q3 (Borisov)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
Jan.  6.06, 12.9, 4' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
      3.40, 15.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.73, 13.6, 2'.5 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
2014
Dec. 30.06, 12.7, 4'.5 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
     25.06, 12.3, 5'.5 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
     22.07, 12.3, 4' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
     20.77, 12.2, 4'.5 (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 15-cm refractor + CCD + V filter, remotely from Nerpio, Spain);
     14.48, 14.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     13.44, 14.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     12.78, 12.1, 5' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 15-cm refractor + CCD + V filter, remotely from Nerpio, Spain);
      8.79, 11.8, 6' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR green);
      6.07, 12.0, 5' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA);
      4.06, 11.7, 6' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter, remotely from Mayhill, NM, USA, out of focus);
Nov. 20.41, 12.7, 1'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     29.38, 12.1, 2'.1 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     24.73, 10.7, 6'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 12-cm refractor);
     22.76, 10.7, 14' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
     16.92, 10.5, 13' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 6-cm telephoto lens + CCD via DSLR);
     16.06, 10.6, 12' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter near Mayhill, NM, USA);
     15.73, 13.7, -- (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      7.42, 10.6, 9' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter near Mayhill, NM, USA);
      2.73, 12.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.17, 12.6, 1'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      1.49, 10.6, 10' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter near Mayhill, NM, USA);
Oct. 29.80, 11.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     25.75, 12.0, 1'.9 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     23.43, 10.7, 12' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter near Mayhill, NM, USA);
     19.63, 12.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     17.76, 12.7, 2'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     12.46, 11.0, 9' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter near Mayhill, NM, USA);
      9.70, 13.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.40, 11.4, 8' (T. Lehmann, Weimar, Germany, 11-cm refractor + CCD + G filter near Mayhill, NM, USA);
Sep. 28.72, 13.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     18.75, 14.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2014 R1 (Borisov)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
Feb. 14.87, 13.0, 1'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  2.80, 11.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2014
Dec. 22.82, 11.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     16.82, 11.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Nov. 29.81, 11.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     29.81, 10.6, 1'.5 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     26.83, 10.7, 2'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     13.80, 11.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 25.82, 12.0, 1'.3 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     24.83, 12.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      9.78, 13.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Sep. 20.81, 13.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     18.79, 14.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2014 R3 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
Mar. 24.70, 16.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2017
Dec. 22.82, 16.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Mar.  4.65, 16.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan. 24.72, 16.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2016
Nov. 25.79, 16.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Apr. 18.75, 16.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     15.75, 17.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2014 R4 (Gibbs)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Nov. 15.75, 16.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct.  9.75, 16.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Sep. 20.79, 16.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET P/2014 R5 (Lemmon-PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Sep. 27.65, 18.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2014 S2 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2016
Dec.  2.85, 16.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.85, 16.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
May  22.52, 11.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     15.10, 10.2, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     11.49, 10.8, 3'.2 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
      5.87, 10.4, 2'.7 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10-cm refractor);
      4.49, 10.0, 6' (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      2.47, 10.2, 6' (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      1.47, 10.3, 5'.0 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Apr. 30.53, 10.9, 2'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     28.88, 10.3, & 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     17.50, 9.9, 4'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 180-mm f/2.8 lens + CCD);
     15.70, 10.0, 5'.5 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     11.67, 10.0, 3' (Y. Nagai, Aichi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     11.10, 9.6, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      9.51, 9.9, 5'.5 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      9.11, 9.7, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      8.64, 9.9, 4'.5 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      7.11, 9.5, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      6.90, 9.5, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      5.91, 9.5, 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      1.80, 9.6, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
Mar. 29.85, 9.3, & 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     22.48, 9.1, 2'.5 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; easy in strong moonlight);
     17.70, 9.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     16.91, 9.4, & 3' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector; moonlight);
     12.96, 9.3, & 6' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     11.95, 9.2, 6' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     11.85, 9.3, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     10.85, 10.1, 1'.7 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      8.48, 9.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.86, 9.4, 4'.5 (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      5.94, 9.2, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      5.94, 9.2, 3'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      3.83, 9.1, 3'.5 (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      1.58, 9.0, 5'.0 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 180-mm f/2.8 lens + CCD);
      1.01, 9.2, 3'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Feb. 29.93, 9.4, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     27.82, 9.4. 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     16.81, 9.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     12.93, 8.5, & 8' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     10.68, 9.0, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     10.57, 8.9, 7' (Y. Nagai, Aichi, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      9.97, 8.6, 6' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
      7.08, 8.9, 4'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      5.71, 9.2, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
      3.84, 9.2, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
Jan. 29.91, 9.0, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     12.84, 8.9, 6'.9 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
      9.81, 10.0, 2'.5 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; near 7th-mag star);
      3.85, 9.2, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
      2.74, 9.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.70, 9.0, 3'.5 (Sergey E. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 7-cm refractor);
2015
Dec. 30.24, 9.0, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 0.20-m reflector; moonlight);
     28.22, 8.8, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 0.20-m reflector; moonlight);
     23.24, 8.9, 2'.8 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.20-m reflector);
     21.23, 8.4, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     18.83, 9.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     13.41, 8.6, 5' (M.-T. Hui, Joshua Tree National Park, CA, USA, 20x80 binoculars);
     12.83, 9.1, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     11.78, 8.3, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      9.82, 9.1, 3' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 0.20-m reflector);
      8.24, 8.7, 8' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
      7.92, 9.0, 3'.0 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.20-m reflector);
      6.11, 8.3, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      5.88, 8.6, 7' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
      4.78, 8.6, 7' (A. Scholten, Bussloo, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
      3.79, 9.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.40, 9.3, 4'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
Nov. 30.84, 9.5, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     23.21, 8.5, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Zamora, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     22.84, 9.2, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     20.68, 8.8, 4'.5 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     16.07, 9.2, 3'.5 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.20-m reflector);
     15.79, 8.5, 9' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     15.43, 9.4, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     15.40, 9.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     13.78, 9.3, 5' (A. Scholten, Bussloo, Netherlands, 15x80 binoculars);
     11.74, 10.2, 1'.7 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10-cm Refractor);
     10.79, 8.6, 9' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      7.83, 8.8, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      3.42, 9.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.44, 9.7, 4'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
      1.92, 9.2, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
Oct. 25.84, 10.0, 3' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     24.43, 10.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     22.03, 9.3, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     15.09, 9.6, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     12.57, 10.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     11.88, 10.3, 2'.0 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
     11.87, 9.7, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
     11.58, 9.7, 5'.0 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      6.90, 10.1, 3' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      6.77, 10.6, 3'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
      5.51, 10.1, 1'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
      4.87, 10.2, 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
      3.81, 10.2, 3' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 25x100 binoculars);
      3.58, 11.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.85, 9.9, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
      1.81, 10.8, 1'.5 (A. Kammerer, St. Leon-Rot, Germany, 0.30-m reflector);
      1.81, 10.9, 1'.7 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      1.80, 10.2, 3' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 20-cm reflector);
Sep. 21.74, 10.8, 2'.0 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     20.43, 11.1, 1'.4 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     18.59, 11.5, 1'.2 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD + V filter);
     13.81, 10.8, 2'.0 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
     12.76, 11.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.97, 10.8, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
 
 
COMET P/2014 U2 (Kowalski)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Nov. 29.73, 18.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET P/2014 W1 (Gibbs)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2014
Nov. 22.64, 19.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2014 W2 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2017
Feb. 10.83, 16.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2016
Oct. 15.40, 14.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Sep.  8.46, 14.4, 0'.9 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
      1.45, 14.0, 0'.6 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Aug. 28.83, 14.4, 0'.7 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector);
     26.85, 14.0, 0'.63 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector);
     11.00, 12.4, 1'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      1.92, 12.5, 1'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      1.50, 13.8, 1'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
July 27.92, 12.6, 1'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      8.99, 12.5, 2'.0 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      8.93, 10.7, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      3.48, 12.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.97, 12.5, 2'.0 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      2.95, 10.7, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
June 27.99, 12.7, 1'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     27.94, 10.7, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     26.62, 13.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     21.62, 13.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.98, 12.4, 2' (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 0.31-m reflector);
      7.93, 11.7, 2' (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 0.31-m reflector);
      6.98, 12.4, 2' (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 0.31-m reflector);
      6.93, 11.5, 2' (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 0.31-m reflector);
      3.51, 13.1, 1'.6 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      3.49, 11.8, 2'.3 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      1.55, 11.4, 2'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter CCD);
      1.59, 12.9, 1'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
      1.01, 10.4, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
May  27.92, 11.5, 2'.2 (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 0.31-m reflector);
     26.96, 11.4, 2'.2 (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 0.31-m reflector);
     24.93, 11.4, 2' (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 0.31-m reflector);
     14.71, 12.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      8.02, 10.4, & 3' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 0.20-m reflector);
      5.93, 12.4, 0'.7 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      5.00, 10.5, & 4' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 0.20-m reflector);
      4.47, 13.0, 0'.9 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      2.50, 12.2, 1'.3 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      2.02, 10.2, & 5' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 0.20-m reflector);
      1.51, 13.1, 1'.0 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Apr. 16.92, 14.2, 0'.41 (Sergey E. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 15-cm reflector + CCD);
     15.77, 12.8, 1'.5 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     11.84, 14.2, 0'.42 (Sergey E. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 15-cm reflector + CCD);
      8.66, 12.2, 1'.2 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      4.88, 10.0, 3'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      4.02, 10.1, 3' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      3.02, 10.1, 3' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      2.01, 9.8, 3'.5 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
Mar. 17.71, 13.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     14.16, 9.3, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
Jan.  9.41, 12.4, 0'.9 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
2015
Dec.  7.61, 13.5, 0'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
Nov. 30.83, 11.1, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     23.23, 11.0, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Zamora, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     20.69, 12.4, 1'.1 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      7.90, 11.2, 2'.2 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      3.73, 13.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 15.10, 12.8, 0'.6 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     11.72, 13.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      6.74, 14.4, 0'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
Sep. 19.15, 13.9, 0'.3 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
Jan.  3.62, 16.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2014
Dec. 13.60, 17.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Nov. 29.62, 17.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     22.57, 17.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     20.52, 17.8, -- (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2014 W11 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2016
May  12.59, 14.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Apr.  8.71, 14.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb. 16.78, 14.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  9.85, [14.0, ! 0'.5 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
2015
Mar. 23.85, 13.6, 0'.3 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
Jan. 31.50, 15.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.75, 17.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET P/2014 X1 (Elenin)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
Jan. 24.53, 16.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2014
Dec. 23.53, 17.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2014 Y1 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
Jan.  1.81, 17.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2015 C2 (SWAN)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
May  16.11, 11.8, 1'.2 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      1.77, 11.0:, 1'.0 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; low alt.);
Mar.  9.82, 9.2, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 7 deg; Zodiacal light);
 
 
COMET C/2015 D1 (SOHO)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
Mar.  9.84, 8.5, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      7.84, 7.8, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2015 ER61 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
Mar.  4.47, 17.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb.  4.44, 16.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  5.59, 15.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.61, 15.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2017
Nov. 24.68, 14.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 29.68, 14.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Sep. 30.81, 13.8, 1'.3 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera + green channel);
     30.73, 13.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     25.70, 14.2, 0'.6 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     25.68, 13.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     24.70, 14.1, 1'.4 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera + green channel);
     18.70, 13.6, 1'.3 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera + green channel);
      2.69, 13.3, 1'.1 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera + green channel);
      1.07, 10.8, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Aug. 28.80, 13.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     25.17, 10.6, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     21.08, 10.5, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     19.76, 12.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     17.02, 10.2, 3'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     12.77, 10.7, 1'.5 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; difficult in moonlight);
July 30.79, 11.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     23.12, 10.0, 3'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      7.75, 10.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.10, 9.5, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
June 24.33, 8.9, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     22.76, 9.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     21.10, 8.0, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     15.75, 9.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      4.74, 9.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.77, 8.6, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
      2.74, 9.2, 3'.8 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + CCD);
      2.32, 8.5:, 00 (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.10-m refractor);
May  29.74, 9.5, 2'.1 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + CCD);
     26.32, 8.0, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.08-m refractor);
     24.12, 7.9, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars; alt. 9 deg);
     22.75, 8.7, 3'.3 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + CCD);
     21.78, 8.3, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     20.77, 8.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     18.76, 8.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      8.30, 7.7, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
      7.78, 8.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.35, 7.6, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; haze);
      4.77, 8.6, 3'.2 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera + green channel);
      4.75, 7.8, 5' (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      3.15, 7.5, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars; alt. 9 deg);
      1.78, 7.0, 4' (Y. Nagai, Gunma, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      1.73, 8.7, 2'.9 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera + green channel);
Apr. 29.78, 8.7, 2'.2 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera + green channel);
     28.16, 7.4, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 10 deg);
     26.33, 7.6, 6' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 Binoculars);
     25.09, 7.7, 8' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     23.80, 7.5*, -- (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
     22.29, 7.5, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.09-m refractor);
     22.29, 7.4, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; moonlight, clouds);
     21.17, 7.0, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars; alt. 12 deg; moonlight);
     19.77, 7.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     19.34, 7.1, 8' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
     16.27, 6.9, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; moonlight, clouds);
     15.25, 6.7, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight, comet alt. 11º);
     13.80, 7.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     10.34, 6.5, 12' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight, clouds);
      7.18, 6.2, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 12 deg);
      5.80, 6.2, 8' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Vic., Australia, 8x40 binoculars);
      5.79, 7.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      5.34, 6.4, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      4.80, 8.0, 4'.9 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.43-m reflector + CCD; remotely from Siding Spring);
      3.80, 8.3, 5' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Vic., Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
      2.81, 9.3, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
      2.28, 8.4, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
      1.81, 8.3, 6' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector);
      1.18, 8.2, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars; alt. 10 deg);
Mar. 31.84, 7.6, 10' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector);
     30.33, 8.5, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     29.33, 8.5, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     28.19, 8.7, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 25x100 binoculars; alt. 12 deg);
     25.33, 9.5, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     24.84, 8.9, 5'.5 (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector);
     15.80, 10.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      9.23, 9.1, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars; alt. 16 deg);
      4.83, 10.4, 2'.1 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + DSLR green channel);
      3.80, 10.7, 1'.1 (S. Yoshida, Mt. Hanadate, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; low alt.);
Feb. 28.31, 11.3, 1' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
     21.21, 9.5, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 14 deg; moonlight);
     15.81, 11.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      6.78, 11.7, 1'.9 (K. Harikae, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera + green channel);
      3.80, 12.0, 2'.0 (K. Harikae, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera + green channel);
      6.81, 11.4, 1'.2 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      1.83, 11.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan. 27.78, 12.6, 1'.7 (K. Harikae, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera + green channel);
     25.79, 12.8, 1'.0 (K. Harikae, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera + green channel);
     24.83, 12.2, 1'.1 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; low altitude);
     24.22, 9.3, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      7.21, 10.1, 4'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 11 deg; zodiacal light);
      4.83, 12.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.25, 10.2, 4'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 17 deg; zodiacal light);
2016
Dec. 26.25, 11.2, 2'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 16 deg; moonlight);
     20.86, 13.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     10.25, 10.3, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 14 deg);
      7.83, 13.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      6.25, 10.4, 2'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 13 deg);
Nov. 28.87, 14.5, 0'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     22.84, 14.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     19.84, 14.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb. 27.61, 17.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2015 F3 (SWAN)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
May  19.52, 16.3, 1'.1 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD; very diffuse);
     10.92, 13.5, 1.3' (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      1.75, 12.7, 1'.4 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; full moon);
Apr. 20.90, 10.5, 3'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     18.84, 12.0, 1'.2 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     17.95, 10.2, & 3' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 0.20-m reflector);
     15.84, 13.5, 0'.5 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      7.90, 9.5, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Mar. 31.80, 9.8, 1'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 12-cm refractor);
     28.16, 10.0, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     26.82, 12.0, 1'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2015 F4 (Jacques)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
Oct. 12.49, 13.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     11.56, 13.2, 0'.9 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Sep. 12.55, 12.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     11.50, 13.0, 0'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter + CCD);
     10.81, 12.6, 0'.6 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      8.03, 11.5, 1'.3 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Aug. 19.87, 11.9, 1'.8 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 6.8-cm refractor + CCD + V filter);
     15.53, 11.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.06, 10.5, 2'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
      1.68, 11.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
July 26.22, 10.6, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     26.10, 10.5, -- (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
     23.07, 10.7, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     22.12, 10.4, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     14.14, 10.8, 2'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     14.05, 10.7, 2'.2 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     10.49, 11.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     10.21, 11.1, 2'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
June 26.20, 11.2, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     20.21, 11.5, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     18.08, 11.4, 2'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     10.73, 12.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2015 F5 (SWAN-XINGMING)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
May  10.91, 12.8, 0'.7 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
      2.47, [12.0, ! 1'.0 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; full moon);
      1.45, 11.6:, 1'.5 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; full moon);
Apr. 26.43, 12.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     22.89, 10.0, 3' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 0.20-m reflector);
     20.87, 10.1, 2'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     19.89, 9.9, 2' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 0.20-m reflector);
     18.83, 11.5, 1'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     17.92, 10.0, & 2' (A. Scholten, Eerbeek, Netherlands, 0.20-m reflector);
     15.83, 10.4, 2'.0 (U. Pilz, Leipzig, Germany, 32-cm reflector);
     10.48, 9.6:, 2' (A. Hale, Cloudcroft, NM, 0.41-m reflector; bright moonlight, twilight);
     10.10, 7.9, 5' (M. Reszelski, Szamotuly-Galowo, Poland, 15x70 binoculars);
      8.19, 8.2, 1'.7 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 8 deg; moonlight);
 
 
COMET C/2015 G2 (MASTER)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
Oct. 18.72, 15.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     13.79, 14.6, 0'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     11.77, 14.5, 0'.4 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; near limit);
      3.75, 14.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
June 21.91, 9.0, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector; moonlight);
     13.92, 8.2, 3'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     12.93, 8.0, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     11.92, 8.0, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     10.89, 8.0, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
      9.89, 8.0, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
      8.91, 7.7, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
      7.92, 7.5:, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; comet near star cluster);
      3.90, 7.4, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor);
      2.89, 7.2, 4' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.07-m refractor; moonlight interference);
May  29.91, 6.7, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight interference);
     29.91, 7.1, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
     27.91, 6.9, 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
     26.93, 6.6, 9' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     25.92, 6.5, 9' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     23.94, 6.4, 10' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     23.92, 6.5, 8' (W. Souza, Olimpia, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     23.90, 6.5:, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars, close to 6.3-mag star);
     22.92, 6.5, 9' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     22.92, 6.4, 10' (W. Souza, Taquaritinga, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     22.92, 6.4, 10' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight);
     21.93, 6.4, 8' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     21.92, 6.3, 8' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     16.35, 6.1, 12' (David A. J. Seargent, Cowra, NSW, Australia, 10x50 binoculars);
     12.36, 6.0:, & 5' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars; alt. about 11 deg);
     11.36, 6.0, 8' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars, nautical twilght);
     10.35, 6.0, 10' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
      9.34, 6.0, 10' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight interference);
      7.33, 6.6:, 7' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
      6.34, 6.8, 6' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight);
      5.34, 7.0:, 7' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars; moonlight and clouds);
      1.33, 7.5, 9' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
Apr. 29.33, 7.7, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
     27.34, 7.8, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     25.33, 8.0, 5' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 10x50 binoculars);
     25.32, 8.0, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.08-m refractor);
     16.29, 8.8, 3' (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.08-m refractor);
     12.32, 9.2, 3' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
     12.31, 8.9, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector; moonlight);
     11.35, 8.9, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector; moonlight, clouds);
     11.32, 9.4, 2'.5 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
      9.34, 10.0, 1'.5 (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector; moonlight);
 
 
COMET C/2015 GX (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
Nov.  3.67, 16.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2015 K1 (MASTER)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
July 18.73, 16.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2015 LC2 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
June  2.66, 18.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Mar. 28.74, 17.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2017
June  2.64, 17.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2016
May  12.61, 16.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2015 P3 (SWAN)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2015
Aug. 14.93, 10.6, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
 
 
COMET P/2015 Q1 (Scotti)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2016
Jan.  2.61, 16.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2015
Nov. 27.75, 15.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2015 T4 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2016
Jan. 31.45, 16.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET P/2015 TP200 (LINEAR)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2017
Jan. 22.44, 16.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2016
Dec. 23.63, 16.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Nov. 25.68, 17.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 24.72, 17.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2015 V1 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
Aug. 18.68, 16.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb.  4.39, 16.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  1.49, 15.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2017
Dec. 30.42, 15.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Nov. 19.60, 15.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 26.66, [14.4, ! 0'.3 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      9.60, 15.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Sep.  2.62, 15.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
July 11.72, 15.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  3.53, 16.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2016
Dec. 10.50, 16.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 28.72, 16.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Sept. 4.71, 17.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2015 V2 (Johnson)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
June 19.92, 7.7, 10' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 20x60 binoculars);
     15.92, 7.3, 18' (M. L. Paradowski, Stroza-Kolonia, Poland, 7x50 binoculars);
May  27.93, 7.3, 18' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 7x35 binoculars);
     20.90, 7.3, 18' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 7x35 binoculars);
     16.95, 7.9, 16' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 3.4-cm camera lens + CCD);
2017
Sep.  7.93, 10.4, 3' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
Aug. 22.04, 9.7, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
     12.43, 11.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
July 26.06, 8.5, 7' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     22.92, 7.8, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     18.49, 9.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     15.00, 8.2, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     14.93, 7.7, 10' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
      7.50, 9.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      4.85, 7.4:, -- (V.  Gonano, Udine, Italy, 7x50 binoculars; moonlight);
June 28.07, 7.7, 12' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     24.92, 8.5, 5' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     23.92, 8.6, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     21.00, 7.1, 15' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 12x45 monocular);
     20.92, 8.5, 5' (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
     19.92, 8.4, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     19.89, 7.8, 6'.4 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     19.63, 8.4, 8' (Y. Nagai, Gunma, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     18.92, 8.4, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     14.94, 7.2, 15' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 12x45 monocular);
     12.92, 8.2, 5' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      3.89, 8.0:, -- (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.10-m refractor);
      2.97, 7.6, 9' (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
      4.89, 8.0, -- (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.10-m refractor);
      2.89, 8.0:, -- (W. Souza, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 0.10-m refractor);
      2.70, 7.7, 8' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
      2.68, 8.4, 4'.8 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + CCD);
      2.62, 8.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
May  31.94, 7.6, 10' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
     30.01, 7.6, 11' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
     29.68, 8.1, 6'.6 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + CCD);
     28.94, 7.6, 11' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
     28.68, 8.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     28.00, 7.6, 13' (A. Kammerer, Karlsruhe, Germany, 9x63 binoculars;);
     27.94, 7.7, 10' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
     27.50, 7.8, 8' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     26.95, 7.6, 13' (A. Kammerer, Karlsruhe, Germany, 9x63 binoculars;);
     26.90, 7.7, 13' (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
     26.88, 7.4, 11'.8 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     26.01, 7.7, 13' (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
     25.03, 7.8, 10' (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
     24.01, 7.1, 15' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 12x45 monocular);
     23.89, 7.8, 12' (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
     22.93, 7.8, 12' (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
     22.54, 8.0, 7' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     21.75, 8.1, 7' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     20.96, 7.7, 11' (A. Kammerer, Karlsruhe, Germany, 9x63 binoculars;);
     19.90, 8.0, 11' (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
     19.63, 7.3, 14' (Y. Nagai, Gunma, Japan, 7x35 binoculars);
     18.94, 8.0, 10' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 10x50 binoculars);
     18.60, 8.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     17.87, 7.4, 9'.6 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     16.93, 7.6, 11' (A. Kammerer, Karlsruhe, Germany, 9x63 binoculars;);
     15.86, 7.4, 13'.1 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
      6.55, 8.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      4.76, 8.1, 6'.5 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 10x70 refractor);
      3.12, 8.8, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      2.89, 8.0, 7' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x10 0binoculars);
      1.78, 8.5, 6' (Y. Nagai, Gunma, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
      1.71, 9.4, 3'.8 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera + green channel);
Apr. 30.90, 8.2, 7' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     29.55, 8.8, 4'.7 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera + green channel);
     28.12, 9.2, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     24.83, 8.4, 7' (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 20x100 binoculars);
     23.84, 8.4, 9'.1 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     23.70, 8.8, 7' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     22.25, 8.8, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars);
     21.94,  8.7,  3'.5 (A. Kammerer, Karlsruhe, Germany, 0.20-m reflector; 0.10-deg tail);
     21.85, 8.4, 7'.0 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10x50 binoculars);
     21.14, 9.2, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     15.51, 8.6, 7' (Y. Nagai, Gunma, Japan, 20x100 binoculars);
     13.75, 9.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.62, 9.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.16, 9.2, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; some moonlight);
      3.68, 9.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.80, 9.9, 4' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.2-m reflector);
      1.72, 9.2, 8' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
Mar. 31.99, 9.1, 5' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     31.81, 9.8, 3'.5 (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.2-m reflector);
     30.98, 9.2, 5' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     29.31, 9.3, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     29.08, 9.1, 8'.6 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 0.15-m reflector + CCD + V filter);
     28.98, 9.3, 6' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     28.15, 9.4, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     27.98, 9.3, 6' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     26.92, 9.3, 6' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     24.96, 9.4, 7' (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 20x100 binoculars);
     24.62, 10.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     22.57, 9.5, 5'.5 (S. Yoshida, Mt. Hanadate, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     20.04, 9.7, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      9.84, 9.8, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
      9.69, 10.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      8.48, 10.2, 5'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD; remotely from Mayhill);
      4.75, 10.2, 2'.2 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + DSLR green channel);
Feb. 26.92, 11.0, 1'.0 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
     25.76, 10.9, 1'.8 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + DSLR green channel);
     24.99, 9.9, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     19.75, 10.2, 2'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 37x100 binoculars);
     16.98, 10.4, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      6.79, 11.6, 2'.5 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      6.78, 11.1, 2'.4 (K. Harikae, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera + green channel);
      5.17, 11.5, 0'.6 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      3.76, 10.6, 1'.4 (K. Harikae, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera + green channel);
      3.71, 11.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan. 26.99, 10.4, 2'.8 (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 20x100 binoculars);
     27.99, 10.4, 2'.7 (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 20x100 binoculars);
     27.76, 11.8, 2'.0 (K. Harikae, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera + green channel);
     25.72, 12.0, 1'.4 (K. Harikae, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera + green channel);
     24.79, 11.9, 1'.7 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; very near 11th-mag star);
     24.20, 10.6, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      7.20, 10.7, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      2.78, 11.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.22, 10.8, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
2016
Dec. 26.17, 10.8, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     23.78, 12.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     20.82, 12.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     10.80, 12.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     10.23, 10.8, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      9.23, 13.2, 0'.6 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      7.84, 12.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      6.82, 12.2, 1'.2 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
      6.22, 10.6, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m  reflector);
      5.25, 10.6, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      2.79, 12.8, 1'.5 (S. Yoshida, Kita-karuizawa, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; strongly cond.);
Nov. 30.16, 10.4, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     28.85, 13.1, 1'.0 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter CCD);
     25.84, 12.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     17.74, 13.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      5.78, 13.0, 1'.1 (S. Yoshida, Kita-karuizawa, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      4.81, 13.3, 1'.5 (S. Yoshida, Kita-karuizawa, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      2.78, 13.3, 0'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + V filter CCD);
      2.22, 10.6, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Oct. 27.74, 13.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     27.16, 10.6, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     20.81, 13.1, 0'.6 (S. Yoshida, Kita-karuizawa, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      5.82, 13.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      3.17, 10.8, 3'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Sep. 29.18, 11.7, 2'.0 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     24.13, 13.3, 0'.3 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      9.17, 12.2, 2'.0 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      6.18, 13.4, 0'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      1.82, 13.0, 1' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector; alt. 16 deg);
Aug. 27.83, 12.9, 0'.8 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector; alt. 16 deg);
     26.84, 12.9, 0'.71 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector; alt. 16 deg);
     22.80, 14.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
May  22.50, 15.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Apr. 11.79, 15.4, 0'.34 (Sergey E. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 15-cm reflector + CCD);
      4.86, 15.9, 0'.28 (Sergey E. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 15-cm reflector + CCD);
2015
Nov. 15.57, 16.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2015 VL62 (Lemmon-Yeung-PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2017
Sep. 25.50, [13.7, ! 0'.4 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      2.54, 14.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Aug. 22.14, 12.9, 2' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
     16.94, 12.3, 1'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
July 30.98, 14.2, 1'.4 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 15-cm reflector + CCD + V filter);
      6.63, 14.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
May  20.76, 14.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     19.76, 14.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  1.52, 15.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2016
Dec. 11.53, 15.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      5.74, [14.5, -- (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
Nov. 19.47, 15.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 15.57, 16.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     14.78, 15.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Aug. 22.71, 16.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2015 WZ (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2016
July  9.56, 15.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
June  7.99, 12.3, 1'.4 (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 0.31-m reflector);
      6.99, 12.3, 1'.5 (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 0.31-m reflector);
      3.58, [12.4, ! 1'.4 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      2.67, 14.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.74, 15.0, 0'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
May  31.93, 10.1, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     15.11, 10.4, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     12.75, 12.9, 1'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 330-mm refractor + CCD);
     12.73, 12.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      5.09, 12.8, 0'.5 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      4.74, 12.5, 1'.5 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      1.12, 10.9, 3'.0 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; moonlight);
Apr. 30.78, 13.5, 1'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     29.74, 13.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     28.79, 12.9, 2'.0 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 180-mm f/2.8 lens + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2015 X4 (Elenin)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2016
Jan.  1.58, 16.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2015
Dec. 29.54, 16.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.52, 17.1, 0'.4 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2015 X7 (ATLAS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2017
Mar.  4.55, 17.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan. 24.67, 17.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2016
Dec. 16.76, 17.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Nov. 25.74, 17.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  2.64, 17.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2015
Dec. 29.65, 17.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2015 X8 (NEOWISE)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2016
Jan.  9.82, 12.7, 1'.3 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
2015
Dec. 31.61, 15.8, 0'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     28.71, 14.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     21.25, 11.2, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     19.70, 14.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     18.49, 12.8, 2'.4 (A. Hale, Cloudcroft, NM, USA, 0.41-m reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2015 Y1 (LINEAR)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2016
May  28.54, 16.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Apr. 28.84, 16.9, 0'.42 (Sergey E. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 15-cm reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2015 YG1 (NEOWISE)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2016
Feb. 16.70, 17.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2015
Dec. 28.80, 16.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET P/2016 A3 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2016
Nov.  3.41, 16.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2016 A8 (LINEAR)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2016
Oct.  2.85, 12.7, 0'.7 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      2.42, 13.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Sep. 28.87, 12.5, 0'.7 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      8.48, 12.2, 0'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
      6.08, 11.8, 2'.0 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      2.96, 12.7, 1'.1 (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 0.16-m refractor);
      1.72, 13.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.46, 12.6, 0'.3 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
Aug. 31.94, 12.1, 0'.68 (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 0.15-m reflector + DSLR green channel);
     31.91, 12.7, 1' (M. Lehky, Upice Observatory, Czech Republic, 0.16-m refractor);
     29.92, 11.6, 2'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     28.94, 12.7, 0'.74 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector);
     27.89, 12.7, 0'.74 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector);
     26.92, 13.0, 0'.63 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 0.30-m reflector);
     25.83, 13.3, 0'.5 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
     22.74, 13.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     11.09, 13.2, 0'.8 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      7.74, 14.4, 0'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
July 28.61, 14.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     28.00, 14.5, 0'.4 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
June 26.72, 16.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET P/2016 BA14 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2016
Apr.  4.97, 16.9, 0'.18 (Sergey E. Shurpakov, Baran', Belarus, 15-cm reflector + CCD);
Mar. 26.52, 14.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     25.83, 14.5, 1'.0 (J. Qvam, Holmestrand, Norway, 0.08-m refractor + CCD + V filter);
     22.61, 12.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     22.44, 13.0, -- (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; near closest approach to earth; near full moon; motion confirmed over 20 min);
     21.50, 13.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     20.46, 14.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     19.47, 14.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2016 J2 (DENNEAU)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2016
May  28.49, 18.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2016 K1 (LINEAR)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2016
July  3.70, 17.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2016 N4 (MASTER)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
Apr. 20.67, 16.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Mar. 26.10, 16.2, 0'.3 (J. Qvam, Horten, Norway, 0.50-m reflector + CCD + V filter; moonlight);
Feb. 23.75, 16.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  4.48, 15.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2017
Nov. 12.42, 15.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      5.49, 15.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 26.65, 14.5, 0'.3 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; near limit);
     13.88, 13.7, 0'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Sep. 25.71, 14.6, 0'.3 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     10.62, 14.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
July  7.74, 15.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
June 15.72, 15.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
May   7.76, 15.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb.  4.39, 15.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  1.40, 15.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2016 Q4 (Kowalski)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2016
Sept. 4.64, 19.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2016 T2 (Matheny)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2017
Mar. 24.66, 18.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb.  3.75, 17.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2016 T3 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
Mar. 11.50, 17.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan. 13.69, 17.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2017
Dec. 22.76, 17.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Nov. 25.77, 17.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      4.81, 17.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  1.58, 18.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2016
Dec. 29.48, 18.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     25.56, 18.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2016 U1 (NEOWISE)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2017
Jan. 12.88, 7.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     10.87, 7.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      9.86, 8.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.27, 7.5, 1'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars; alt. 8 deg);
      6.88, 6.8:, 3' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
      6.87, 8.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      4.86, 8.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.86, 9.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.86, 7.9, 3' (Y. Nagai, Saitama, Japan, 25x141 binoculars);
      2.22, 8.5, 3'.3 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10-cm refractor);
      1.26, 8.1, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 13 deg);
2016
Dec. 31.19, 8.6, 3' (M. L. Paradowski, Lublin, Poland, 25x100 binoculars; alt. 13 deg);
     30.86, 8.0, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     29.86, 9.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     26.26, 8.3, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     23.85, 9.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     20.85, 10.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     17.85, 10.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     15.86, 10.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     10.22, 9.7, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
      9.83, 11.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      9.23, 10.9, 2'.7 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      7.86, 11.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      6.83, 11.2, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector);
      6.20, 10.2, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
      5.24, 10.3, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      2.79, 13.1, 1'.5 (S. Yoshida, Kita-karuizawa, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; diffuse, no central cond.);
      2.79, 12.2, 5' (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.83, 12.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Nov. 30.52, 11.6, 4'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.11-m astrograph + CCD near Mayhill, NM);
     30.14, 10.5, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     28.82, 13.4, 2'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.16-m reflector + CCD);
     25.52, 13.2, 2'.9 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.11-m astrograph + CCD near Mayhill, NM);
     24.84, 13.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.85, 11.6, 4'.8 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 180-mm f/2.8 lens + digital camera);
 
 
COMET C/2016 VZ18 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2017
Apr.  2.53, 16.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Mar. 17.13, 15.6, 0'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD, near Mayhill, NM);
     15.87, 10.8, 3'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      4.42, 14.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.11, 14.5, 1'.1 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.11-m astrograph + CCD, near Mayhill, NM);
Feb. 25.51, 14.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     25.12, 13.9, 2'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.11-m astrograph + CCD, near Mayhill, NM);
     24.87, 10.7, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     21.11, 16.3, 0'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.43-m reflector + CCD, near Mayhill, NM);
     11.50, 16.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.82, [13.0, -- (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
 
 
COMET C/2017 D2 (Barros)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2017
Sep.  2.58, 15.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2017 D3 (ATLAS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
Apr. 22.50, 17.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Mar. 17.65, 17.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan. 26.74, 17.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2017 E1 (Borisov)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2017
Apr. 13.80, 12.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.19, 7.9, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 6 deg);
      5.81, 12.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      4.81, 12.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.85, 11.2, 2'.5 (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.2-m reflector);
      1.19, 8.8, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars; alt. 6 deg);
Mar. 31.86, 11.0, 2'.2 (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.2-m reflector);
     29.35, 11.4, 2'.5 (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     28.20, 9.2, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 9 deg);
     27.82, 12.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     20.20, 9.7, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 10 deg);
     18.83, 12.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     11.79, 13.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      9.20, 11.2, 2'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 12 deg);
      5.51, 14.0, 0'.7 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD, Mayhill, NM);
      4.82, 13.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      3.81, 12.2, 1'.4 (S. Yoshida, Mt. Hanadate, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; low alt.; near limit);
 
 
COMET C/2017 E4 (Lovejoy)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2017
Apr. 21.16, 9.2, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 12 deg; moonlight);
     21.10, 9.8, 2'.0 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10-cm refractor);
     19.79, 10.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     18.78, 10.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     15.79, 9.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     14.79, 9.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     13.78, 8.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      7.17, 7.1, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 17 deg);
      5.80, 7.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      5.36, 6.5, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; civil twilight; sun alt. -11 deg; comet alt. 16 deg);
      4.79, 7.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      4.36, 6.3, 6' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; civil twilight; sun alt. -11 deg);
      3.76, 7.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      3.34, 6.5, 5' (W. Souza, Brazil, 15x70 binoculars);
      2.81, 6.7*, 5' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 8x42 binoculars);
      1.86, 7.1, 7' (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector);
      1.81, 8.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.81, 7.3*, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
      1.17, 7.4, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 14 deg);
Mar. 31.87, 7.4, 6'.5 (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector);
     31.14, 8.0, 3'.1 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 10-cm refractor);
     30.34, 7.1, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     29.77, 7.6, 3'.5 (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     29.34, 7.2, 8' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 7x50 binoculars);
     28.18, 7.9, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Asturias, Spain, 10x50 binoculars; alt. 14 deg);
     28.15, 8.2, 2'.1 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm Newtonian)
     27.80, 9.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     27.77, 8.6, 3' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     25.77, 9.0, 3'.5 (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
     25.34, 9.3, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 22-cm reflector);
     24.85, 9.2, 5'.5 (A. Pearce, Nedlands, W. Australia, 0.1-m reflector);
     24.79, 10.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     20.21, 8.6, 4'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector; alt. 13 deg; moonlight);
     18.82, 11.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     15.83, 12.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     11.84, 12.7, 1'.5 (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD; twilight and low alt.);
 
 
COMET C/2017 K1 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
May   9.53, 19.4, 8" (H. Sato, remotely with a 0.51-m astrograph at Siding Spring);
 
 
COMET C/2017 M5 (TOTAS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
Oct. 29.44, 18.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
May  21.73, 18.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2017 O1 (ASASSN)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
Mar. 11.49, 17.3, 0'.4 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
      4.63, 16.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb.  4.50, 15.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan. 17.83, 11.5, 3' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      4.55, 13.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2017
Dec. 22.64, 12.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     19.44, 13.6, 0'.7 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     18.74, 13.2, 1'.0 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      7.78, 10.5, 3' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      5.77, 10.0, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
Nov. 26.14, 10.0, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     24.80, 11.5, 1'.6 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; near Polaris);
     21.68, 11.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     20.72, 12.5, 1'.6 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera);
     16.25, 9.8, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     14.23, 9.6, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     13.79, 8.9, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     12.45, 11.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      6.75, 8.6, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
      4.62, 10.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.50, 8.8, 7' (C. Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
Oct. 30.73, 10.3, 2'.7 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera);
     29.76, 10.6, 5'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
     28.46, 8.8, 8' (C. Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
     26.64, 9.9, 5' (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector; extremely diffuse);
     25.73, 10.7, 3'.8 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera);
     25.68, 10.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     22.90, 8.3, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     21.90, 7.8, 8' (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
     17.81, 8.6, 6' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     17.73, 10.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     16.82, 8.8, 7' (M. L. Paradowski, Jablonna, Poland, 25x100 binoculars);
     16.81, 8.6, 6' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     16.09, 10.5, 3'.2 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
     15.88, 8.0, 6' (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
     15.81, 8.5, 7' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     14.90, 7.8, 8' (T. Scarmato, Calabria, Italy, 7x50 binoculars);
     14.00, 8.3, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     13.81, 8.6, 7' (M. Lehky, Upice observatory, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     12.81, 8.7, 6'.5 (M. Lehky, Upice observatory, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     10.90, 8.3, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     10.68, 10.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      3.19, 8.1, 11' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
      1.29, 9.5, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
Sep. 31.80, 9.9, 6' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     30.90, 8.8, 13'.2 (M. L. Paradowski, Zatwarnica, Poland, 3.4-cm camera lens + CCD; moonlight);
     30.77, 10.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     30.74, 10.9, 5'.3 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera);
     29.96, 9.3, 5' (M. Lehky, Upice observatory, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     27.12, 9.6, 5' (M. Lehky, Upice observatory, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     26.71, 10.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     25.69, 9.5, 8' (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     25.01, 8.3, 10' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     24.70, 10.2, 4'.2 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera);
     24.59, 10.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     18.90, [8.9, ! 15' (M. L. Paradowski, Smugi, Poland, 7x50 binoculars);
     18.70, 10.4, 4'.1 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera);
     16.01, 8.2, 9' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     15.21, 9.3, 5' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
      2.72, 10.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.69, 10.8, 2'.6 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera);
      1.09, 8.6, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
Aug. 30.09, 9.1, 5' (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 6.8-cm refractor);
     30.04, 9.4, 5' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     29.08, 9.5, 5' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
     25.15, 8.7, 8' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     22.21, 9.9, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 0.22-m reflector);
     22.07, 9.6, 5'.4 (M. L. Paradowski, Dabrowa, Poland, 5-cm camera lens + CCD);
     21.11, 8.8, 7' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     19.74, 10.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     17.03, 9.1, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      1.10, 10.0, 1'.7 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      1.06, 10.3, 5' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
July 30.77, 11.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     24.45, 11.0, 5' (A. Hale, Cloudcroft, NM, 0.41-m reflector);
     24.36, 10.8:, 2' (A. Amorim, Florianopolis, Brazil, 0.18-m reflector);
     23.13, 9.8, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     21.83, 11.6, 4'.4 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.50-m reflector + CCD, at Siding Spring);
 
 
COMET C/2017 S3 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
Aug.  2.79, 9.3, 1'.5 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
      2.15, 7.9, 3'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      1.78, 9.4, 2'.2 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
July 31.79, 9.3, 2'.2 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
     29.78, 9.6, 6'.5 (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     23.47, 8.5, 5' (M.-T. Hui, Mt. Pinos, CA, USA; 20x80 binoculars);
     22.08, 8.1, 6' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars);
     22.07, 8.5, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     21.73, 9.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     21.47, 10.2, 2'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.61-m reflector + CCD; remotely near Auberry, CA);
     20.76, 8.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     18.71, 8.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     17.98, 7.3, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 10x50 binoculars);
     15.73, 9.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     14.75, 10.9, 2'.0 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
     13.70, 10.2, 3'.5 (S. Yoshida, Gunma, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     13.68, 11.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      9.93, 9.5, 4'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      9.02, 11.1, 1'.8 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
      8.66, 10.9, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      5.02, 9.0, 3'.8 (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      3.95, 9.0, 5' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 25x100 binoculars; outburst);
      3.92, 9.0, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      2.92, 9.1, 4' (M. Lehky, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, 25x100 binoculars);
      2.73, 9.2, 2'.5 (R. Aikawa, Sakado, Japan, 20-cm reflector);
      2.73, 10.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      2.39, 10.0, 1'.6 (A. Hale, Cloudcroft, NM, USA, 0.41-m reflector; bright moonlight);
      1.98, 9.2:, &4'.5 (M. Jaeger, Vienna, Austria, 30-cm reflector + CCD);
June 24.77, 12.8, 1'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
     23.99, 12.0:, 2' (M. Jaeger, Vienna, Austria, 30-cm reflector + CCD);
     15.41, 16.0, 0'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD; remotely at Mayhill, NM);
      7.70, 15.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
May  24.46, 16.2, 0'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD; remotely at Mayhill, NM);
     11.75, 16.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Apr. 20.76, 17.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET P/2017 S5 (ATLAS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2017
Dec.  9.58, 18.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2017 S6 (CATALINA)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
Jan.  1.47, 16.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2017
Dec. 29.45, 16.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      3.52, 15.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Nov.  5.64, 17.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2017 S7 (LEMMON)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
Jan. 12.49, 19.9, 8" (H. Sato, remotely with a 0.51-m astrograph at Siding Spring);
 
 
COMET C/2017 T1 (Heinze)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
Feb. 12.38, 12.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      3.41, 12.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan. 17.85, 10.1, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     13.45, 11.8, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      8.87, 10.2, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
      6.51, 10.3, 4' (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
      6.20, 9.4, 7' (C. Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
      1.64, 10.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2017
Dec. 31.53, 10.8, 4'.3 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.11-m astrograph + CCD, at Mayhill, NM);
     30.51, 10.6, 5'.9 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.11-m astrograph + CCD, at Mayhill, NM);
     29.51, 9.7, 5' (C. Hergenrother, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A., 30x125 binoculars);
     28.67, 10.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     27.73, 10.3, 4' (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 26x100 binoculars);
     25.87, 11.9, 0'.8 (W. Hasubick, Buchloe, Germany, 44-cm reflector);
     22.72, 11.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     21.83, 11.7, 4'.1 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
     20.15, 11.1, 4' (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     18.73, 13.3, 1'.0 (S. Yoshida, Ibaraki, Japan, 0.40-m reflector);
     17.70, 12.4, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     16.79, 12.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     16.78, 13.1, 1'.6 (K. Harikae, Chiba, Japan, 0.15-m reflector + digital camera);
     16.08, 12.0, 2'.5 (J. J. Gonzalez, Leon, Spain, 0.20-m reflector);
     12.35, 14.7, 0'.6 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.50-m reflector + CCD, at Mayhill, NM);
      2.67, 14.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
      1.83, 14.9, 0'.9 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.20-m reflector + CCD);
Nov. 20.40, 17.1, 0'.22 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.50-m reflector + CCD, at Mayhill, NM);
     11.76, 16.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 17.77, 17.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     15.47, 18.1, 0'.16 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.50-m reflector + CCD, at Mayhill, NM);
 
 
COMET C/2017 T3 (ATLAS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
July 18.37, 8.7, 4' (M. Goiato, Aracatuba, Brazil, 20x100 binoculars; alt. 13 deg);
     16.82, 9.0, 2' (M. Mattiazzo, Swan Hill, Vic., Australia, 25x100 binoculars);
Mar. 25.42, 15.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     11.42, 15.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb. 12.44, 15.7, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Jan.  6.49, 16.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2017
Dec.  3.45, 16.3, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Oct. 30.64, 18.2, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
     23.19, 18.3, 0'.16 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.43-m reflector + CCD, at Mayhill, NM);
     22.11, 18.1, 0'.16 (K. Yoshimoto, Yamaguchi, Japan, 0.43-m reflector + CCD, at Mayhill, NM);
 
 
COMET P/2017 W3 (GIBBS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
Jan. 27.72, 18.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
2017
Dec. 29.79, 18.6, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET P/2017 Y3 (LEONARD)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
May  24.70, 19.1, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
Feb. 17.84, 17.5, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);
 
 
COMET C/2018 A1 (PANSTARRS)
     Total-magnitude and coma-diameter estimates (visual unless otherwise noted):
2018
Jan.  12.75, 18.0, -- (K. Kadota, Ageo, Japan, 0.25-m reflector + CCD);



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