The 50 Comets between 1758 and 1806

and the impressive one of 1744.

Also note:

No  Comet                Desig. new  old       Perihelion Date  Discoverers

(0) Klinkenberg-De Ches. C/1743 X1 1744 1744-03-01.8398 Klinkenberg De Cheseaux 1 De la Nux C/1758 K1 1758 1758-06-11.637 De la Nux Messier 2 P/Halley 1P/1758 Y1 1759I 1759-03-13.0623 Palitzsch Messier 4 Messier C/1760 B1 1759II 1759-11-27.5018 Messier 3 Great comet C/1760 A1 1759III 1759-12-17.3411 -many- incl. Messier 5 Klinkenberg C/1762 K1 1762 1762-05-28.8345 Klinkenberg 6 Messier C/1763 S1 1763 1763-11-02.3738 Messier 7 Messier C/1764 A1 1764 1764-02-13.0710 Messier 8 Messier C/1766 E1 1766I 1766-02-17.8616 Messier 9 P/Helfenzrieder D/1766 G1 1766II 1766-04-27.9088 Helfenzrieder, Messier 10 Messier C/1769 P1 1769 1769-10-08.1204 Messier 11 P/Lexell D/1770 L1 1770I 1770-08-14.0409 Messier 12 Great comet C/1771 A1 1770II 1770-11-22.7352 -many- incl. Messier 13 Messier C/1771 G1 1771 1771-04-19.6349 Messier 14 P/Biela 3D/1772 E1 1772 1772-02-17.675 Montaigne 15 Messier C/1773 T1 1773 1773-09-06.1068 Messier 16 Montaigne C/1774 P1 1774 1774-08-15.9488 Montaigne 17 Bode C/1779 A1 1779 1779-01-04.5807 Bode, Messier 18 Messier C/1780 U2 1780I 1780-10-01.2524 Messier Montaigne-Olbers C/1780 U1 1780II 1780-11-29.348 Montaigne, Olbers 19 Méchain C/1781 M1 1781I 1781-07-07.6889 Méchain 20 Méchain C/1781 T1 1781II 1781-11-30.0232 Méchain 21 P/Pigott D/1783 W1 1783 1783-11-20.4304 Pigott 22 Great comet C/1783 X1 1784 1784-01-21.6996 -many- 23 Messier-Méchain C/1785 A1 1785I 1785-01-27.8255 Messier, Méchain 24 Méchain C/1785 E1 1785II 1785-04-08.9140 Méchain 25 P/Encke 2P/1786 B1 1786I 1786-01-31.360 Méchain 26 Herschel C/1786 P1 1786II 1786-07-08.3797 C.Herschel 27 Méchain C/1787 G1 1787 1787-05-11.325 Méchain 28 Messier C/1788 W1 1788I 1788-11-10.8093 Messier 29 P/Herschel-Rigollet 35P/1788 Y1 1788II 1788-11-20.637 C.Herschel, Rigollet 30 Herschel C/1790 A1 1790I 1790-01-15.712 C.Herschel 31 P/Tuttle 8P/1790 A2 1790II 1790-01-31.349 Méchain 32 Herschel C/1790 H1 1790III 1790-05-21.741 C.Herschel 33 Herschel C/1791 X1 1792I 1792-01-14.0349 C.Herschel 34 Gregory C/1793 A1 1792II 1792-12-27.698 Gregory Méchain 36 Messier C/1793 S2 1793I 1793-11-05.341 Messier 35 Perny C/1793 S1 1793II 1793-11-19.9983 Perny P/Encke 2P/1795 V1 1795 1795-12-21.963 C.Herschel Olbers C/1796 F1 1796 1796-04-03.2737 Olbers 37 Bouvard-Herschel-Lee C/1797 P1 1797 1797-07-09.6142 Bouvard, C.Herschel, Lee 38 Messier C/1798 G1 1798I 1798-04-05.0083 Messier 39 Bouvard C/1798 X1 1798II 1799-01-01.4138 Bouvard 40 Méchain C/1799 P1 1799I 1799-09-07.6909 Méchain 41 Méchain C/1799 Y1 1799II 1799-12-26.3964 Méchain 42 Pons C/1801 N1 1801 1801-08-09.0565 Pons, Messier 43 Pons C/1802 Q1 1802 1802-09-10.3554 Pons 44 Pons C/1804 E1 1804 1804-02-14.0881 Pons P/Encke 2P/1805 U1 1805 1805-11-21.9864 C.Herschel P/Biela 3D/1805 V1 1806I 1806-01-02.3990 Pons Pons C/1806 V1 1806II 1806-12-29.4118 Pons
Key:
No
Messier's numbering for "his" comets (i.e., those he observed)
Comet
Comet Name/Discoverer[s]
Desig.
Comet Designation (Old Style "Final" Designation; year and Roman number for perihelion passage)
Perihelion Date
Date (and time, by fraction of day) of perihelion passage
Discoverers
Name(s) of (original and independent) discoverers
Comet                Desig.    Perihelion Date  Peri.Dist Excent.  Asc.Node Len.Peri Inclinat  m_max Exp  Observations from-to

Klinkenberg-De Ches. 1744 1744-03-01.8398 0.222209 1.0 151.4783 48.6030 47.1378 0.5 3.9 1743-12-21 1744-03-01 De la Nux 1758 1758-06-11.637 0.215352 1.0 36.78 233.51 68.30 4.0 4.0 1758-08-15 1758-11-02 P/Halley 1759I 1759-03-13.0623 0.584466 0.967686 110.6903 56.5292 162.3695 3.8 4.0 1759 1911 Messier 1759II 1759-11-27.5018 0.801390 1.0 273.924 142.309 79.090 3.3 4.0 1760-01-26 1760-03-16 Great comet 1759III 1759-12-17.3411 0.965760 1.0 301.651 82.778 175.126 7.3 4.0 1760-01-08 1760-02-08 Klinkenberg 1762 1762-05-28.8345 1.009048 1.0 115.480 351.170 85.661 3.0 4.0 1762-05-31 1762-06-29 Messier 1763 1763-11-02.3738 0.498185 1.0 88.570 359.048 72.491 9.5 4.0 1763-10-03 1763-11-18 Messier 1764 1764-02-13.0710 0.555216 1.0 104.852 122.685 127.093 7.0 4.0 1764-01-03 1764-02-11 Messier 1766I 1766-02-17.8616 0.505324 1.0 100.889 246.719 139.154 7.0 4.0 1766-03-08 1766-03-15 P/Helfenzrieder 1766II 1766-04-27.9088 0.406034 0.847632 178.6515 75.6114 7.8635 6.8 4.0 1766-04-09 1766-05-03 Messier 1769 1769-10-08.1204 0.122755 0.999249 329.1231 177.5941 40.7403 3.8 4.4 1769-08-22 1769-12-01 P/Lexell 1770I 1770-08-14.0409 0.674449 0.786119 224.859 133.926 1.557 7.7 4.0 1770-06-15 1770-10-03 Great comet 1770II 1770-11-22.7352 0.528242 1.0 260.364 111.236 148.558 7.5 4.0 1771-01-10 1771-01-20 Messier 1771 1771-04-19.6349 0.901835 1.0 76.2057 30.3167 11.2838 4.6 5.2 1771-04-01 1771-06-12 P/Biela 1772 1772-02-17.675 0.99038 0.72588 213.362 260.222 17.055 7.5 4.0 1772 1805 Messier 1773 1773-09-06.1068 1.126886 1.0 314.112 123.540 61.224 2.8 3.1 1773-10-17 1774-01-19 Montaigne 1774 1774-08-15.9488 1.42858 1.0 136.534 183.276 82.984 5.0 4.0 1774-08-18 1774-10-25 Bode 1779 1779-01-04.5807 0.713178 1.0 62.1678 27.4438 32.4351 5.8 3.6 1779-01-19 1779-05-17 Messier 1780I 1780-10-01.2524 0.099256 1.0 237.821 126.529 126.181 4.5 4.0 1780-10-27 1780-12-04 Montaigne-Olbers 1780II 1780-11-29.348 0.515277 1.0 255.16 144.38 107.92 6.0 4.0 1780-10-18 1780-10-26 Méchain 1781I 1781-07-07.6889 0.775861 1.0 156.202 85.359 81.724 7.9 4.0 1781-06-28 1781-07-15 Méchain 1781II 1781-11-30.0232 0.960995 1.0 61.378 79.771 152.801 5.9 4.6 1781-10-09 1781-12-25 P/Pigott 1783 1783-11-20.4304 1.459289 0.552456 354.6428 57.9867 45.1248 6.9 4.0 1783-11-19 1783-12-21 Great comet 1784 1784-01-21.6996 0.707858 1.0 336.108 59.153 128.856 3.6 4.0 1784-01-24 1784-05-26 Messier-Méchain 1785I 1785-01-27.8255 1.143398 1.0 205.638 266.514 70.237 7.5 4.0 1785-01-07 1785-02-08 Méchain 1785II 1785-04-08.9140 0.427240 0.996461 127.1968 66.9888 92.6367 5.6 4.0 1785-03-11 1785-04-17 P/Encke 1786I 1786-01-31.360 0.33603 0.84842 182.202 336.469 13.687 9.0 4.0 1786 1805 Herschel 1786II 1786-07-08.3797 0.410712 1.0 325.0548 196.7000 50.8981 4.2 4.0 1786-08-05 1786-10-26 Méchain 1787 1787-05-11.325 0.348911 1.0 99.150 109.148 131.727 5.0 4.0 1787-04-10 1787-05-27 Messier 1788I 1788-11-10.8093 1.063012 1.0 57.836 159.220 167.519 7.5 4.0 1788-11-27 1788-12-30 P/Herschel-Rigollet 1788II 1788-11-20.637 0.74902 0.97483 29.572 355.274 63.840 7.1 4.0 1788 1940 Herschel 1790I 1790-01-15.712 0.758097 1.0 115.951 178.427 148.075 7.5 4.0 1790-01-09 1790-01-21 P/Tuttle 1790II 1790-01-31.349 1.04484 0.81907 207.040 270.820 54.189 7.7 4.0 1790 1858 Herschel 1790III 1790-05-21.741 0.797961 1.0 119.475 35.417 116.142 5.8 4.0 1790-05-02 1790-06-29 Herschel 1792I 1792-01-14.0349 1.292577 1.0 154.350 192.900 140.217 6.0 4.0 1791-12-17 1792-01-19 Gregory 1792II 1792-12-27.698 0.965812 1.0 147.175 285.467 131.001 6.1 4.0 1793-01-10 1793-02-13 Messier 1793I 1793-11-05.341 0.403441 1.0 239.803 110.681 119.644 6.3 4.0 1793-09-28 1793-10-11 Perny 1793II 1793-11-19.9983 1.504546 1.0 69.3347 4.4773 51.9298 5.5 4.0 1793-09-27 1793-12-08 P/Encke 1795 1795-12-21.963 0.33549 0.84859 182.258 336.448 13.690 8.4 4.0 1786 1805 Olbers 1796 1796-04-03.2737 1.579636 1.0 184.2940 19.1978 115.1657 7.0 4.0 1796-03-31 1796-04-14 Bouvard-Herschel-Lee 1797 1797-07-09.6142 0.52545 1.0 279.686 331.397 129.421 8.8 4.0 1797-08-15 1797-08-30 Messier 1798I 1798-04-05.0083 0.485030 1.0 342.995 124.228 43.788 8.4 4.0 1798-04-12 1798-05-22 Bouvard 1798II 1799-01-01.4138 0.774794 1.0 215.887 251.588 137.748 11.0 4.0 1798-12-07 1798-12-11 Méchain 1799I 1799-09-07.6909 0.839863 1.0 95.820 101.623 129.063 5.5 4.0 1799-08-07 1799-10-25 Méchain 1799II 1799-12-26.3964 0.625802 1.0 136.474 328.912 102.990 6.2 4.0 1799-12-26 1800-01-06 Pons 1801 1801-08-09.0565 0.25641 1.0 219.826 44.601 159.263 9.0 4.0 1801-07-12 1801-07-23 Pons 1802 1802-09-10.3554 1.094249 1.0 21.8530 312.3128 57.0060 8.3 4.0 1802-08-28 1802-10-05 Pons 1804 1804-02-14.0881 1.071168 1.0 331.946 178.836 56.459 8.0 4.0 1804-03-13 1804-04-01 P/Encke 1805 1805-11-21.9864 0.340645 0.846528 182.3163 336.4447 13.5874 8.0 4.0 1795 1819 P/Biela 1806I 1806-01-02.3990 0.907159 0.745871 218.1036 253.3533 13.5913 7.5 4.0 1805 1833 Pons 1806II 1806-12-29.4118 1.08193 1.0 225.219 324.293 144.948 6.0 4.0 1806-11-13 1807-02-12
Key:
Comet
Comet Name/Discoverer[s]
Desig.
Comet Designation (Old Style "Final" Designation; year and Roman number for perihelion passage)
Perihelion Date
Date and time (parts of day) of Perihelion
Peri.Dist
Perihelion Distance in AU
Excent.
Orbital Excentricity
Asc.Node
Ascending Node
Len.Peri
Length of Perihelion
Inclinat
Inclination
m_max
Maximal visual magnitude
Exp

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