I remember looking for those when I went through the same phase. Anyone remeber John Bortle's S&T column "Comet Digest"? Most were "faint fuzzies", seldom displaying a tail. But sometimes I got surprised. These days, at least naked-eye visibility is required to get me out with the big binos, so I salute your enthusiasm (and envy your free time)! Daniel, I can't recall right now, but someone used to have an on-line comet ephemeris with updated info on current telescopically visible comets. I remember that it could be displayed as a 3-dimensional model, with orbits traced-out and a changeable viewpoint. But for the life of me I can't recall anything else about it...maybe some searching will bear fruit if it's still on a server somewhere...It's been a few years at least. --- daniel turner <outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote:
I was suprised to find that at any one time there are about a dozen in the sky that can be viewed with amateur telescopes.
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