February 2015 - Statistics
Database press release devoted to the statistics in February, 2015. 789 observations were added during the last month to the database (+ 11%). C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) has become the most popular comet again. 181 observations of this comet were added (+ 50%). There were much less observations of comet 17P/Holmes made in the year 2007 - 39 (+ 13.5%).
Observations of February 2015
Observers
Neil Norman has become the most active observer - 28 observations (+20%)
Table of observers, who uploaded their February observations:
| Observer | Visual observations |
|---|---|
| Neil Norman | 28 |
| Salvador Aguirre | 21 |
| Marek Biely | 11 |
| Jerzy Bohusz | 10 |
| Petr Mitrofanov | 9 |
| Sergey Shurpakov | 8 |
| Sergey Bezruchenko | 7 |
| Francisco Rodriguez-Bergali | 7 |
| Giuseppe Pappa | 6 |
| Alexsandr Morozov | 6 |
| Danil Sidorko | 6 |
| Artyom Novichonok | 5 |
| Alexander Manannikov | 5 |
| Marco Antonio Coelho Goiato | 4 |
In general, a lot of observers uploaded observations, which were made some years ago. Table of all observers, who reported their observations in February, 2015:
| Observer | Visual observations |
|---|---|
| Toni Scarmato | 226 |
| Sergey Shurpakov | 168 |
| Marco Antonio Coelho Goiato | 131 |
| Neil Norman | 127 |
| Salvador Aguirre | 21 |
| Jerzy Bohusz | 18 |
| Penko Jordanov Jordanov | 16 |
| Marek Biely | 11 |
| Petr Mitrofanov | 9 |
| Artyom Novichonok | 7 |
| Sergey Bezruchenko | 7 |
| Francisco Rodriguez-Bergali | 7 |
| Danil Sidorko | 6 |
Comets
C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) has become the most observable comet - 181 observations (50%); comet holds this title for past four months.
Table of comets.
| Comet | Visual observations |
|---|---|
| C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) | 181 |
| 17P/Holmes | 43 |
| C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) | 37 |
| C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) | 37 |
| C/2014 E2 (Jacques) | 34 |
| C/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS) | 24 |
| C/2002 V1 (NEAT) | 23 |
| C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy) | 23 |
| C/2000 WM1 (LINEAR) | 21 |
| C/2003 K4 (LINEAR) | 20 |
| 2P/Encke | 19 |
| C/2006 W3 (Christensen) | 19 |
| C/2007 N3 (Lulin) | 15 |
| C/2012 X1 (LINEAR) | 14 |
| C/2005 L3 (McNaught) | 14 |
| 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann | 13 |
| 9P/Tempel | 13 |
| C/2007 W1 (Boattini) | 11 |
| C/2008 J1 (Boattini) | 10 |
| C/2002 Y1 (Juels-Holvorcem) | 9 |
| C/2006 OF2 (Broughton) | 9 |
New observations during February.
