March 2015 - Statistics
Database press release devoted to the statistics in March, 2015. 325 observations were added during the last month to the database 149 (+ 4.1 %). C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) has become the most popular comet again. 149 observations of this comet were added (+ 27%). There were much less observations of comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) made in the year 1997 - 23 (+ 13.5%).
Observations of March 2015
Observers
Neil Norman has become the most active observer - 106 observations (+83%)
Table of observers, who uploaded their March observations:
| Observer | Visual observations |
|---|---|
| Neil Norman | 40 |
| Salvador Aguirre | 16 |
| Artyom Novichonok | 10 |
| Mark Watson | 9 |
| Petr Mitrofanov | 9 |
| Darius Gasiūnas | 9 |
| Alexsandr Morozov | 8 |
| Semenov Alexander | 7 |
| Marco Antonio Coelho Goiato | 5 |
| Marek Biely | 5 |
| Andrey Semenyuta | 4 |
| Penko Jordanov | 4 |
| Jerzy Bohusz | 3 |
| Sergey Bezruchenko | 2 |
| Alan Hale | 1 |
| Danil Sidorko | 1 |
| Anton Tsvetkov | 1 |
| Filipp Romanov | 1 |
In general, a lot of observers uploaded observations, which were made some years ago. Table of all observers, who reported their observations in March, 2015:
| Observer | Visual observations |
|---|---|
| Neil Norman | 106 |
| Chris Wyatt | 59 |
| Andrey Semenyuta | 45 |
| Salvador Aguirre | 16 |
| Artyom Novichonok | 14 |
| Darius Gasiūnas | 11 |
| Petr Mitrofanov | 9 |
| Mark Watson | 9 |
| Alexsandr Morozov | 8 |
Comets
C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) has become the most observable comet - 149 observations (+27%); comet holds this title for past five months.
Table of comets.
| Comet | Visual observations |
|---|---|
| C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) | 149 |
| C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) | 23 |
| 17P/Holmes | 23 |
| 2P/Encke | 15 |
| 15P/Finlay | 14 |
| C/2007 N3 (Lulin) | 12 |
| C/2001 A2-A (LINEAR) | 10 |
| C/2012 K1 (PANSTARRS) | 8 |
| 153P/Ikeya-Zhang | 8 |
| C/2004 Q2 (Machholz) | 6 |
| 88P/Howell | 6 |
| 43P/Wolf-Harrington | 5 |
| C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) | 5 |
| 8P/Tuttle | 4 |
| C/2011 L4 (PANSTARRS) | 4 |
| C/2015 C2 (SWAN) | 4 |
| C/1796 F1 (Olbers) | 3 |
| 32P/Comas Sola | 3 |
| C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) | 3 |
| C/2015 F3 (SWAN) | 3 |
| C/2002 T7 (LINEAR) | 2 |
| C/2013 C2 (Tenagra) | 2 |
New observations during March:
