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Comet LINEAR (1998 T1) is in the morning sky, while Comet LINEAR (1998 M5) fades in the evening sky.
The SOHO satellite found a new comet on images taken February 6. Comet SOHO (C/1999 C1) was a Sungrazer seen only from space. Meanwhile, the Lick Observatory Supernova Search found a new comet on March 17. Comet Li (1999 E1) remains faint and is dimming.
COMET HUNTING NOTES: Of the 79 comets visually discovered since 1975, 36 were found in the south
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ern sky. These southern discoveries were not evenly spaced thoughout the year. Exactly half (18) of them took place in about three months between November 23 and February 25. (During that same time only 8 Northern Hemisphere finds occurred.) Good summer weather in the Southern Hemisphere does not account for all the finds; 8 of those 18 discoveries were made by Northern Hemisphere comet hunters searching the southern skies. So when did Northern Hemisphere finds prevail? Between mid-March and mid-June, 11 of the 12 finds occurred in the northern sky.
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