Charles Messier was a French astronomer. He published an astronomical catalogue consisting of 110 nebulae and star clusters, which came to be known as the Messier objects, referred to with the letter M and their number between 1 and 110. Messier's purpose for the catalogue was to help astronomical observers distinguish between permanent and transient visually diffuse objects in the sky.
Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel, normally known as Wilhelm Tempel, was a German astronomer who worked in Marseille until the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, then later moved to Italy.
Horace Parnell Tuttle was an American astronomer, an American Civil War veteran and brother of astronomer Charles Wesley Tuttle.
Edward Emerson Barnard was an American astronomer. He was commonly known as E. E. Barnard, and was recognized as a gifted observational astronomer. He is best known for his discovery of the high proper motion of Barnard's Star in 1916, which is named in his honor.
Lewis A. Swift was an American astronomer who discovered 13 comets and 1,248 previously uncatalogued nebulae. Only William Herschel discovered more nebulae visually.
Luboš Kohoutek was a Czech astronomer and a discoverer of minor planets and comets, including Comet Kohoutek which was visible to the naked eye in 1973. He also discovered a large number of planetary nebulae.
August Kopff was a German astronomer and discoverer of several comets and asteroids.
Ľudmila Pajdušáková was a Slovak astronomer.
Edward L. G. "Ted" Bowell, was an American astronomer. Bowell was educated at Emanuel School London, University College, London, and the University of Paris.
Robert H. McNaught is a Scottish-Australian astronomer at the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the Australian National University (ANU). He has collaborated with David J. Asher of the Armagh Observatory.
105P/Singer Brewster is a periodic comet in the Solar System. It was discovered in 1986, and received the name of 1986d under the old naming system.
Comet McNaught can refer to any one of more than 50 comets discovered by the astronomer Robert H. McNaught.
Comet Pons may refer to any one of these comets:
Comet Lovejoy may refer to any comets below discovered by Terry Lovejoy:
Gary W. Kronk is an American amateur astronomer and writer.
Comets have been observed for over 2,000 years. During that time, several different systems have been used to assign names to each comet, and as a result many comets have more than one name.
C/1881 K1, also called the Great Comet of 1881, Comet Tebbutt, 1881 III, and 1881b, is a non-periodic comet discovered by Australian amateur astronomer John Tebbutt on 22 May 1881 at Windsor, New South Wales. It is called a great comet because of its brightness at its last apparition.
Comet ATLAS may refer to any comets below discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System survey:
Comet NEAT may refer to any comets below discovered by the Near-Earth Asteroid Tracking survey:
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