Category
page 1Great comets
Halley's Comet
short-period comet visible from Earth every 75–76 years
Comet Hale-Bopp
long-period comet
C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)
comet discovered in 2020 by the WISE space telescope
Comet Hyakutake
bright comet discovered in 1996
C/2006 P1
comet
C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)
long period comet
Comet Kohoutek
long-period comet
Comet Ikeya–Seki
sungrazing comet first observed in 1965
Comet West
Comet with the highest orbiting period
Great Comet
Exceptionally bright comets
Great Comet of 1811
astronomical object
Great Comet of 1680
comet
Q526278
Kreutz Sungrazer comet discovered in November 2011 by Terry Lovejoy
Great Comet of 1577
comet
Comet Donati
comet discovered in 1858
Caesar's Comet
non-periodic comet
Great January comet of 1910
comet
Comet Arend–Roland
solar system comet
Great Comet of 1882
Kreutz sungrazing comet
Great Comet of 1744
non-periodic comet
Great Comet of 1843
long-period comet visible in March 1843
Comet Bennett
one of two brilliant comets to grace the 1970s
C/1861 J1
astronomical object
X/1106 C1
comet
C/1874 H1
great Comet
Great Comet of 1556
great comet
Comet Skjellerup–Maristany
comet
C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)
long-period sungrazing comet which disintegrated after perihelion in 2025
Great Southern Comet of 1887
astronomical object
C/1881 K1
long-period comet
C/1957 P1 (Mrkos)
comet
C/1962 C1 (Seki-Lines)
comet
Great Comet of 1901
comet
C/1807 R1
long-period comet
C/1819 N1
comet
Great Comet of 1264
comet
C/1880 C1
comet
Great Comet of 1823
astronomical object
C/390 Q1
astronomical object
C/1760 A1
comet
C/1831 A1
Great comet of 1831
C/1618 W1
hyperbolic comet
C/1865 B1
non-periodic comet
C/1769 P1
astronomical object
Great Comet of 371 BC
comet of 371 BC
Comet of 1472
comet
C/1845 L1
comet