Literature

This list is until now a selection of my own library concerning comet discoveries and discoverers. It is by far not complete. If you have any suggestions please drop me a mail (maik@comethunter.de).

Books

• Kresák, L.: "Comet Discoveries, Statistics, and Observational Selection". in Wilkening, L.L.: "Comets". University of Arizona Press 1982. pp. 56 - 82.
• Kronk, Gary W.: "Comets - A Descriptive Catalog". Enslow Publishers Ltd. 1984.
• Levy, David H.: "The Quest For Comets". Plenum Press 1994.
• Liller, William: "The Cambridge Guide To Astronomical Discovery". Cambridge University Press 1992.
• Machholz, Don: "A Decade of Comets". 1985.
• Sheehan, William: "The Immortal Fire Within - The Life and Work of Edward Emerson Barnard". Cambridge University Press 1995.
• Vsekhsvyatskii, S.K.: "Physical Characteristics of Comets". Israel Program for Scientific Translations, Jerusalem 1964.
• Williams, Kay: "Under An English Heaven - The Life of George Alcock". Genesis Publications Ltd. 1996. Orders via: Genesis Publications Ltd., Genesis House, 2 Jenner Road, Guildford, Surrey, England, GU1 3PL

Articles

• "Life in the Hot Seat - An Interview with Brian Marsden". Sky & Telescope, August 1980, pp. 92 - 96.
• Aguirre, Edwin L.: "Sentinel of the Sky". Sky & Telescope, March 1999, pp. 76 - 80.
• Bortle, John E.: "Comets and How To Hunt Them" Sky & Telescope, February 1981, pp. 123 - 125.
• Brewington, Howard J.: "Toasty Data". Sky & Telescope, April 1995, pp. 86 - 87.
• Cozens, Glen, and White, Graeme L.: "James Dunlop: Messier of the Southern Sky". Sky & Telescope, June 2001, pp. 112 - 115.
• Hurless, Carolyn: "Leslie Peltier Remembered". Sky & Telescope, August 1980, pp. 104 - 105.
• Kilburn, Kevin J.: "Hunting for SOHO Comets Using the Internet". Sky & Telescope, October 2000, pp. 89 - 92.
• Levy, David H.: "Brian Marsden: Cosmic Cop". Sky & Telescope, June 1993. p. 98 - 100.
• Levy, David H.: "Child of the Stars". Sky & Telescope, May 1995. p. 98.
• Levy, David H.: "Consumed by Comets". Sky & Telescope, June 1995. p. 93.
• Levy, David H.: "Riding on the Comet's Trail". Sky & Telescope, March 1997. pp. 109 - 110.
• Levy, David H.: "The Empty Chair". Sky & Telescope, April 1997. pp. 102 - 103.
• Levy, David H.: "The Rules of the Game". Sky & Telescope, February 1998. pp. 69 - 70.
• Levy, David H.: "An Observer for All Seasons". Sky & Telescope, March 1999, pp. 81 - 83.
• Levy, David H.: "A Starlight Night". Sky & Telescope, February 2000, pp. 82 - 83.
• Levy, David H.: "The Long Orbit of Albert Jones". Sky & Telescope, April 2001, pp. 83 - 84.
• MacRobert, Alan: "So You Think You've Made a Discovery...". Sky & Telescope, April 1996. pp. 48 - 50.
• O'Meara, Stephen James: "Comet Awards and Their Social Impact". Sky & Telescope, April 1999. pp. 86 - 90.
• N.N.: "SOHO's Sungrazing Comets: 100 and Counting". Sky & Telescope, May 2000, p. 18.
• N.N.: "A Missed Comet". Sky & Telescope, August 2000, p. 24.
• Orchiston, Wayne: "John Grigg, and the genesis of cometary astronomy in New Zealand". J. Br. Astron. Assoc. 103, 2, 1993, pp. 67 - 76.
• Orchiston, Wayne and Brewer, Adrian: "David Ross and the development of amateur astronomy in Victoria". J. Br. Astron. Assoc. 100, 4, 1990, pp. 173 - 181.
• Rosenthal, David A.: "The Comet Champion". Sky & Telescope, June 1988, pp. 597 - 598.
• Seronik, Gary: "Comet Sleuthing on the Internet". Sky & Telescope, June 1998. pp. 63 - 65.
• Williams, Kay: "An Eccentric of the Very Best Kind". Sky & Telescope, May 1999. pp. 84 - 90.
• Williams, Thomas R.: "Telescopes, Marriages, and Mars - The Life of John E. Mellish". Sky & Telescope, November 1999, pp. 84 - 88.