Below is a list of the 20 comets discovered from the state of South Australia.
| Comet |
Hours |
Sky |
Date (UT) |
Mag |
R.A. |
Dec. |
Opt |
Discoverer |
| C/1932 Y1 |
|
E |
Dec 15 |
10 |
23 07 |
-27 |
|
Dodwell |
| C/1972 E1 |
260 |
M |
Mar 12.81 |
10 |
22 51.0 |
-32 30 |
A |
Bradfield |
| C/1974 C1 |
306 |
E |
Feb 12.49 |
9 |
23 37.6 |
-33 42 |
A |
Bradfield |
| C/1975 E1 |
145 |
E |
Mar 12.45 |
9 |
01 06.0 |
-22 05 |
A |
Bradfield |
| C/1975 V2 |
106 |
M |
Nov 11.74 |
10 |
10 56.5 |
-37 41 |
A |
Bradfield |
| C/1976 D1 |
57 |
E |
Feb 19.49 |
9 |
01 55.0 |
-33 17 |
A |
Bradfield |
| C/1976 E1 |
9 |
M |
Mar 3.778 |
9 |
21 30.1 |
-47 02 |
A |
Bradfield |
| C/1978 C1 |
360 |
M |
Feb 4.755 |
8 |
18 21.2 |
-49 56 |
A |
Bradfield |
| C/1978 T3 |
75 |
M |
Oct 10.785 |
9 |
11 01.5 |
-19 09 |
A |
Bradfield |
| C/1979 M1 |
98 |
E |
Jun 24.417 |
10 |
08 37.5 |
-01 20 |
A |
Bradfield |
| C/1979 Y1 |
67 |
M |
Dec 24.753 |
5 |
16 19.0 |
-35 20 |
A |
Bradfield |
| C/1980 Y1 |
113 |
M |
Dec 17.751 |
6 |
16 20.0 |
-36 16 |
C |
Bradfield |
| P/1984 A1 |
384 |
M |
Jan 7.733 |
11 |
15 51.6 |
-46 47 |
B |
Bradfield |
| C/1987 P1 |
307 |
E |
Aug 11.437 |
10 |
14 10.5 |
-23 21 |
A |
Bradfield |
| P/1989 A3 |
164 |
E |
Jan 6.514 |
12 |
21 09.5 |
-56 23 |
B |
Bradfield |
| C/1992 B1 |
129 |
M |
Jan 31.736 |
10 |
16 07* |
-41 33* |
A |
Bradfield |
| C/1992 J2 |
30 |
M |
May 3.806 |
10 |
00 23.1* |
-15 41* |
A |
Bradfield |
| C/1995 Q1 |
289 |
E |
Aug 17.410 |
6 |
11 00.6* |
-14 08* |
A |
Bradfield |
| C/1997 O1 |
0 |
E |
Jul 22.43 |
10 |
12 18.4* |
-18 59* |
E |
Tilbrook |
| C/1999 A1 |
130 |
E |
Jan 12.49 |
10 |
23 38* |
-28 12* |
E |
Tilbrook |
| C/2004 F4 |
|
E |
Mar 23.43 |
8 |
|
|
A |
Bradfield |
| Comet |
Initial designation of the comet |
| Hours |
Number of search hours for discovery |
| Sky |
Morning or Evening discovery |
| Date (UT) |
Discovery date in UT |
| Mag |
Total magnitude of comet at discovery |
| R.A. |
Right Ascension (1950 Epoch, * 2000 Epoch) |
| Dec. |
Declination (1950 Epoch, * 2000 Epoch) |
| Opt |
Optics used: |
A = 150mm f5.5 refractor |
| |
B = 250mm f5.6 reflector |
| |
C = 7x35mm binculars |
| |
E = 200mm f6 Newtonian |
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