1) Which comet is this? Hint: was caught in the sky on August 7, 2006, by a British-Australian astronomer. The comet shined vividly as the second brightest since 1935. a) C/2006 P1 McNaught b) C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp c) C/1996 B2 Hyakutake d) C/1965 S1 Ikeya-Seki 2) Which comet is this? Hint: was discovered independently on July 23, 1995, by two American observers a) C/2006 P1 McNaught b) C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp c) C/1965 S1 Ikeya-Seki d) C/1956 R1 Arend-Roland 3) Which comet is this? HInt: discovered on January 30, 1996, by a Japanese amateur astronomer a) C/1975 V1 West b) C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp c) C/1996 B2 Hyakutake d) C/1965 S1 Ikeya-Seki 4) Which comet is this?  Hint: During perihelion the comet had a minimum solar elongation of 6.4° and as a result of forward scattering reached a peak apparent magnitude of −3. a) C/1975 V1 West b) C/1965 S1 Ikeya-Seki c) C/1996 B2 Hyakutake d) C/1969 Y1 Bennett 5) Which comet is this? Hint: was one of two brilliant comets to grace the 1970s, along with Comet West. a) C/1996 B2 Hyakutake b) C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp c) C/1969 Y1 Bennett d) C/1965 S1 Ikeya-Seki 6) Which comet is this? Hint: It proved to be one of the brightest comets seen in the last thousand years, and is sometimes known as the Great Comet of 1965. a) C/1975 V1 West b) C/1965 S1 Ikeya-Seki c) C/1969 Y1 Bennett d) C/1996 B2 Hyakutake 7) Which comet is this? Hint: discovered by Belgian astronomers; this comet achieved only an average pass of Earth, but it is great due to close perihelion and a dusty composition. a) C/1956 R1 Arend-Roland b) C/1965 S1 Ikeya-Seki c) C/1969 Y1 Bennett d) C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp 8) Which comet is this? Hint: At its brightest, it outshone the planet Venus, and was possibly the brightest comet of the 20th century. a) C/1910 A1 Daylight Comet b) C/1965 S1 Ikeya-Seki c) C/1975 V1 West d) C/1882 R1 Great September Comet 9) Which comet is this? Hint: first astronomer to record observations of the comet was W. H. Finlay and one of the most prominent members of the Kreutz family of comets. a) C/1910 A1 Daylight Comet b) C/1882 R1 Great September Comet c) C/1975 V1 West d) C/1858 L1 Donati 10) Which comet is this?  Hint: a long-period comet named after the Italian astronomer. a) C/1910 A1 Daylight Comet b) C/1882 R1 Great September Comet c) C/1858 L1 Donati d) C/1975 V1 West

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