Visually Observing Comets

Preface.- Part I - INTRODUCING COMETS.- Ch. 1 Comets Throughout History.- Ch.2 Comets in Motion.- Ch 3 Toward the Modern Understanding of Comets.- Ch. 4 The Formation of Tails.- Ch.5 The Origin of Comets.- Ch. 6 A Reservoir of Comets!.- Part II - THE ROLE OF VISUALCOMET OBSERVERS IN THE AGE OF CCDs.- Ch. 7 The Value of Visual Observing in a Photo-Happy World.- Ch.8 Visual Comet Hunting.- Ch.9 Observing Known Comets.- Ch.10 The Coma: How to Estimate its Brightness and Record Its Features.- Ch.11 Observing the Tail of Comets - What to Look For and Record.- Ch. 12 Recording and Reporting Your Observations - Part III - THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF COMET OBSERVING.- Ch.13 Relatively Bright Comets Predicted to Return From 2017 to 2027.- Ch.14 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann: An "Outbursting" Comet to Watch.- Ch. 15. Some Prominent Visual Comet Discoverers - Ch. 16. The Kreutz Sungazing Group - A Special Opportunity for Visual Comet Hunters - Ch. 17. Numbered Observable Short-Period Comets - Ch. 18. Unnumbered Short-Period Comets - Appendix 1 Atmospheric Extinction Tables.- Appendix 2 The Phase Angle of a Comet - Appendix 3 "Lost" Short-Period Comets - Appendix 4 Lunar Phases 2017 to 2027 - Glossary of Terms.