Mark's Astronomical League Comet Award List:
42 comets photographed over 45 years listed by date.
Name:C/1975 V1 West
Location: Cary, NC
Date/Time: 1976/03/06 at 5am
Comet Location: Pegasus
Scope/camera: 205mm lens on 35mm Yashika film camera
Name:C/1983 H1 IRAS-Araki-Alcock
Location: Cary, NC
Date/Time: 1983/05/10 at 10:30 pm
Comet Location: Ursa Major
Scope/camera: 135mm lens on 35mm film camera
Name:1P/Halley
Location: Raleigh, NC
Date/Time: 1986/03/22 at 3am
Comet Location: Sagittarius
Scope/camera: 135mm lens on 35mm Olympus film camera
Name:C/1996 B2 Hyakutake
Location: Jordan Lake, NC
Date/Time: 1996/03/23 at 11:30 pm
Comet Location: Bootes
Scope/camera: 50mm lens on 35mm Olympus film camera
Name:C/1995 O1 Hale-Bopp
Location: Near Fayetteville, NC
Date/Time: 1997/03/16 at 3:30 am
Comet Location: Andromeda
Scope/camera: 300mm lens on 35mm Nikon film camera
Name:153P/Ikeya-Zhang
Location: Jordan Lake, NC
Date/Time: 2002/03/11 at 2 am
Comet Location: Pisces
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor Olympus 35mm film camera
Name:C/2004 Q2 Macholtz
Location: Cary, NC
Date/Time: 2005/02/05 at 10:15 pm
Comet Location: Cassiopeia
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor SBIG ST-402 CCD camera
Name:C/2006 A1 Pojmanski
Location: Cary, NC
Date/Time: 2006/03/05 at 5 am
Comet Location: Delphinus
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor SBIG ST-402 CCD camera
Name:73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 fragment b
Location: Jordan Lake, NC
Date/Time: 2006/04/18 at 11:30 pm
Comet Location: Bootes
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor SBIG ST-402 CCD camera
Name:73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 fragment c
Location: Jordan Lake, NC
Date/Time: 2006/04/18 at 10:55 pm
Comet Location: Corona Borealis
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor SBIG ST-402 CCD camera
Name:73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 fragment g
Location: Jordan Lake, NC
Date/Time: 2006/04/18 at 11:47 pm
Comet Location: Bootes
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor SBIG ST-402 CCD camera
Name:177P/Barnard
Location: Jordan Lake, NC
Date/Time: 2006/09/16 at 10:25 pm
Comet Location: Draco
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor SBIG ST-402 CCD camera
Name:C/2006 M4 SWAN
Location: Jordan Lake, NC
Date/Time: 2006/10/20 at 8:20 pm
Comet Location: Bootes
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor SBIG ST-402 CCD camera
Name:C/2006 P1 McNaught
Location: Lake Crabtree - Cary, NC
Date/Time: 2007/01/10 at 5:55 pm
Comet Location: Aquila (only 2 degrees above horizon)
Scope/camera: 300mm Nikon lens and a Canon Rebel XT DSLR
Name:17P/Holmes
Location: Jordan Lake, NC
Date/Time: 2007/11/03 at 9:30 pm
Comet Location: Perseus
Scope/camera: 11" SCT @ f/6.3 and a Canon Rebel XT DSLR
Name:C/2007 E2 Lovejoy
Location: Cary, NC
Date/Time: 2007/04/23 at 5 am
Comet location: Aquila
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and SBIG ST-402 CCD camera
Name:C/2006 VZ13 LINEAR
Location: Cary, NC
Date/Time: 2007/07/14 at 1:05 am
Comet location: Bootes
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and SBIG ST-402 CCD camera
Name:8P/Tuttle
Location: Cary, NC
Date/Time: 2007/12/31 at 9:10 pm
Comet location: Pisces
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and SBIG ST-402 CCD camera
Name:C/2007 W1 Boattini
Location: Cary, NC
Date/Time: 2008/04/30 at 10:40 pm
Comet location: Hydra
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and SBIG ST-402 CCD camera
Name:C/2007 N3 Lulin
Location: Jordan Lake, NC
Date/Time: 2009/02/23 at 11:55 pm
Comet location: Leo
Scope/camera: 300mm f/4.5 lens on Canon DSLR
Name:6P/d'Arrest
Location: Jordan Lake, NC
Date/Time: 2008/10/04 at 9:30 pm
Comet location: Grus
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and SBIG ST-402 CCD camera
Name:C/2006 W3 Christensen
Location: Jordan Lake, NC
Date/Time: 2008/11/23 at 8:30 pm
Comet location: Cepheus
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and SBIG ST-402 CCD camera
Name:144P/Kushida
Location: Cary, NC
Date/Time: 2009/01/02 at 12:55 am
Comet location: Taurus
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and a Canon Rebel DSLR
Name:103P/Hartley
Location: Jordan Lake, NC
Date/Time: 2010/10/08 at 12:10 am
Comet location: Perseus
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and a Canon Rebel DSLR
Name:186P/Garradd
Location: Cary, NC
Date/Time: 2011/08/16 at 11:05 pm
Comet location: Delphinus
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and SBIG ST-402 CCD camera
Name:168P/Hergenrother
Location: Jordan Lake, NC
Date/Time: 2012/10/12 at 9:15 pm
Comet location: Perseus
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and SBIG ST-402 CCD camera
Name:C/2012 K5 LINEAR
Location: Jordan Lake, NC
Date/Time: 2013/01/04 at 11:45 pm
Comet location: Auriga
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and Canon Rebel DSLR camera
Name:C/2011 L4 Panstarrs
Location: Crabtree Lake Cary, NC
Date/Time: 2013/03/12 at 7:20 pm
Comet location: Pisces
Scope/camera: 50mm lens on a Canon Rebel DSLR camera
Name:C/2012 S1 ISON
Location: Cary, NC
Date/Time: 2013/11/08 at 5:30 am
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and SBIG ST402ME CCD camera
Name:C/2014 E2 Jacques
Location: Jordan Lake, NC
Date/Time: 2014/08/27 at 11:00 pm
Comet location: Cepheus
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and Canon Rebel DSLR camera
Name:C/2014 Q2 Lovejoy
Location: Jordan Lake, NC
Date/Time: 2015/01/10 at 9:30 pm
Comet location: Taurus
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and Canon DSLR
Name:C/2013 UQ4 Catalina
Location: Cary, NC
Date/Time: 2015/12/15 at 5:50 am
Comet location: Virgo
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and Canon Rebel DSLR camera
Name:C/2013 US10 Catalina
Location: Cary, NC
Date/Time: 2016/04/03 at 10:30 pm
Comet location: Perseus
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and Canon Rebel DSLR camera
Name:45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova
Location: Lake Crabtree Cary, NC
Date/Time: 2016/12/28 at 7:20 pm
Comet location: Capricornus (altitude 2 degrees)
Scope/camera: 180mm lens and Canon Rebel DSLR camera
Name:41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak
Location: Cary, NC
Date/Time: 2017/03/22 at 9:55 pm
Comet location: Ursa Major
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and Canon Rebel DSLR camera
Name:C/2015 V2 Johnson
Location: Jordan Lake, NC
Date/Time: 2017/05/04 at 10:20 pm
Comet location: Bootes
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and Canon Rebel DSLR camera
Name:C/2017 O1 ASASSN1
Location: Jordan Lake, NC
Date/Time: 2017/10/19 at 11:10 pm
Comet location: Camelopardolis
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and Canon Rebel DSLR camera
Name:C/2016 R2 Panstarrs
Location: Cary, NC
Date/Time: 2018/01/15 at 10:25 pm
Comet location: Taurus
Scope/camera: 8 inch SCT @ f/7 and Canon Rebel DSLR camera
Name:46P/Wirtanen
Location: Cary, NC
Date/Time: 2018/12/05 at 9:30 pm
Comet location: Eridanus
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and Canon XTi DSLR
Name:21P/Giacobini-Zinner
Location: Cary, NC
Date/Time: 2018/08/24 at 5 am
Comet location: Camelopardalis
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and Canon XTi DSLR
Name:C/2018 V1 Macholtz
Location: Cary, NC
Date/Time: 2018/11/17 at 5:55 am
Comet location: Virgo
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and Canon DSLR
Name:C/2018 Y1 Iwamoto
Location: Cary, NC
Date/Time: 2019/02/14 at 12:15 am
Comet location: Cancer
Scope/camera: 4" f/5 refractor and ASI 1600mm-c