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A few statistics from my on going comet hunting...
Total Time spent comet hunting = 9 years 4 months
Number of comet hunting sessions = 900
Total search time to date = 1073 hours 24 min's.
2007 annual comet hunting total = 65 hours 45 min's
2006 annual comet hunting total = 84 hours 38 min's
2004 annual comet hunting total = 213 hours 39 min's
2002 annual comet hunting hours = 134 hours 40 min's
2001 annual comet hunting total = 178 hours 50 min's
2000 annual comet hunting total = 54 hours 15 min's
Best annual comet hunting time = 213 hours 39 min's
Best monthly comet hunting time = 29 hours 5mins
Worst monthly comet hunting time = 20 min's
Best nightly comet hunting time = 6 hours 45 min's
Worst nightly comet hunting time = 5 min's
Number of Messier objects found = 103
Number of NGC objects found = 282
Open clusters found = 37
Globular clusters found = 35
Planetary nebulae found = 13
Reflection / Emission nebulae found = 13
Supernova remnants found = 2
Galaxies found = 1265
Comets observed = 94 List
Independent discoveries of comets while searching = 8
Independent SOHO LASCO C2 & C3 discoveries = 22
Number of telescopic satellites recorded = 4128
Number of telescopic meteors recorded = 353
Number of recorded observing sessions = 4468
Observed Aurora Borealis displays = 184
Solar Observing sessions = 655
Naked eye sunspots observed = 56
Gegenschein sightings = 63
Zodiacal light pyramid sightings = 8
Zodiacal band sightings = 41
Noctilucent cloud displays = Many, need to check logs
Highest meteor count on a single night = 477 (Perseids 2015)
Novae Observed = 6
Supernovae Observed = 1
Martin McKenna