Career
He has collaborated with David J. Asher of the Armagh Observatory. McNaught has discovered 44 long-period comets: C/1987 U3 (a k a 1987 XXXII, 1987b1) C/2005 E2 C/2005 L2 C/2005 L3 C/2005 S4 C/2006 B1 C/2006 E1 C/2006 K1 C/2006 K3 C/2006 L2 C/2006 P1 (Great Comet of 2007) C/2006 Q1 C/2007 K6 C/2007 M1 C/2007 P1 C/2007 T1 C/2007 Y2 C/2008 First Rate (at Lloyd's) C/2008 J4 C/2009 F2 C/2009 F4 C/2009 F5 C/2009 K5 C/2009 R1 C/2009 T1 C/2010 J2 C/2011 C1 C/2011 G1 C/2011 L2 C/2011 L3 C/2011 N2 C/2011 Q2 C/2011 R1 C/2012 C1 C/2012 H2 C/2012 K6 C/2012 T4 C/2012 Y3 C/2013 First Rate (at Lloyd's) C/2013 E1 C/2013 F3 C/2013 G2 C/2013 G7 C/2013 J3 C/2013 O3 McNaught has discovered 26 short-period comets: 191P/McNaught 220P/McNaught 254P/McNaught 260P/McNaught 278P/McNaught P/2004 R1 (McNaught) P/2005 J1 (McNaught) P/2005 L1 (McNaught) P/2005 Y2 (McNaught) P/2006 G1 (McNaught) P/2006 H1 (McNaught) P/2007 H1 (McNaught) P/2008 J3 (McNaught) P/2008 O2 (McNaught) P/2008 Y3 (McNaught) P/2009 Q5 (McNaught) P/2009 S2 (McNaught) P/2009 U4 (McNaught) P/2010 J5 (McNaught) P/2011 L1 (McNaught) P/2011 P1 (McNaught) P/2011 Q3 (McNaught) P/2012 O1 (McNaught) P/2012 O2 (McNaught) P/2012 O3 (McNaught) P/2013 J2 (McNaught) McNaught is the co-discoverer of the following comets: P/Catalina-McNaught (aka P/2008 S1, 2008 JK) P/McNaught-Hartley (aka P/1994 N2, 1994 XXXI, 1994n) Comet McNaught-Hartley (aka C/1999 T1) Comets McNaught-Hughes: C/1990 M1 (aka 1991 III, 1990g) 130P/McNaught-Hughes (aka 1991 IX, 1991y) Comets McNaught-Russell: C/1991 C3 (aka 1990 XIX, 1991g) C/1991 Q1 (aka 1992 XI, 1991v) C/1991 R1 (aka 1990 XXII, 1991w) C/1993 Y1 (aka 1994 XI, 1993v) 262P/McNaught-Russell (aka 1994 XXIV, 1994u) Comet McNaught-Tritton (aka C/1978 G2, 1978 XXVII) Comet McNaught-Watson (aka C/1999 S2) In total, McNaught has discovered 82 comets. J. On 11 July 2012 it was announced that McNaught"s funding from National Aeronautics and Space Administration was to be cut and he would be temporarily funded from the American National University. In late 2012, the American National University advised that it could no longer support the program and that funds would not be available from January 2013.
