Rịba ama amaokwu a dị n'okpuru ma zaa ajụjụ ahụ mgbe e mesịrị n'otu asụsụ ahụ dị ka amaokwu ahụ:  Passage: Ọ bụ Richard M. West, nke European Southern Observatory, chọpụtara ya na foto n'August 10, 1975. Komeeti ahụ rutere n'ebe kasị nso n'anyanwụ (perihelion) na February 25, 1976. N'oge perihelion, komet nwere elongation nke anyanwụ nke 6.4° ma dị ka nsonaazụ nke ịgbasa n'ihu ruru ogo kachasị elu nke -3. Site na February 25 ruo 27th, ndị na-ekiri ihe na-emenụ kọrọ na comet ahụ na-egbuke egbuke nke ọma iji mụọ ya n'ehihie. N'agbanyeghị na ọ na-egbuke egbuke, Comet West bụ nke a na-akọchaghị banyere ya n'usoro mgbasa ozi ndị a ma ama. Nke a bụ n'ihi ngosipụta nke Comet Kohoutek na-akụda mmụọ na 1973, nke e buru amụma na ọ ga-abụ ihe a ma ama: ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị na-akpachara anya na ịkọ amụma nke nwere ike ime ka atụmanya ọha na eze dị elu.  Ajụjụ: Olee mgbe mbụ e sere Comet West foto?
Ọgọst 10, 1975