Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Richard M. West, na European Southern Observatory, ne ya gano shi ta hanyar daukar hoto, a ranar 10 ga Agusta, 1975. Comet ya zo perihelion (mafi kusa da Sun) a ranar 25 ga Fabrairu, 1976. A lokacin perihelion tauraron dan adam yana da mafi ƙarancin faɗuwar rana na 6.4 ° kuma sakamakon yaduwar gaba ya kai mafi girman girman girman -3. Daga 25 ga Fabrairu zuwa 27, masu sa ido sun ba da rahoton cewa tauraron dan adam yana da haske sosai don yin nazari a cikin cikakken rana. Duk da haskensa, Comet West ya tafi ba a ba da rahoto a cikin kafofin watsa labarai ba. Wannan ya kasance wani ɓangare ne saboda rashin jin daɗin nunawar Comet Kohoutek a 1973, wanda aka yi hasashen ya zama sananne sosai: masana kimiyya sun yi taka tsantsan game da yin hasashen da zai iya tayar da tsammanin jama'a.  Tambaya: Yaushe ne aka fara gano Comet West ta hanyar daukar hoto?
Ranar 10 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 1975