Comet Coddington–Pauly, formally designated as C/1898 L1, is a non-periodic comet that was visible through telescopes between 1898 and 1899. It is the second comet ever discovered through photography (after 206P/Barnard–Boattini), and the only comet discovered by astronomers Edwin Foster Coddington and Wolfgang Pauly, respectively.
Discovery and observations Edwin Foster Coddington made a 2-hour exposure of the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex on the night of 10 June 1898, however the plates weren't developed until two days later. There he found a "strong nebulous trail" only about 2–3 degrees north of the star Antares, where his colleague, William J. Hussey, confirmed it was a comet. It was later discovered independently by Romanian astronomer, Wolfgang Pauly, while observing the Messier 4 globular cluster on 14 June 1898.
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