Just read International Astronomical Union Circular (IAUC) 9066 announcing that the Edgar Wilson award for 2009 will be split between 5 individual comet discoverers.
They are - Holmes (USA) Maticic (Slovenia) Ory (Switzerland) Itagaki (Japan) Dae-am Yi (Korea).
The award has a monetary component to it which unfortunately supernova discoveries do not, ah well. It is certainly interesting to read about the award at the site below and perhaps could help you to convince your better half to let you spend those extra dollars?
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/special/EdgarWilson.html
A list of previous recipients can be found at -
http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/iau/speci...arWilson1.html
You will note Ice In Space member Terry Lovejoy (Comet Guy) was a recipient in 2007. In fact there have been quite a few Australian recipients over the years. I don't think Terry has retired early?
PeterM.