206P/Barnard–Boattini was the first comet to be discovered by photographic means. The American astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard did so on the night of
Barnard 2) C/1891 F1 Barnard-Denning C/1891 T1 D/1892 T1 (Barnard 3) – First comet to be discovered by photography; recovered in late 2008 as 206P/Barnard-Boattini
C/2010 U3 (Boattini). He also accidentally recovered 206P/Barnard-Boattini from the Mount Lemmon Survey (also see lost comet). Asteroid 8925 Boattini is named
with Andrea Boattini. These include: 206P/Barnard–Boattini, a previously lost comet rediscovered in 2008 P/2011 JB15 (Spacewatch–Boattini) This set index