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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 6:50  ☀️ Transit: 13:04  🌅 Sunset: 19:19

Comets

Detailed information about 219 most interesting comets. Comets are listed in order of decreasing brightness.

Visibility from selected location  = visible to the naked eye
 = binocular, brighter than 10th magnitude
= current altitude ≥ 30°   = current altitude < 30°   = below the horizon
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]

Comet C/2023 A1 (Leonard)

C/2023 A1 (Leonard)
R.A: 07h 23m 45s   Dec: +44° 40’ 53”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 17.8 (JPL)  fading
in Lynx   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet 263P/Gibbs

263P/Gibbs
R.A: 13h 34m 47s   Dec: +30° 04’ 23”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 17.9 (JPL)  fading
in Canes Venatici   current altitude greater than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet C/2021 P4 (ATLAS)

C/2021 P4 (ATLAS)
R.A: 22h 31m 44s   Dec: -61° 14’ 27”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 18.0 (JPL)  fading
in Tucana   object currently below the horizon

Comet P/2021 N2 (Fuls)

P/2021 N2 (Fuls)
R.A: 06h 17m 49s   Dec: +11° 12’ 59”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 18.2 (JPL)  fading
in Orion   object currently below the horizon

Comet C/2022 P1 (NEOWISE)

C/2022 P1 (NEOWISE)
R.A: 18h 37m 11s   Dec: -43° 10’ 51”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 18.2 (JPL)  fading
in Corona Australis   object currently below the horizon

Comet C/2020 J1 (SONEAR)

C/2020 J1 (SONEAR)
R.A: 11h 34m 20s   Dec: +47° 48’ 02”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 18.2 (JPL) 
in Ursa Major   current altitude greater than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet P/2022 L3 (ATLAS)

P/2022 L3 (ATLAS)
R.A: 03h 54m 31s   Dec: +36° 14’ 42”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 18.2 (JPL)  fading
in Perseus   object currently below the horizon

Comet 204P/LINEAR-NEAT

204P/LINEAR-NEAT
R.A: 09h 52m 52s   Dec: +22° 03’ 39”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 18.3 (JPL)  fading
in Leo   current altitude greater than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet C/2020 F5 (MASTER)

C/2020 F5 (MASTER)
R.A: 23h 59m 03s   Dec: +21° 43’ 37”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 18.3 (JPL) 
in Pegasus   object currently below the horizon

Comet P/2021 V2 (Fuls)

P/2021 V2 (Fuls)
R.A: 08h 35m 41s   Dec: +02° 26’ 04”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 18.4 (JPL)  fading
in Hydra   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet C/2019 F1 (ATLAS-Africano)

C/2019 F1 (ATLAS-Africano)
R.A: 01h 43m 26s   Dec: -07° 58’ 32”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 18.4 (JPL)  fading
in Cetus   object currently below the horizon

Comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)

C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein)
R.A: 02h 39m 52s   Dec: -57° 42’ 57”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 18.5 (JPL) 
in Horologium   object currently below the horizon

Comet C/2020 O2 (Amaral)

C/2020 O2 (Amaral)
R.A: 19h 50m 29s   Dec: +40° 35’ 37”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 18.5 (JPL)  fading
in Cygnus   current altitude greater than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet 402P/LINEAR

402P/LINEAR
R.A: 09h 52m 52s   Dec: +31° 05’ 02”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 18.6 (JPL)  fading
in Leo   current altitude greater than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet C/2022 U2 (ATLAS)

C/2022 U2 (ATLAS)
R.A: 06h 43m 59s   Dec: +00° 15’ 41”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 18.6 (JPL)  fading
in Monoceros   object currently below the horizon

Comet 65P/Gunn

65P/Gunn
R.A: 09h 29m 49s   Dec: +26° 21’ 22”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 18.7 (JPL)  fading
in Leo   current altitude greater than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet 135P/Shoemaker-Levy 8

135P/Shoemaker-Levy 8
R.A: 21h 41m 56s   Dec: -08° 36’ 05”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 18.7 (JPL)  fading
in Capricornus   object currently below the horizon

Comet 80P/Peters-Hartley

80P/Peters-Hartley
R.A: 20h 57m 53s   Dec: -02° 54’ 23”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 18.9 (JPL)  fading
in Aquarius   object currently below the horizon

Comet C/2020 U5 (PANSTARRS)

C/2020 U5 (PANSTARRS)
R.A: 20h 04m 08s   Dec: +26° 37’ 42”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 18.9 (JPL) 
in Vulpecula   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet 61P/Shajn-Schaldach

61P/Shajn-Schaldach
R.A: 03h 49m 09s   Dec: +14° 53’ 19”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 19.0 (JPL)  fading
in Taurus   object currently below the horizon
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