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Bright Comets

This page provides constantly updated information about bright and interesting comets. Bright comets that are currently visible and for which recent observations are available from the Comet Observation database (COBS) are listed first, in order of decreasing brightness. When recent observations are not available, the magnitude provided by the JPL Horizons datasets is shown. This list includes 220 comets.

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Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]

230P/LINEAR

230P/LINEAR

230P/LINEAR   object currently below the horizon

Magnitude: 20.3 (Predicted - JPL)   fading
RA: 12h 29m 01s   Decl: +19° 37’ 14”
in Coma

Encke's Comet

Encke's Comet

Encke's Comet   current altitude greater than 30 degrees above the horizon

Magnitude: 20.3 (Predicted - JPL)   brightening
RA: 00h 18m 07s   Decl: +06° 40’ 02”
in Pisces

75D/Kohoutek (Lost)

75D/Kohoutek (Lost)

75D/Kohoutek (Lost)   object currently below the horizon

Magnitude: 20.3 (Predicted - JPL)  
RA: 16h 17m 31s   Decl: -25° 06’ 48”
in Scorpius

157P/Tritton

157P/Tritton

157P/Tritton   object currently below the horizon

Magnitude: 20.4 (Predicted - JPL)   fading
RA: 10h 21m 18s   Decl: -09° 24’ 51”
in Sextans

67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko   object currently below the horizon

Magnitude: 20.4 (Predicted - JPL)  
RA: 13h 47m 25s   Decl: -10° 01’ 00”
in Virgo

74P/Smirnova-Chernykh

74P/Smirnova-Chernykh

74P/Smirnova-Chernykh   current altitude greater than 30 degrees above the horizon

Magnitude: 20.4 (Predicted - JPL)  
RA: 00h 51m 44s   Decl: +01° 41’ 21”
in Cetus

110P/Hartley 3

110P/Hartley 3

110P/Hartley 3   object currently below the horizon

Magnitude: 20.7 (Predicted - JPL)   fading
RA: 13h 44m 12s   Decl: -27° 18’ 24”
in Hydra

164P/Christensen

164P/Christensen

164P/Christensen   object currently below the horizon

Magnitude: 20.8 (Predicted - JPL)   brightening
RA: 18h 09m 31s   Decl: -21° 09’ 13”
in Sagittarius

28P/Neujmin 1

28P/Neujmin 1

28P/Neujmin 1   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Magnitude: 20.9 (Predicted - JPL)   fading
RA: 06h 59m 22s   Decl: +34° 43’ 47”
in Gemini

9P/Tempel 1

9P/Tempel 1

9P/Tempel 1   current altitude greater than 30 degrees above the horizon

Magnitude: 20.9 (Predicted - JPL)   fading
RA: 01h 05m 51s   Decl: +00° 01’ 29”
in Cetus

10P/Tempel 2

10P/Tempel 2

10P/Tempel 2   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Magnitude: 20.9 (Predicted - JPL)   fading
RA: 07h 02m 27s   Decl: +22° 31’ 42”
in Gemini

274P/Tombaugh-Tenagra

274P/Tombaugh-Tenagra

274P/Tombaugh-Tenagra   object currently below the horizon

Magnitude: 21.0 (Predicted - JPL)  
RA: 14h 28m 03s   Decl: +04° 11’ 45”
in Virgo

150P/LONEOS

150P/LONEOS

150P/LONEOS   current altitude greater than 30 degrees above the horizon

Magnitude: 21.0 (Predicted - JPL)  
RA: 02h 21m 27s   Decl: +24° 49’ 28”
in Aries

30P/Reinmuth 1

30P/Reinmuth 1

30P/Reinmuth 1   current altitude greater than 30 degrees above the horizon

Magnitude: 21.2 (Predicted - JPL)   brightening
RA: 00h 15m 16s   Decl: -04° 33’ 47”
in Pisces

19P/Borrelly

19P/Borrelly

19P/Borrelly   object currently below the horizon

Magnitude: 21.3 (Predicted - JPL)   fading
RA: 14h 33m 57s   Decl: +16° 47’ 43”
in Bootes

226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski

226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski

226P/Pigott-LINEAR-Kowalski   object currently below the horizon

Magnitude: 21.3 (Predicted - JPL)   brightening
RA: 22h 03m 02s   Decl: -49° 42’ 25”
in Indus

354P/LINEAR

354P/LINEAR

354P/LINEAR   current altitude greater than 30 degrees above the horizon

Magnitude: 21.3 (Predicted - JPL)   brightening
RA: 01h 11m 33s   Decl: +11° 06’ 21”
in Pisces

144P/Kushida

144P/Kushida

144P/Kushida   current altitude greater than 30 degrees above the horizon

Magnitude: 21.3 (Predicted - JPL)   brightening
RA: 23h 18m 53s   Decl: -01° 09’ 07”
in Pisces

C/2020 F8 (SWAN)

C/2020 F8 (SWAN)

C/2020 F8 (SWAN)   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Magnitude: 21.6 (Predicted - JPL)  
RA: 04h 09m 27s   Decl: -19° 03’ 36”
in Eridanus

P/2022 P2 (ZTF)

P/2022 P2 (ZTF)

P/2022 P2 (ZTF)   object currently below the horizon

Magnitude: 21.6 (Predicted - JPL)   fading
RA: 09h 10m 55s   Decl: +04° 27’ 52”
in Hydra
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