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Bright Comets

This page provides a comprehensive list of the bright comets currently visible in the sky. This list is updated with new information several times per day. Comets for which there is data from recent observations reported in the Comet Observation database (COBS) are listed first, in order of decreasing brightness. When data from recent observations is not available, the magnitude provided by the JPL Horizons datasets is used as an estimation of the brightness.

Credits for comet observation data: COBS Comet Observation Database – CC BY-NA-SA 4.0

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stars = binocular, brighter than 10th magnitude
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C/2020 F8 (SWAN)

C/2020 F8 (SWAN)   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 21.9 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 04h 24m 39s   Decl: -25° 21’ 45”
in Eridanus
204P/LINEAR-NEAT

204P/LINEAR-NEAT   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 21.9 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 14h 56m 08s   Decl: -11° 37’ 24”
in Libra
217P/LINEAR

217P/LINEAR   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 22.1 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 15h 29m 51s   Decl: -08° 11’ 18”
in Libra
21P/Giacobini-Zinner

21P/Giacobini-Zinner   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 22.1 (Predicted - JPL) trending_up
RA: 14h 53m 30s   Decl: -05° 22’ 47”
in Libra
37P/Forbes

37P/Forbes   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 22.1 (Predicted - JPL) trending_up
RA: 12h 25m 22s   Decl: -08° 09’ 39”
in Virgo
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 22.3 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 14h 46m 32s   Decl: -16° 15’ 55”
in Libra
78P/Gehrels

78P/Gehrels   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 22.3 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 16h 19m 17s   Decl: -18° 21’ 11”
in Scorpius
230P/LINEAR

230P/LINEAR   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 22.4 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 14h 27m 26s   Decl: -00° 52’ 55”
in Virgo
96P/Machholz

96P/Machholz   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 22.4 (Predicted - JPL) trending_down
RA: 18h 02m 20s   Decl: -25° 44’ 29”
in Sagittarius
C/2022 Q2 (ATLAS)

C/2022 Q2 (ATLAS)   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 22.5 (Predicted - JPL) trending_down
RA: 14h 23m 43s   Decl: -00° 04’ 59”
in Virgo
364P/PANSTARRS

364P/PANSTARRS   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 22.6 (Predicted - JPL) trending_down
RA: 00h 41m 47s   Decl: -00° 52’ 12”
in Cetus
7P/Pons-Winnecke

7P/Pons-Winnecke   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 22.6 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 05h 11m 54s   Decl: +14° 42’ 24”
in Orion
C/2014 F3 (Sheppard-Trujillo)

C/2014 F3 (Sheppard-Trujillo)   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 22.6 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 02h 02m 55s   Decl: +19° 59’ 40”
in Aries
C/2023 A1 (Leonard)

C/2023 A1 (Leonard)   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 22.7 (Predicted - JPL) trending_down
RA: 08h 36m 50s   Decl: -56° 53’ 18”
in Carina
333P/LINEAR

333P/LINEAR   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 22.7 (Predicted - JPL) trending_up
RA: 14h 32m 14s   Decl: -54° 11’ 55”
in Lupus
14P/Wolf

14P/Wolf   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 22.9 (Predicted - JPL) trending_up
RA: 14h 38m 32s   Decl: -09° 20’ 26”
in Libra
C/2020 S3 (Erasmus)

C/2020 S3 (Erasmus)   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 22.9 (Predicted - JPL) trending_down
RA: 00h 13m 37s   Decl: +13° 10’ 30”
in Pegasus
8P/Tuttle

8P/Tuttle   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 22.9 (Predicted - JPL) trending_down
RA: 17h 50m 25s   Decl: -23° 07’ 09”
in Sagittarius
297P/Beshore

297P/Beshore   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 23.0 (Predicted - JPL) trending_down
RA: 02h 15m 23s   Decl: +02° 34’ 00”
in Cetus
297P/Beshore (2008 J2)

297P/Beshore (2008 J2)   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 23.0 (Predicted - JPL) trending_down
RA: 02h 15m 23s   Decl: +02° 34’ 00”
in Cetus
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