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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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156P/Russell-LINEAR   radio_button_checked

156P/Russell-LINEAR

156P/Russell-LINEAR   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 23.3 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 14h 27m 17s   Decl: -13° 54’ 28”
in Libra

17P/Holmes   radio_button_checked

17P/Holmes

17P/Holmes   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 23.3 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 11h 04m 33s   Decl: +02° 48’ 10”
in Leo

80P/Peters-Hartley   radio_button_checked

80P/Peters-Hartley

80P/Peters-Hartley   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 23.3 (Predicted - JPL) trending_down
RA: 21h 52m 07s   Decl: +19° 12’ 41”
in Pegasus

53P/Van Biesbroeck   radio_button_checked

53P/Van Biesbroeck

53P/Van Biesbroeck   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 23.4 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 08h 10m 53s   Decl: +16° 02’ 54”
in Cancer

110P/Hartley   radio_button_checked

110P/Hartley

110P/Hartley   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 23.4 (Predicted - JPL) trending_down
RA: 15h 42m 34s   Decl: -27° 26’ 10”
in Libra

290P/Jager   radio_button_checked

290P/Jager

290P/Jager   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 23.5 (Predicted - JPL) trending_down
RA: 20h 57m 35s   Decl: -11° 32’ 57”
in Aquarius

146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR   radio_button_checked

146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR

146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 23.6 (Predicted - JPL) trending_up
RA: 17h 17m 59s   Decl: -32° 00’ 13”
in Scorpius

294P/LINEAR   radio_button_checked

294P/LINEAR

294P/LINEAR   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 23.8 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 00h 45m 07s   Decl: +27° 14’ 20”
in Andromeda

70P/Kojima   radio_button_checked

70P/Kojima

70P/Kojima   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 23.9 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 17h 40m 23s   Decl: -20° 28’ 42”
in Ophiucus

284P/McNaught   radio_button_checked

284P/McNaught

284P/McNaught   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 24.1 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 09h 41m 42s   Decl: +10° 55’ 32”
in Leo

249P/LINEAR   radio_button_checked

249P/LINEAR

249P/LINEAR   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 24.1 (Predicted - JPL) trending_up
RA: 10h 18m 12s   Decl: +01° 00’ 08”
in Sextans

263P/Gibbs   radio_button_checked

263P/Gibbs

263P/Gibbs   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 24.2 (Predicted - JPL) trending_down
RA: 17h 40m 23s   Decl: -20° 47’ 27”
in Ophiucus

269P/Jedicke   radio_button_checked

269P/Jedicke

269P/Jedicke   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 24.2 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 18h 53m 57s   Decl: -18° 19’ 05”
in Sagittarius

51P/Harrington   radio_button_checked

51P/Harrington

51P/Harrington   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 24.2 (Predicted - JPL) trending_up
RA: 08h 48m 24s   Decl: +21° 32’ 55”
in Cancer

19P/Borrelly   radio_button_checked

19P/Borrelly

19P/Borrelly   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 24.3 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 15h 18m 43s   Decl: -03° 57’ 11”
in Libra

25D/Neujmin 2 (Lost)   radio_button_checked

25D/Neujmin 2 (Lost)

25D/Neujmin 2 (Lost)   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 24.3 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 00h 26m 12s   Decl: +06° 06’ 43”
in Pisces

274P/Tombaugh-Tenagra   radio_button_checked

274P/Tombaugh-Tenagra

274P/Tombaugh-Tenagra   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 24.3 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 15h 58m 05s   Decl: -14° 57’ 27”
in Libra

64P/Swift-Gehrels   radio_button_checked

64P/Swift-Gehrels

64P/Swift-Gehrels   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 24.3 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 14h 39m 23s   Decl: -23° 49’ 41”
in Libra

157P/Tritton   radio_button_checked

157P/Tritton

157P/Tritton   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 24.5 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 14h 37m 02s   Decl: -25° 24’ 21”
in Hydra

40P/Vaisala   radio_button_checked

40P/Vaisala

40P/Vaisala   radio_button_checked

Magnitude: 24.6 (Predicted - JPL) trending_flat
RA: 02h 44m 11s   Decl: +01° 45’ 08”
in Cetus
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