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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 6:01  ☀️ Transit: 12:06  🌅 Sunset: 18:11

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 72P/Denning-Fujikawa

72P/Denning-Fujikawa
R.A: 20h 48m 01s   Dec: -26° 26’ 01”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 26.2 (JPL)  brightening
in Capricornus   object currently below the horizon

Comet 56P/Slaughter-Burnham

56P/Slaughter-Burnham
R.A: 14h 48m 47s   Dec: -24° 01’ 14”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 26.2 (JPL) 
in Libra   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet 210P/Christensen

210P/Christensen
R.A: 18h 05m 19s   Dec: -21° 10’ 02”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 26.3 (JPL)  brightening
in Sagittarius   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet 132P/Helin-Roman-Alu 2

132P/Helin-Roman-Alu 2
R.A: 10h 17m 10s   Dec: +08° 45’ 50”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 26.4 (JPL)  fading
in Leo   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet 25D/Neujmin 2 (Lost)

25D/Neujmin 2 (Lost)
R.A: 00h 01m 23s   Dec: +02° 36’ 30”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 26.5 (JPL) 
in Pisces   object currently below the horizon

Comet 325P/Yang-Gao

325P/Yang-Gao
R.A: 23h 57m 09s   Dec: +13° 08’ 30”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 26.5 (JPL)  fading
in Pegasus   object currently below the horizon

Comet 201P/LONEOS

201P/LONEOS
R.A: 14h 54m 43s   Dec: -18° 54’ 24”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 26.5 (JPL) 
in Libra   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet 40P/Vaisala 1

40P/Vaisala 1
R.A: 01h 59m 09s   Dec: +01° 33’ 47”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 26.5 (JPL) 
in Cetus   object currently below the horizon

Comet 141P/Machholz 2

141P/Machholz 2
R.A: 14h 03m 08s   Dec: -22° 01’ 26”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 26.6 (JPL) 
in Virgo   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet 114P/Wiseman-Skiff

114P/Wiseman-Skiff
R.A: 18h 08m 15s   Dec: -26° 37’ 09”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 26.7 (JPL) 
in Sagittarius   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet 38P/Stephan-Oterma

38P/Stephan-Oterma
R.A: 15h 30m 12s   Dec: -08° 50’ 32”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 26.7 (JPL) 
in Libra   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet 146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR

146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR
R.A: 16h 16m 28s   Dec: -21° 40’ 11”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 26.7 (JPL)  brightening
in Scorpius   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet C/2019 Q4 (Borisov)

C/2019 Q4 (Borisov)
R.A: 18h 02m 33s   Dec: -55° 36’ 35”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 26.8 (JPL)  fading
in Ara   object currently below the horizon

Comet 57P/duToit-Neujmin-Delporte

57P/duToit-Neujmin-Delporte
R.A: 04h 13m 45s   Dec: +18° 41’ 04”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 27.2 (JPL)  fading
in Taurus   object currently below the horizon

Comet 23P/Brorsen-Metcalf

23P/Brorsen-Metcalf
R.A: 17h 31m 16s   Dec: -38° 13’ 40”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 27.6 (JPL) 
in Scorpius   object currently below the horizon

Comet 66P/du Toit

66P/du Toit
R.A: 05h 05m 24s   Dec: +39° 26’ 51”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 27.7 (JPL) 
in Auriga   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet 161P/Hartley-IRAS

161P/Hartley-IRAS
R.A: 07h 40m 02s   Dec: -58° 50’ 45”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 27.7 (JPL) 
in Carina   object currently below the horizon

Comet 255P/Levy

255P/Levy
R.A: 16h 29m 38s   Dec: -34° 22’ 00”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 28.1 (JPL)  fading
in Scorpius   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet 18D/Perrine-Mrkos (Lost)

18D/Perrine-Mrkos (Lost)
R.A: 17h 32m 57s   Dec: -18° 56’ 07”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 28.5 (JPL)  brightening
in Ophiucus   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon

Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova

45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova
R.A: 14h 29m 37s   Dec: -09° 43’ 29”
Observed Magnitude N.A. (COBS)
Estimated Magnitude 28.6 (JPL)  fading
in Libra   current altitude less than 30 degrees above the horizon
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