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Updated on May 15, 2024

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Bright periodic comets not yet observed in this return.

  • 213P/Van Ness was fainter than 19 mag on 2023 Aug. 12 (Martin Masek), fainter than 18 mag on 2023 Oct. 14 (Martin Masek).
  • P/2005 SB216 ( LONEOS ) was fainter than 21.5 mag on 2023 Oct. 16 (Erwin Schwab).
  • P/2007 S1 ( Zhao ) was fainter than 22.0 mag on 2022 Sept. 7 (Erwin Schwab).
  • P/2010 T2 ( PanSTARRS ) was fainter than 21.5 mag on 2023 Oct. 17 (Erwin Schwab).
  • P/2010 WK ( LINEAR ) was fainter than 22 mag on 2023 Sept. 9 (Erwin Schwab).
  • P/2014 MG4 ( Spacewatch-PanSTARRS ) was fainter than 21.5 mag on 2024 Feb. 8 (Erwin Schwab).
  • P/2019 A4 ( PanSTARRS ) was fainter than 22 mag on 2024 Mar. 14 (Erwin Schwab).

2024 May 8 at lat. 35 deg in the Northern/Sothern Hemisphere:
                                                       Lat. 35 N deg    Lat. 35 S deg
Comet                                R.A.  Decl.  m1   Best Time(A, h)  Best Time(A, h)
154P/Brewington                     01 15 +13.0  12.3   3:26 (253, -1)   5:15 (250,  5)
192P/Shoemaker-Levy 1               01 24 -06.1  16.3   3:26 (267,-14)   5:15 (267, 15)
222P/LINEAR                         01 14 +06.7  17.2   3:26 (258, -5)   5:15 (255,  9)
355P/LINEAR-NEAT                    03 01 +16.6  18.0   3:26 (233,-18)   5:15 (262,-18)
213P/Van Ness                       01 41 +18.0  18.2   3:26 (245, -3)   5:15 (250, -3)
P/2010 WK (LINEAR)                  01 35 +10.4  18.2   3:26 (252, -7)   5:15 (255,  3)
208P/McMillan                       22 45 -12.3  19.1   3:26 (296, 13)   5:15 (244, 50)
338P/McNaught                       00 30 -05.4  19.1   3:26 (274, -3)   5:15 (258, 25)
328P/LONEOS-Tucker                  23 55 -02.2  19.2   3:26 (277,  6)   5:15 (249, 30)
2012 US68                           02 12 +07.1  19.2   3:26 (249,-16)   5:15 (263, -3)
P/2014 MG4 (Spacewatch-PanSTARRS)   15 11 -30.8  19.3   0:09 (  0, 24)   0:09 (180, 86)
P/2005 SB216 (LONEOS)               00 40 +05.8  19.5   3:26 (264,  1)   5:15 (250, 16)
253P/PanSTARRS                      22 47 -07.0  19.7   3:26 (291, 17)   5:15 (239, 46)
345P/LINEAR                         23 05 -05.6  19.8   3:26 (287, 14)   5:15 (242, 42)
341P/Gibbs                          18 05 -27.2  19.8   3:02 (  0, 28)   3:02 (180, 82)
P/2005 E1 (Tubbiolo)                12 26 -06.6  19.9  21:20 (  0, 48)  21:20 (180, 62)
P/2003 QX29 (NEAT)                  16 34 -26.5  19.9   1:31 (  0, 28)   1:31 (180, 82)
P/2018 L5 (Leonard)                 14 49 -15.9  20.0  23:42 (  0, 39)  23:42 (180, 71)
351P/Wiegert-PanSTARRS              13 35 -27.3  20.0  22:28 (  0, 28)  22:28 (180, 82)
457P/Lemmon-PanSTARRS               17 40 -15.4  20.1   2:37 (  0, 40)   2:37 (180, 70)
P/2010 U1 (Boattini)                20 05 -18.9  20.3   3:26 (333, 32)   5:01 (180, 74)
P/2019 A4 (PanSTARRS)               13 57 +09.9  20.5  22:50 (  0, 65)  22:50 (180, 45)
P/2012 T2 (PanSTARRS)               20 39 -27.6  20.6   3:26 (330, 20)   5:15 (211, 81)
136P/Mueller 3                      22 10 -10.6  20.6   3:26 (300, 21)   5:15 (232, 55)
33P/Daniel                          02 23 +03.6  20.6   3:26 (250,-21)   5:15 (268, -3)
54P/de Vico-Swift-NEAT              23 01 -10.1  20.6   3:26 (291, 12)   5:15 (246, 46)
P/2010 T2 (PanSTARRS)               03 39 +19.6  20.7  20:27 (123,-10)  18:37 (106,-12)
236P/LINEAR                         19 11 -13.6  20.8   3:26 (347, 40)   4:07 (180, 69)
P/2005 S2 (Skiff)                   20 08 -17.7  20.9   3:26 (332, 32)   5:04 (180, 73)
190P/Mueller                        22 07 -12.6  21.1   3:26 (302, 20)   5:15 (234, 57)
360P/WISE                           22 26 -35.1  21.2   3:26 (315,  1)   5:15 (279, 64)
P/2015 R2 (PanSTARRS)               18 09 -02.2  21.3   3:06 (  0, 53)   3:06 (180, 57)
164P/Christensen                    21 06 -25.0  21.3   3:26 (323, 20)   5:15 (228, 76)
P/2007 C2 (Catalina)                00 39 +12.3  21.4   3:26 (258,  5)   5:15 (245, 12)
340P/Boattini                       16 25 -23.8  21.4   1:22 (  0, 31)   1:22 (180, 79)
P/2004 V5 (LINEAR-Hill)             02 14 +08.4  21.4   3:26 (247,-16)   5:15 (262, -4)
268P/Bernardi                       03 59 +09.9  21.4  20:27 (112,-13)  18:37 (101, -2)
139P/Vaisala-Oterma                 18 22 -22.2  21.5   3:19 (  0, 33)   3:19 (180, 77)
229P/Gibbs                          21 38 +00.5  21.5   3:26 (297, 34)   5:15 (212, 50)
2010 RH69                           06 48 +12.7  21.6  20:27 ( 90, 23)  18:37 (131, 27)
P/2016 A2 (Christensen)             23 31 +18.8  21.6   3:26 (262, 22)   5:15 (228, 19)
186P/Garradd                        02 48 +41.6  21.7   3:26 (218,  2)   5:15 (237,-27)
147P/Kushida-Muramatsu              06 26 +23.9  21.7  20:27 (103, 24)  18:37 (134, 15)
2018 BJ11                           00 30 +03.1  21.7   3:26 (267,  2)   5:15 (251, 20)
(3552) Don Quixote                  09 39 +28.3  21.8  20:27 ( 82, 65)  18:37 (179, 27)
183P/Korlevic-Juric                 02 13 +22.6  21.8   3:26 (237, -6)   5:15 (250,-12)
31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 2          22 38 -11.1  21.8   3:26 (296, 15)   5:15 (241, 50)
350P/McNaught                       06 52 +27.8  22.0  20:27 (104, 31)  18:37 (142, 15)
331P/Gibbs                          20 15 -09.1  22.0   3:26 (325, 39)   5:11 (180, 64)
P/2007 S1 (Zhao)                    08 38 +18.5  22.0  20:27 ( 78, 48)  18:37 (161, 34)
267P/LONEOS                         01 03 +10.0  22.0   3:26 (257, -1)   5:15 (251,  9)
P/2005 T3 (Read)                    23 22 -08.7  22.0   3:26 (287,  9)   5:15 (249, 41)
79P/du Toit-Hartley                 22 48 -05.6  22.0   3:26 (290, 17)   5:15 (238, 45)
469P/PanSTARRS                      07 26 +06.5  22.1  20:27 ( 79, 27)  18:37 (135, 37)
365P/PanSTARRS                      18 34 -21.5  22.1   3:26 (359, 33)   3:31 (180, 76)
P/2005 T5 (Broughton)               20 47 -37.6  22.2   3:26 (333, 11)   5:15 (295, 84)
2019 OE31                           08 41 +23.6  22.2  20:27 ( 85, 51)  18:37 (164, 30)
P/2012 US27 (Siding Spring)         01 10 -24.1  22.2   3:26 (285,-21)   5:15 (282, 27)
P/2010 H2 (Vales)                   08 07 +33.1  22.2  20:27 (103, 48)  18:37 (159, 18)
(196256) 2003 EH1                   20 46 +23.5  22.3   3:26 (282, 58)   5:15 (187, 31)
P/2015 TO19 (Lemmon-PanSTARRS)      21 54 -13.9  22.4   3:26 (306, 21)   5:15 (231, 60)
P/2010 A3 (Hill)                    00 60 -05.3  22.4   3:26 (270, -9)   5:15 (263, 19)
433P/(248370) 2005 QN173            09 21 +15.5  22.5  20:27 ( 65, 55)  18:37 (173, 39)
249P/LINEAR                         08 59 +08.1  22.5  20:27 ( 62, 46)  18:37 (164, 46)
P/2007 T2 (Kowalski)                07 45 +28.0  22.6  20:27 ( 98, 42)  18:37 (152, 21)
P/2003 T12 (SOHO)                   23 01 +03.0  22.6   3:26 (281, 20)   5:15 (234, 36)
P/2019 M2 (ATLAS)                   09 46 +00.2  22.8  20:27 ( 41, 47)  18:40 (180, 55)
P/2015 X6 (PanSTARRS)               23 44 -05.0  22.9   3:26 (281,  7)   5:15 (250, 34)
240P/NEAT                           21 20 -33.8  23.0   3:26 (325, 11)   5:15 (268, 77)
305P/Skiff                          21 04 -06.1  23.5   3:26 (311, 35)   5:15 (202, 59)
384P/Kowalski                       22 12 -18.0  23.6   3:26 (306, 15)   5:15 (243, 60)
P/2013 R3 (Catalina-PanSTARRS)      01 19 +08.6  24.4   3:26 (256, -5)   5:15 (254,  7)
354P/LINEAR                         09 15 +13.3  25.6  20:27 ( 63, 52)  18:37 (171, 41)
2020 FV6                            09 13 +18.4  26.1  20:27 ( 71, 55)  18:37 (171, 36)
339P/Gibbs                          22 08 -07.5  28.2   3:26 (298, 23)   5:15 (229, 53)

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