Visual Comets in the Future (Northern Hemisphere)

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Updated on March 3, 2010

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Please see the "Weekly Information about Bright Comets" and "Comet Catalog in order of Day of Perihelion" for more information.


Month	Evening	Midnight	Morning
Comet	Mag	h	Comet	Mag	h	Comet	Mag	h
2010 Mar	C/2009 O2 (Catalina)	9	24	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	8	1	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	8	53
C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	9	23	81P/Wild 2	9	49	C/2009 O2 (Catalina)	9	23
118P/Shoemaker- Levy 4	13	72	C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	9	53	81P/Wild 2	9	49
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	68	118P/Shoemaker- Levy 4	13	28	C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	9	75
	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	68	C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	11	11
		C/2009 R1 (McNaught)	13	1
		65P/Gunn	13	16
		29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	5
		10P/Tempel 2	13	32
2010 Apr	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	8	14	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	8	30	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	8	60
81P/Wild 2	9	29	81P/Wild 2	9	50	81P/Wild 2	9	33
C/2009 O2 (Catalina)	9	27	C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	10	63	C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	10	64
C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	10	43	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	39	C/2009 R1 (McNaught)	11	13
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	68		C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	11	16
		10P/Tempel 2	12	32
		65P/Gunn	13	20
2010 May	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	8	30	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	8	31	C/2009 R1 (McNaught)	8	22
81P/Wild 2	10	49	81P/Wild 2	10	50	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	8	47
C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	11	60	C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	11	63	81P/Wild 2	10	19
C/2009 O2 (Catalina)	12	9	C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	11	3	10P/Tempel 2	10	33
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	57	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	15	C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	11	49
		C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	11	17
		65P/Gunn	13	25
2010 Jun	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	9	29	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	9	22	C/2009 R1 (McNaught)	5	22
81P/Wild 2	11	49	10P/Tempel 2	9	5	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	9	22
C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	11	66	81P/Wild 2	11	35	10P/Tempel 2	9	38
	C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	11	13	2P/Encke	11	2
	C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	11	57	81P/Wild 2	11	1
	65P/Gunn	12	15	C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	11	15
		C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	11	36
		65P/Gunn	12	27
2010 Jul	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	10	18	10P/Tempel 2	9	12	10P/Tempel 2	9	44
C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	11	7	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	10	9	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	10	14
C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	12	65	C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	11	9	2P/Encke	10	2
81P/Wild 2	12	42	C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	12	45	C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	11	1
65P/Gunn	12	4	81P/Wild 2	12	16	C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	12	21
103P/Hartley 2	13	22	65P/Gunn	12	25	65P/Gunn	12	26
	103P/Hartley 2	13	61	103P/Hartley 2	13	77
2010 Aug	103P/Hartley 2	10	40	10P/Tempel 2	9	24	10P/Tempel 2	9	44
C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	11	7	103P/Hartley 2	10	89	103P/Hartley 2	10	65
C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	12	7	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	11	2	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	11	30
65P/Gunn	12	22	65P/Gunn	12	23	65P/Gunn	12	9
C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	12	60	C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	12	29	C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	12	3
81P/Wild 2	13	32
2010 Sep	103P/Hartley 2	7	43	103P/Hartley 2	7	86	103P/Hartley 2	7	43
2P/Encke	12	6	10P/Tempel 2	9	36	10P/Tempel 2	9	39
C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	13	5	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	12	14	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	12	53
65P/Gunn	13	23	65P/Gunn	13	15	43P/Wolf- Harrington	12	7
C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	13	52	C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	13	11
2010 Oct	103P/Hartley 2	5	36	103P/Hartley 2	5	70	103P/Hartley 2	5	87
10P/Tempel 2	11	12	10P/Tempel 2	10	37	10P/Tempel 2	10	13
65P/Gunn	13	24	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	13	36	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	13	74
C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	13	44	65P/Gunn	13	2	43P/Wolf- Harrington	13	14
C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	19
2010 Nov	10P/Tempel 2	12	43	103P/Hartley 2	5	28	103P/Hartley 2	5	66
C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	13	7	10P/Tempel 2	12	38	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	13	74
C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	22	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	13	55
2010 Dec	10P/Tempel 2	13	45	103P/Hartley 2	6	37	103P/Hartley 2	6	39
C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	21	10P/Tempel 2	13	22	9P/Tempel 1	12	2
	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	14	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	55
2011 Jan	103P/Hartley 2	9	24	103P/Hartley 2	8	46	103P/Hartley 2	8	2
C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	13	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	39	9P/Tempel 1	12	3
		29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	54
2011 Feb	103P/Hartley 2	11	53	103P/Hartley 2	11	48	9P/Tempel 1	12	3
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	8	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	54	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	54
		C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	10
2011 Mar	103P/Hartley 2	13	55	103P/Hartley 2	13	31	9P/Tempel 1	12	3
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	39	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	56	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	16
		C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	24
2011 Apr	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	56	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	56	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	11	7
		9P/Tempel 1	13	4
		C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	38
2011 May	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	56	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	26	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	10	28
	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	27	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	50
		213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	28
2011 Jun	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	22	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	9	22	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	9	53
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	37	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	50	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	50
	213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	14	27P/Crommelin	13	14
	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	1	213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	45
2011 Jul	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	8	25	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	8	66	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	8	63
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	42	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	49	27P/Crommelin	10	12
73P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 3	13	6	213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	38	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	38
		213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	57
2011 Aug	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	7	74	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	7	73	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	7	48
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	48	45P/Honda- Mrkos- Pajdusakova	11	14	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	3
213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	20	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	48	45P/Honda- Mrkos- Pajdusakova	12	7
73P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 3	13	6	213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	59	213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	58
2011 Sep	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	7	75	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	7	46	45P/Honda- Mrkos- Pajdusakova	7	12
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	45	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	14	78P/Gehrels 2	13	44
78P/Gehrels 2	13	26	78P/Gehrels 2	13	62	213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	31
213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	38	213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	60
2011 Oct	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	7	63	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	7	6	45P/Honda- Mrkos- Pajdusakova	7	18
73P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 3	12	2	78P/Gehrels 2	12	59	78P/Gehrels 2	12	10
78P/Gehrels 2	12	57	213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	59
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	37
213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	59
2011 Nov	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	7	39	78P/Gehrels 2	12	34	45P/Honda- Mrkos- Pajdusakova	11	25
78P/Gehrels 2	12	56	P/2006 T1 (Levy)	13	20
73P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 3	12	9
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	22
21P/Giacobini- Zinner	13	19
P/2006 T1 (Levy)	13	86
2011 Dec	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	6	17	P/2006 T1 (Levy)	9	18	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	6	21
P/2006 T1 (Levy)	9	84	78P/Gehrels 2	12	15
21P/Giacobini- Zinner	11	16
78P/Gehrels 2	12	57
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	3
73P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 3	13	11
2012 Jan	P/2006 T1 (Levy)	8	70	P/2006 T1 (Levy)	8	6	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	6	50
21P/Giacobini- Zinner	10	10	78P/Gehrels 2	12	1	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	13
78P/Gehrels 2	11	57	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	13	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	42
2012 Feb	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	6	12	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	6	35	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	6	64
P/2006 T1 (Levy)	9	36	P/2006 T1 (Levy)	9	9	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	28
21P/Giacobini- Zinner	10	6	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	33	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	42
78P/Gehrels 2	11	50
2012 Mar	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	6	64	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	6	59	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	6	59
21P/Giacobini- Zinner	10	5	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	42	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	38
78P/Gehrels 2	12	37		29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	24
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	14
2012 Apr	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	7	76	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	7	52	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	7	20
21P/Giacobini- Zinner	12	2	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	23	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	42
78P/Gehrels 2	12	23	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	43	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	9
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	43
2012 May	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	8	64	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	8	24	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	42
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	23	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	42	C/2003 T12 (SOHO)	13	10
78P/Gehrels 2	13	8	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	32
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	44
2012 Jun	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	10	29	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	43	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	26
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	43	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	10	C/2003 T12 (SOHO)	12	8
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	39
2012 Jul	96P/Machholz 1	7	13	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	29	185P/Petriew	11	33
C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	11	4		58P/Jackson- Neujmin	13	3
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	43
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	21
2012 Aug	96P/Machholz 1	10	25	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	3	185P/Petriew	10	28
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	36	P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	13	41	P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	13	70
2012 Sep	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	23	P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	13	86	185P/Petriew	11	28
P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	13	14		C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	12	13
		P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	13	83
2012 Oct	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	9	P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	13	89	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	12	38
P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	13	39		P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	13	51
		185P/Petriew	13	30
2012 Nov	P/1994 X1 (McNaught- Russell)	13	62	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	3	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	12	49
P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	13	41	P/1994 X1 (McNaught- Russell)	13	4	P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	13	21
	P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	13	83
2012 Dec	P/1994 X1 (McNaught- Russell)	13	52	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	28	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	48
		C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	19
2013 Jan	63P/Wild 1	13	10	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	45	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	45
	63P/Wild 1	13	89	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	34
		63P/Wild 1	13	89
		29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	32
2013 Feb	63P/Wild 1	13	40	63P/Wild 1	13	90	63P/Wild 1	13	43
C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	45	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	4	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	38
	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	45	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	3
	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	11	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	32
2013 Mar	63P/Wild 1	13	82	63P/Wild 1	13	87	63P/Wild 1	13	19
C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	45	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	28	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	39
	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	31	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	31
	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	35
2013 Apr	63P/Wild 1	13	78	63P/Wild 1	13	49	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	39
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	20	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	41	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	17
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	17	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	32
2013 May	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	43	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	42	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	15
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	33	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	32	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	5
63P/Wild 1	13	64	63P/Wild 1	13	24
2013 Jun	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	43	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	27
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	33	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	19
2013 Jul	26P/Grigg- Skjellerup	12	21	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	3
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	27
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	33
2013 Aug	26P/Grigg- Skjellerup	12	26
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	13
2013 Sep	154P/Brewington	12	47	2P/Encke	10	28	2P/Encke	10	78
	154P/Brewington	12	46	46P/Wirtanen	13	3
	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	13	26	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	13	76
		154P/Brewington	13	6
2013 Oct	154P/Brewington	11	55	2P/Encke	8	21	2P/Encke	7	69
	154P/Brewington	11	34	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	12	83
	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	12	41
2013 Nov	154P/Brewington	10	64	154P/Brewington	10	18	2P/Encke	7	19
P/1998 U3 (Jager)	11	4	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	11	61	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	11	83
2013 Dec	154P/Brewington	10	67	154P/Brewington	10	7	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	10	83
P/1998 U3 (Jager)	10	28	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	10	86
2014 Jan	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	10	88	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	10	90	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	10	20
154P/Brewington	11	65
2014 Feb	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	10	86	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	10	57	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	25
169P/NEAT	12	13
154P/Brewington	12	57
2014 Mar	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	11	80	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	11	35	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	25
169P/NEAT	12	21	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	8
2014 Apr	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	11	64	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	11	14	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	24
134P/Kowal- Vavrova	13	27	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	24	134P/Kowal- Vavrova	13	15
	134P/Kowal- Vavrova	13	45
2014 May	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	12	42	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	25	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	16
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	17	134P/Kowal- Vavrova	13	46	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	25
134P/Kowal- Vavrova	13	46		134P/Kowal- Vavrova	13	14
2014 Jun	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	13	19	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	16	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	28
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	26	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	25	72D/Denning- Fujikawa	13	9
134P/Kowal- Vavrova	13	46	134P/Kowal- Vavrova	13	31	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	2
2014 Jul	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	5	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	27	210P/2008 X4 (Christensen)	11	16
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	26	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	11	4P/Faye	12	5
134P/Kowal- Vavrova	13	39	P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	28	72D/Denning- Fujikawa	13	11
	134P/Kowal- Vavrova	13	11	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	28
		P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	50
2014 Aug	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	18	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	26	210P/2008 X4 (Christensen)	10	10
P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	4	P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	47	4P/Faye	12	20
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	21		117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	12
		P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	49
2014 Sep	P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	17	P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	44	P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	26
117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	26	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	19	4P/Faye	13	26
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	13
2014 Oct	P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	39	P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	40	32P/Comas Sola	13	54
117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	27	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	4
2014 Nov	15P/Finlay	12	12	32P/Comas Sola	13	5	32P/Comas Sola	13	67
2014 Dec	15P/Finlay	10	20	32P/Comas Sola	13	19	7P/Pons- Winnecke	12	4
		88P/Howell	13	10
		32P/Comas Sola	13	72
2015 Jan	15P/Finlay	9	31	32P/Comas Sola	13	43	88P/Howell	11	11
19P/Borrelly	13	5		7P/Pons- Winnecke	11	4
		32P/Comas Sola	13	73
2015 Feb	15P/Finlay	10	35	32P/Comas Sola	13	54	88P/Howell	10	11
19P/Borrelly	13	2		32P/Comas Sola	13	74
		29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	17

The h means the highest altitude in that month at lat. 35 deg in the Northern Hemisphere.