Visual Comets in the Future (Southern Hemisphere)

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Updated on March 3, 2010

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Month	Evening	Midnight	Morning
Comet	Mag	h	Comet	Mag	h	Comet	Mag	h
2010 Mar	118P/Shoemaker- Levy 4	13	37	81P/Wild 2	9	61	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	8	30
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	42	118P/Shoemaker- Levy 4	13	8	81P/Wild 2	9	62
	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	42	C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	9	4
		C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	11	51
		C/2009 R1 (McNaught)	13	11
		65P/Gunn	13	55
		10P/Tempel 2	13	55
2010 Apr	81P/Wild 2	9	17	81P/Wild 2	9	61	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	8	21
C/2009 O2 (Catalina)	10	19	C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	11	20	81P/Wild 2	9	36
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	42	10P/Tempel 2	12	4	C/2009 R1 (McNaught)	11	22
	65P/Gunn	13	12	C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	11	82
	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	21	10P/Tempel 2	12	62
		65P/Gunn	13	73
		141P/Machholz 2	13	2
2010 May	81P/Wild 2	10	61	81P/Wild 2	10	60	C/2009 R1 (McNaught)	8	22
C/2009 O2 (Catalina)	12	20	10P/Tempel 2	10	8	81P/Wild 2	10	5
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	42	C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	11	50	10P/Tempel 2	10	63
	65P/Gunn	13	30	C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	11	90
		65P/Gunn	13	81
		141P/Machholz 2	13	1
2010 Jun	81P/Wild 2	11	64	10P/Tempel 2	9	13	C/2009 R1 (McNaught)	7	6
C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	11	24	81P/Wild 2	11	45	10P/Tempel 2	9	63
	C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	11	83	C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	11	85
	65P/Gunn	12	54	2P/Encke	12	1
		65P/Gunn	12	84
2010 Jul	C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	11	77	10P/Tempel 2	9	23	10P/Tempel 2	9	64
C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	12	3	C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	11	79	C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	11	30
81P/Wild 2	12	68	81P/Wild 2	12	28	65P/Gunn	12	85
65P/Gunn	12	20	65P/Gunn	12	87	103P/Hartley 2	13	37
	103P/Hartley 2	13	26
2010 Aug	2P/Encke	8	20	10P/Tempel 2	9	44	10P/Tempel 2	9	70
C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	12	77	103P/Hartley 2	10	31	C/2009 R1 (McNaught)	9	11
65P/Gunn	12	88	C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	12	58	103P/Hartley 2	11	12
C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	12	5	65P/Gunn	12	88	C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	12	7
81P/Wild 2	13	68	81P/Wild 2	13	14	65P/Gunn	12	27
2010 Sep	10P/Tempel 2	10	18	103P/Hartley 2	7	16	10P/Tempel 2	9	73
2P/Encke	10	37	10P/Tempel 2	9	75	C/2009 R1 (McNaught)	11	24
C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	13	76	C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	13	30	43P/Wolf- Harrington	12	5
65P/Gunn	13	88	65P/Gunn	13	63	65P/Gunn	13	7
C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring)	13	4
2010 Oct	10P/Tempel 2	10	52	103P/Hartley 2	5	10	103P/Hartley 2	5	36
C/2009 R1 (McNaught)	13	5	10P/Tempel 2	10	75	10P/Tempel 2	10	42
C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	13	54	C/2009 R1 (McNaught)	13	11	C/2009 R1 (McNaught)	12	33
65P/Gunn	13	86	C/2006 W3 (Christensen)	13	12	43P/Wolf- Harrington	13	10
C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	84	65P/Gunn	13	39	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	13	2
	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	37	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	1
2010 Nov	103P/Hartley 2	6	3	103P/Hartley 2	5	43	103P/Hartley 2	5	70
10P/Tempel 2	12	72	10P/Tempel 2	12	73	10P/Tempel 2	12	22
C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	81	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	35	C/2009 K5 (McNaught)	13	4
2010 Dec	103P/Hartley 2	6	37	103P/Hartley 2	6	73	103P/Hartley 2	6	73
10P/Tempel 2	13	67	10P/Tempel 2	13	37	10P/Tempel 2	13	2
C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	46	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	9	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	47
	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	15
2011 Jan	103P/Hartley 2	8	55	103P/Hartley 2	8	72	103P/Hartley 2	8	53
C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	18	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	40	9P/Tempel 1	12	10
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	3		29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	56
2011 Feb	103P/Hartley 2	11	61	103P/Hartley 2	11	63	103P/Hartley 2	11	10
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	19	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	56	9P/Tempel 1	12	20
		29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	56
		C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	6
2011 Mar	103P/Hartley 2	13	56	103P/Hartley 2	13	33	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	12	14
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	35	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	55	9P/Tempel 1	12	30
		29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	26
		C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	35
2011 Apr	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	54	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	2	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	11	37
	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	54	9P/Tempel 1	13	39
		C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	57
2011 May	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	54	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	32	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	10	56
	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	25	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	60
	213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	3	213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	62
2011 Jun	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	53	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	9	20	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	9	57
	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	60	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	60
	213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	17	27P/Crommelin	13	3
		213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	62
2011 Jul	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	33	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	8	46	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	8	52
73P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 3	13	15	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	62	27P/Crommelin	12	1
	213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	35	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	17
		213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	57
2011 Aug	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	7	37	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	7	43	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	8	10
45P/Honda- Mrkos- Pajdusakova	9	22	45P/Honda- Mrkos- Pajdusakova	9	84	45P/Honda- Mrkos- Pajdusakova	9	51
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	64	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	62	213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	53
213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	3	213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	52
73P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 3	13	14
2011 Sep	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	7	36	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	7	20	78P/Gehrels 2	13	24
73P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 3	12	10	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	26	213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	15
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	65	78P/Gehrels 2	13	50
78P/Gehrels 2	13	22	213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	51
213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	34
2011 Oct	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	7	29	78P/Gehrels 2	12	52	78P/Gehrels 2	12	9
73P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 3	12	16	213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	51
78P/Gehrels 2	12	54
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	52
213P/2009 B3 (Van Ness)	13	51
2011 Nov	78P/Gehrels 2	12	55	78P/Gehrels 2	12	33	45P/Honda- Mrkos- Pajdusakova	13	3
73P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 3	12	18
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	20
P/2006 T1 (Levy)	13	10
2011 Dec	P/2006 T1 (Levy)	9	13	78P/Gehrels 2	12	15
78P/Gehrels 2	12	48
73P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 3	13	18
2012 Jan	P/2006 T1 (Levy)	8	62	P/2006 T1 (Levy)	8	25	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	7
78P/Gehrels 2	11	31	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	29	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	67
2012 Feb	P/2006 T1 (Levy)	9	85	P/2006 T1 (Levy)	9	47	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	39
78P/Gehrels 2	11	20	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	54	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	69
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	8
2012 Mar	21P/Giacobini- Zinner	10	6	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	12	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	66
78P/Gehrels 2	12	14	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	69	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	51
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	25
2012 Apr	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	7	15	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	41	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	69
21P/Giacobini- Zinner	12	10	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	68	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	18
78P/Gehrels 2	12	10
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	67
2012 May	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	8	22	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	68	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	68
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	10	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	50	C/2003 T12 (SOHO)	13	19
78P/Gehrels 2	13	6
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	66
21P/Giacobini- Zinner	13	10
2012 Jun	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	10	21	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	68	96P/Machholz 1	9	41
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	67	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	22	C/2003 T12 (SOHO)	11	16
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	65		C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	13
		58P/Jackson- Neujmin	13	8
2012 Jul	96P/Machholz 1	9	3	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	47	96P/Machholz 1	7	7
C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	11	12		185P/Petriew	11	25
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	67		58P/Jackson- Neujmin	13	13
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	61
2012 Aug	96P/Machholz 1	10	33	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	17	185P/Petriew	10	16
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	67	P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	13	21	P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	13	46
2012 Sep	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	12	50	P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	13	25	185P/Petriew	11	16
		C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	12	6
		P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	13	38
2012 Oct	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	22	P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	13	22	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	12	24
P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	13	3		P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	13	11
		185P/Petriew	13	18
2012 Nov	P/1994 X1 (McNaught- Russell)	13	37	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	12	10	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	12	45
P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	13	5	P/2005 K3 (McNaught)	13	13
2012 Dec	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	6	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	41	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	64
P/1994 X1 (McNaught- Russell)	13	38	P/1994 X1 (McNaught- Russell)	13	2	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	10
2013 Jan	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	34	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	66	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	65
	63P/Wild 1	13	19	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	42
	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	17	63P/Wild 1	13	19
		29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	61
2013 Feb	63P/Wild 1	13	9	63P/Wild 1	13	23	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	71
C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	65	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	24	63P/Wild 1	13	13
	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	66	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	38
	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	41	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	79
2013 Mar	63P/Wild 1	13	31	63P/Wild 1	13	27	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	72
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	11	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	53	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	79
C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	65	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	79
	C/2009 P1 (Garradd)	13	51
2013 Apr	63P/Wild 1	13	41	63P/Wild 1	13	18	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	71
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	20	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	71	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	44
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	30	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	79
2013 May	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	68	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	69	46P/Wirtanen	12	1
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	77	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	78	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	12
63P/Wild 1	13	47	63P/Wild 1	13	9	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	13
2013 Jun	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	67	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	44
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	77	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	49
2013 Jul	26P/Grigg- Skjellerup	12	35	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	24
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	76	C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	15
C/2006 S3 (LONEOS)	13	65
2013 Aug	26P/Grigg- Skjellerup	12	36
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	62
2013 Sep	154P/Brewington	12	63	154P/Brewington	12	67	2P/Encke	10	18
		154P/Brewington	12	14
		P/1998 U3 (Jager)	13	12
2013 Oct	154P/Brewington	11	62	154P/Brewington	11	44	2P/Encke	8	6
		P/1998 U3 (Jager)	12	12
2013 Nov	154P/Brewington	10	53	154P/Brewington	10	17	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	11	13
	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	11	6
2013 Dec	154P/Brewington	10	31	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	10	16	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	10	13
P/1998 U3 (Jager)	10	7
2014 Jan	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	10	23	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	10	21	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	10	2
154P/Brewington	11	11
2014 Feb	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	10	29	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	10	14	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	72
169P/NEAT	12	3	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	21
154P/Brewington	12	3
2014 Mar	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	11	33	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	11	5	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	86
169P/NEAT	12	10	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	46
2014 Apr	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	11	35	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	86	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	86
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	11	134P/Kowal- Vavrova	13	65	134P/Kowal- Vavrova	13	9
134P/Kowal- Vavrova	13	22
2014 May	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	12	35	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	86	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	39
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	33	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	28	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	80
134P/Kowal- Vavrova	13	64	134P/Kowal- Vavrova	13	65	134P/Kowal- Vavrova	13	6
2014 Jun	P/1998 U3 (Jager)	13	34	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	52	4P/Faye	12	3
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	85	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	85	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	82
134P/Kowal- Vavrova	13	64	134P/Kowal- Vavrova	13	43	72D/Denning- Fujikawa	13	26
		29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	10
2014 Jul	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	17	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	84	210P/2008 X4 (Christensen)	11	31
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	84	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	49	4P/Faye	12	8
134P/Kowal- Vavrova	13	64	P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	35	72D/Denning- Fujikawa	13	20
	134P/Kowal- Vavrova	13	23	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	83
		P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	60
2014 Aug	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	51	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	85	210P/2008 X4 (Christensen)	10	12
P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	5	P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	65	4P/Faye	12	13
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	83	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	24	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	28
		P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	63
2014 Sep	P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	39	P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	70	P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	31
117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	85	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	64	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	7
29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	59	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	2	4P/Faye	13	15
2014 Oct	P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	71	P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	71	P/2007 H1 (McNaught)	13	16
117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	84	117P/Helin- Roman- Alu 1	13	39	32P/Comas Sola	13	10
2014 Nov	15P/Finlay	12	19		32P/Comas Sola	13	17
2014 Dec	15P/Finlay	10	15		88P/Howell	13	4
		32P/Comas Sola	13	30
2015 Jan	15P/Finlay	9	8	32P/Comas Sola	13	19	88P/Howell	11	18
19P/Borrelly	13	17		7P/Pons- Winnecke	11	2
		32P/Comas Sola	13	37
2015 Feb	15P/Finlay	10	5	32P/Comas Sola	13	26	88P/Howell	10	27
19P/Borrelly	12	13	29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	2	7P/Pons- Winnecke	11	9
		32P/Comas Sola	13	37
		29P/Schwassmann- Wachmann 1	13	51

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