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Bright periodic comets not yet observed in this return.

  • P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) was observed on Dec. 16 by Josef Mueller at 19.2 mag, but not officially announced yet.

2008 May 5 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)
61P/Shajn-Schaldach         23 54 -00.4  16.1   3:30 (275,  6)   5:13 (250, 27)
51P/Harrington              23 46 -05.7  16.6   3:30 (280,  4)   5:13 (253, 32)
P/1997 V1 (Larsen)          23 44 +08.6  17.4   3:30 (268, 13)   5:13 (241, 22)
146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR       01 29 -03.5  17.6   3:30 (263,-16)   5:13 (268, 10)
86P/Wild 3                  17 28 -20.7  17.7   2:36 (  0, 34)   2:36 (180, 76)
85P/Boethin                 20 32 -23.1  17.8   3:30 (327, 24)   5:13 (208, 77)
P/2001 R1 (LONEOS)          00 59 +03.2  18.3   3:30 (262, -6)   5:13 (258, 12)
33P/Daniel                  03 30 +16.6  18.3  20:23 (119,-11)  18:39 (103,-10)
11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR     02 47 +18.5  19.0   3:30 (233,-16)   5:13 (260,-19)
C/2003 T12 (SOHO)           07 34 +18.3  19.0  20:23 ( 86, 38)  18:39 (147, 30)
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko   21 31 -21.9  19.1   3:30 (314, 18)   5:13 (241, 67)
P/1999 XN120 (Catalina)     03 12 +21.1  19.4  20:23 (126,-11)  18:39 (105,-16)
162P/Siding Spring          14 36 -24.5  20.0  23:40 (  0, 31)  23:40 (180, 79)
137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2       18 48 -19.6  20.1   3:30 (353, 35)   3:56 (180, 75)
59P/Kearns-Kwee             00 28 +08.9  20.2   3:30 (262,  4)   5:13 (248, 14)
P/2000 Y3 (Scotti)          21 21 -17.3  20.2   3:30 (313, 23)   5:13 (228, 66)
2003 EH1                    23 58 +54.7  20.6   3:30 (222, 31)   5:13 (210,-13)
145P/Shoemaker-Levy 5       21 24 -27.8  20.6   3:30 (319, 14)   5:13 (252, 72)
P/2002 JN16 (LINEAR)        10 09 -00.9  20.7  20:23 ( 28, 51)  19:14 (180, 56)
89P/Russell 2               11 39 +12.6  20.9  20:43 (  0, 68)  20:43 (180, 42)
P/2001 TU80 (LINEAR-NEAT)   02 03 +07.5  20.9   3:30 (249,-16)   5:13 (264, -4)
64P/Swift-Gehrels           18 56 -28.3  21.2   3:30 (352, 26)   4:03 (180, 83)
31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 2  01 13 +03.7  21.2   3:30 (260, -8)   5:13 (259,  8)
P/2002 Q1 (Van Ness)        16 59 +24.1  21.4   2:08 (  0, 79)   2:08 (180, 31)
75P/Kohoutek                09 02 +10.5  21.5  20:23 ( 60, 51)  18:39 (169, 44)
144P/Kushida                00 13 +04.9  21.6   3:30 (267,  5)   5:13 (249, 19)
147P/Kushida-Muramatsu      02 58 +15.6  21.7  20:23 (124,-17)  18:39 ( 98,-16)
152P/Helin-Lawrence         05 26 +22.7  21.8  20:23 (108, 14)  18:39 (125,  8)
P/2001 YX127 (LINEAR)       00 19 -02.4  22.0   3:30 (272, -1)   5:13 (256, 23)
P/1999 WJ7 (Korlevic)       23 39 +00.1  22.2   3:30 (276,  9)   5:13 (247, 29)

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