Comets Waiting for First Observation

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Updated on September 11, 2016

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Bright periodic comets not yet observed in this return. 30P/Reinmuth 1 was observed on 2016 August 27 at 19.7 mag by Jean-Francois Soulier, but not officially announced yet. P/2010 J5 ( McNaught ) was fainter than 22 mag on 2014 Oct. 23 (Marco Micheli). P/2004 FY140 ( LINEAR ) was fainter than 22 mag on 2015 June 15 (Erwin Schwab, Marco Micheli). P/2007 S1 ( Zhao ) was fainter than 19 mag on 2015 Sept. 1 (Jean-Francois Soulier). P/2011 A2 ( Scotti ) was fainter than 22 mag on 2016 Feb. 7 (Erwin Schwab). 321P/SOHO was fainter than 19 mag on 2016 Mar. 17 (Jean-Francois Soulier). P/2006 F1 ( Kowalski ) was fainter than 19 mag on 2016 May 30 (Jean-Francois Soulier). P/1999 XN120 ( Catalina ) was fainter than 20.5 mag on 2016 Sept. 5 (Jean-Gabriel Bosch). 2016 September 1 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) D/1978 R1 (Haneda-Campos) 19 30 -32.7 16.8 20:46 ( 0, 22) 20:46 (180, 88) P/2006 F1 (Kowalski) 15 38 -01.1 18.3 19:54 ( 59, 35) 19:05 (131, 45) P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) 03 22 +23.9 18.9 4:04 (322, 76) 4:41 (180, 31) 207P/NEAT 11 27 +01.5 18.9 19:54 (101,-13) 19:05 ( 88, -5) P/2004 FY140 (LINEAR) 16 15 -23.3 18.9 19:54 ( 35, 23) 19:05 (114, 67) 30P/Reinmuth 1 02 53 +06.3 19.4 4:04 (356, 61) 4:11 (180, 49) (343158) 2009 HC82 09 02 +17.0 19.5 4:04 (254, 6) 4:55 (251, -3) P/2010 J5 (McNaught) 09 59 +18.4 19.7 4:04 (245, -4) 4:55 (258,-15) P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) 21 39 -12.6 19.8 22:54 ( 0, 42) 22:54 (180, 68) 225P/LINEAR 05 04 +30.3 19.9 4:04 (269, 61) 4:55 (200, 22) P/2011 A2 (Scotti) 12 10 +01.0 20.0 19:54 ( 94, -5) 19:05 ( 94, 4) 212P/NEAT 08 39 +21.0 20.0 4:04 (254, 13) 4:55 (245, -1) 103P/Hartley 2 17 15 -09.4 20.0 19:54 ( 28, 41) 19:05 (161, 63) 90P/Gehrels 1 23 12 -12.6 20.0 0:32 ( 0, 42) 0:32 (180, 68) P/2008 CL94 (Lemmon) 23 17 -12.8 20.0 0:36 ( 0, 42) 0:36 (180, 68) P/2008 O2 (McNaught) 15 52 -29.4 20.1 19:54 ( 37, 15) 19:05 ( 95, 65) 234P/LINEAR 08 37 +10.3 20.5 4:04 (263, 8) 4:55 (253, 6) P/2001 H5 (NEAT) 16 57 -30.2 20.5 19:54 ( 23, 21) 19:05 (110, 78) P/2010 TO20 (LINEAR-Grauer) 10 12 +13.3 20.6 4:04 (247, -9) 4:55 (264,-15) 213P/Van Ness 12 45 -13.7 20.6 19:54 ( 78, -6) 19:05 ( 86, 19) 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 00 19 -03.5 20.7 1:38 ( 0, 52) 1:38 (180, 58) P/2010 D1 (WISE) 18 34 -14.5 20.8 19:54 ( 1, 40) 19:50 (180, 70) 235P/LINEAR 05 43 +17.1 21.0 4:04 (283, 47) 4:55 (216, 30) P/2009 SK280 (Spacew.-Hill) 15 08 -25.2 21.1 19:54 ( 47, 12) 19:05 ( 95, 54) 224P/LINEAR-NEAT 07 55 +29.6 21.2 4:04 (251, 26) 4:55 (232, 1) 228P/LINEAR 23 41 -09.3 21.3 1:00 ( 0, 46) 1:00 (180, 64) 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu 09 03 +17.8 21.3 4:04 (253, 7) 4:55 (251, -4) 82P/Gehrels 3 01 31 +10.5 21.4 2:50 ( 0, 66) 2:50 (180, 44) 145P/Shoemaker-Levy 5 18 26 -36.7 21.5 19:54 ( 2, 18) 19:43 ( 0, 88) P/2000 S1 (Skiff) 15 54 -38.4 21.6 19:54 ( 31, 7) 19:05 ( 73, 67) P/2013 J4 (PanSTARRS) 06 37 +22.8 21.7 4:04 (267, 39) 4:55 (224, 18) 227P/Catalina-LINEAR 03 49 +18.6 21.8 4:04 (315, 69) 4:55 (184, 36) P/2011 CR42 (Catalina) 07 48 +26.3 21.9 4:04 (255, 26) 4:55 (233, 4) P/2007 S1 (Zhao) 09 17 +14.9 21.9 4:04 (253, 2) 4:55 (255, -5) 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova 17 01 -24.4 22.1 19:54 ( 25, 26) 19:05 (133, 75) P/2013 R3 (Catalina-PanST.) 12 08 -01.2 22.3 19:54 ( 93, -7) 19:05 ( 92, 5) D/1952 B1 (Harrington-Wil.) 03 06 -02.9 22.7 4:04 (352, 52) 4:25 (180, 58) 169P/NEAT 14 06 -05.1 22.7 19:54 ( 73, 15) 19:05 (107, 31) 321P/SOHO 10 07 +06.9 26.9 4:04 (252,-12) 4:55 (269,-10)