Comets Waiting for First Observation

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Updated on April 13, 2014

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Bright periodic comets not yet observed in this return. P/2012 F5 ( Gibbs ) was observed on 2013 Feb. 15 at 22.7 mag at Mauna Kea (568). P/2010 R2 ( La Sagra ) was observed on 2013 Apr. 8 at 24.0 mag at Mauna Kea (568). P/2010 A2 ( LINEAR ) was observed on 2012 October 14 at 17.8 mag by David Jewitt, Masateru Ishiguro, Jessica Agarwal. P/2004 FY140 ( LINEAR ) was fainter than 20.0 mag on 2011 Oct. 30 (Artyom Novichonok). P/2005 L1 ( McNaught ) was fainter than 20 mag on 2013 Aug. 6 (Jean-Francois Soulier). P/2001 BB50 ( LINEAR-NEAT ) was fainter than 21.3 mag on 2014 Jan. 7 (Hidetaka Sato). 2014 March 30 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) 16P/Brooks 2 23 13 -04.8 16.3 4:25 (271, -7) 4:46 (274, 3) 106P/Schuster 23 58 -13.7 17.9 4:25 (272,-21) 4:46 (287, -1) P/2005 L1 (McNaught) 21 47 -12.7 18.0 4:25 (290, 6) 4:46 (268, 25) P/2001 BB50 (LINEAR-NEAT) 07 54 +28.2 18.1 19:44 ( 33, 82) 19:24 (180, 27) 132P/Helin-Roman-Alu 2 00 51 +04.2 18.4 19:44 (106,-14) 19:21 ( 85,-15) P/2004 FY140 (LINEAR) 09 26 +15.0 18.7 20:55 ( 0, 70) 20:55 (180, 40) 44P/Reinmuth 2 17 29 -27.7 18.9 4:25 (351, 27) 4:46 (204, 82) (196256) 2003 EH1 04 09 +14.9 19.2 19:44 ( 86, 32) 19:21 (123, 18) 135P/Shoemaker-Levy 8 11 53 -04.3 19.6 23:22 ( 0, 51) 23:22 (180, 59) P/2003 U3 (NEAT) 20 46 -23.5 19.7 4:25 (308, 10) 4:46 (271, 43) P/2001 Q11 (NEAT) 23 31 -07.4 19.7 4:25 (271,-12) 4:46 (278, 1) 186P/Garradd 04 44 +46.6 19.8 19:44 (123, 49) 19:21 (150, -2) P/2006 F1 (Kowalski) 10 44 +24.3 20.1 22:13 ( 0, 79) 22:13 (180, 31) 61P/Shajn-Schaldach 18 20 -17.1 20.1 4:25 (335, 34) 4:46 (223, 67) 170P/Christensen 22 48 -08.8 20.1 4:25 (278, -4) 4:46 (273, 10) P/2005 RV25 (LONEOS-Chris.) 23 44 +06.5 20.2 4:25 (257, -7) 4:46 (269,-10) 188P/LINEAR-Mueller 16 11 -31.4 20.2 3:44 ( 0, 24) 3:44 (180, 86) P/2010 J5 (McNaught) 02 27 +12.2 20.3 19:44 ( 98, 10) 19:21 (105, 0) P/1997 T3 (Lagerkvist-Car.) 23 33 -07.2 20.4 4:25 (270,-12) 4:46 (278, 0) 116P/Wild 4 03 06 +19.4 20.5 19:44 ( 99, 21) 19:21 (117, 3) 193P/LINEAR-NEAT 19 38 -31.3 20.6 4:25 (325, 13) 4:46 (273, 60) 50P/Arend 18 50 -42.5 20.6 4:25 (339, 8) 4:46 (299, 70) 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 22 37 +01.8 20.6 4:25 (271, 4) 4:46 (263, 7) (944) Hidalgo 19 01 -63.8 20.7 4:25 (346,-12) 4:46 (339, 57) D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai) 06 29 +25.3 20.9 19:44 ( 74, 65) 19:21 (159, 27) P/2008 CL94 (Lemmon) 20 36 -26.8 21.0 4:25 (312, 9) 4:46 (273, 46) P/2007 S1 (Zhao) 20 43 -15.6 21.2 4:25 (302, 16) 4:46 (261, 40) 77P/Longmore 03 18 +36.1 21.3 19:44 (115, 31) 19:21 (131, -5) 181P/Shoemaker-Levy 6 22 34 -21.6 21.3 4:25 (291, -8) 4:46 (283, 20) 288P/(300163) 2006 VW139 12 27 +01.7 21.4 0:00 ( 0, 57) 0:00 (180, 53) 210P/Christensen 21 55 -17.3 21.5 4:25 (292, 1) 4:46 (274, 26) 108P/Ciffreo 22 60 -17.1 21.5 4:25 (283,-11) 4:46 (282, 13) 92P/Sanguin 17 10 -03.2 21.5 4:25 (353, 52) 4:42 (180, 58) 205P/Giacobini 14 14 -03.5 21.6 1:46 ( 0, 51) 1:46 (180, 59) P/2007 R2 (Gibbs) 02 08 +13.6 21.7 19:44 (102, 7) 19:21 (104, -4) 94P/Russell 4 00 24 -02.5 21.8 4:25 (259,-20) 4:46 (282,-13) 118P/Shoemaker-Levy 4 20 50 -13.5 22.0 4:25 (300, 16) 4:46 (260, 37) 143P/Kowal-Mrkos 01 46 +13.3 22.0 19:44 (105, 2) 19:21 (100, -9) P/2012 F5 (Gibbs) 21 23 -06.8 22.5 4:25 (289, 14) 4:46 (259, 27) P/2010 R2 (La Sagra) 13 15 -37.4 22.7 0:48 ( 0, 18) 0:48 ( 0, 88) 83D/Russell 1 18 18 -15.1 23.2 4:25 (334, 36) 4:46 (220, 66) P/2010 A2 (LINEAR) 13 06 -15.2 24.2 0:39 ( 0, 40) 0:39 (180, 70)