Comets Waiting for First Observation

Japanese version
Home page
Updated on May 4, 2013

Please see also the Weekly Information about Bright Comets and Comet Catalog.

---------------------------------------------------------------------

Bright periodic comets not yet observed in this return.

  • P/2004 FY140 ( LINEAR ) was fainter than 20.0 mag on 2011 Oct. 30 (Artyom Novichonok).
  • P/1998 U3 ( Jager ) was fainter than 19.5 mag on 2013 Jan. 2 (Michael Jager).
  • P/2005 L1 ( McNaught ) was fainter than 19.5 mag on 2013 Feb. 21 (Martin Masek).

2013 May 10 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)
46P/Wirtanen                02 07 +06.3  13.8   3:24 (251,-15)   5:16 (262,  0)
P/2005 L1 (McNaught)        17 19 -13.2  17.2   2:09 (  0, 42)   2:09 (180, 68)
P/1998 U3 (Jager)           02 10 +28.8  17.7   3:24 (233, -1)   5:16 (244,-13)
184P/Lovas 2                22 37 -08.1  17.8   3:24 (295, 19)   5:16 (235, 50)
P/1998 Y2 (Li)              00 17 -20.0  18.1   3:24 (289, -8)   5:16 (269, 38)
154P/Brewington             22 08 -24.6  18.3   3:24 (312, 12)   5:16 (251, 66)
P/2012 F5 (Gibbs)           16 58 -15.6  18.6   1:48 (  0, 39)   1:48 (180, 71)
P/2003 U2 (LINEAR)          23 57 +09.8  18.8   3:24 (267, 13)   5:16 (238, 23)
178P/Hug-Bell               01 33 +01.4  18.9   3:24 (260,-11)   5:16 (261, 10)
87P/Bus                     07 40 +19.7  19.6  20:29 ( 91, 35)  18:36 (146, 28)
P/2003 S1 (NEAT)            00 40 +08.8  19.6   3:24 (262,  4)   5:16 (247, 16)
P/2004 FY140 (LINEAR)       07 09 +23.5  19.9  20:29 ( 99, 30)  18:36 (141, 20)
P/2006 R2 (Christensen)     15 24 +03.6  20.1   0:14 (  0, 59)   0:14 (180, 51)
112P/Urata-Niijima          02 09 +10.5  20.1   3:24 (248,-12)   5:16 (259, -2)
P/2006 F4 (Spacewatch)      18 26 -05.9  20.2   3:15 (  0, 49)   3:15 (180, 61)
16P/Brooks 2                17 12 -17.2  20.4   2:02 (  0, 38)   2:02 (180, 72)
84P/Giclas                  00 53 +00.6  20.5   3:24 (267, -3)   5:16 (255, 19)
188P/LINEAR-Mueller         14 12 -22.1  20.5  22:57 (  0, 33)  22:57 (180, 77)
156P/Russell-LINEAR         20 15 -42.1  20.6   3:24 (341, 10)   5:04 (  0, 83)
170P/Christensen            19 27 -13.4  20.7   3:24 (343, 40)   4:16 (180, 68)
(944) Hidalgo               17 34 -65.3  20.7   2:24 (  0,-10)   2:24 (  0, 60)
P/2005 L4 (Christensen)     16 22 -38.7  20.8   1:12 (  0, 16)   1:12 (  0, 86)
P/2007 T2 (Kowalski)        05 09 +29.2  20.9  20:29 (118, 11)  18:36 (125, -2)
4P/Faye                     20 07 -09.7  21.0   3:24 (330, 40)   4:56 (180, 65)
P/2007 H3 (Garradd)         08 27 -05.6  21.0  20:29 ( 59, 29)  18:36 (143, 55)
50P/Arend                   16 18 -43.4  21.0   1:08 (  0, 12)   1:08 (  0, 82)
P/1997 T3 (Lagerkvist-Car.) 22 05 -16.7  21.0   3:24 (307, 18)   5:16 (236, 62)
10P/Tempel 2                08 33 +22.8  21.1  20:29 ( 86, 47)  18:36 (160, 30)
61P/Shajn-Schaldach         15 28 -11.6  21.2   0:18 (  0, 43)   0:18 (180, 67)
P/2001 Q11 (NEAT)           17 19 +03.9  21.3   2:09 (  0, 59)   2:09 (180, 51)
1998 HO121                  01 37 +06.1  21.4   3:24 (256, -9)   5:16 (258,  7)
44P/Reinmuth 2              13 07 -15.1  21.4  21:53 (  0, 40)  21:53 (180, 70)
P/2003 U3 (NEAT)            15 57 -29.3  21.5   0:47 (  0, 26)   0:47 (180, 84)
P/2006 F1 (Kowalski)        08 34 +23.0  21.5  20:29 ( 87, 48)  18:36 (160, 29)
77P/Longmore                02 27 +24.4  21.5   3:24 (234, -7)   5:16 (250,-14)
P/2006 S1 (Christensen)     02 01 +13.9  21.7   3:24 (246, -9)   5:16 (255, -3)
110P/Hartley 3              23 07 +02.9  21.7   3:24 (281, 20)   5:16 (233, 37)
P/2006 XG16 (Spacewatch)    02 52 +12.4  21.8   3:24 (239,-19)   5:16 (263,-12)
118P/Shoemaker-Levy 4       19 11 -14.5  21.8   3:24 (349, 40)   4:00 (180, 69)
183P/Korlevic-Juric         00 17 -01.8  21.9   3:24 (274,  3)   5:16 (251, 27)
191P/McNaught               19 47 -19.7  22.0   3:24 (340, 33)   4:36 (180, 75)
(196256) 2003 EH1           20 51 +25.9  22.2   3:24 (278, 59)   5:16 (186, 29)
52P/Harrington-Abell        01 16 +13.3  22.2   3:24 (253, -1)   5:16 (249,  6)
P/2000 R2 (LINEAR)          02 36 +09.5  23.4   3:24 (244,-18)   5:16 (263, -7)
P/2010 A2 (LINEAR)          04 56 +25.5  25.9  20:29 (117,  6)  18:36 (120, -2)

---------------------------------------------------------------------

Copyright(C) Seiichi Yoshida (comet@aerith.net). All rights reserved.