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Now it is so bright as 7.6 mag (May 17, Marco Goiato). It was origianlly predicted to be 13 mag, but actually, it is much brighter than expected now. The condition is excellent in the Southern Hemisphere, and it keeps visible with binoculars until summer. In the Northern Hemisphere, it is only observable from early June to mid August in the evening low sky.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 18 48.55 -66 57.8 1.111 1.863 122 7.6 3:17 ( 0,-12)
May 23 16 53.76 -67 17.7 1.000 1.842 132 7.3 0:59 ( 0,-12)
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It is already so bright as 8.6 mag (May 16, Marco Goiato). It will reach to 8 mag in June. Now it is moving southwards very fast. In the Northern Hemisphere, it is getting lower very rapidly, and it will never be observable again after June. In the Southern Hemisphere, it keeps observable for a long time after this in the evening sky.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 6 41.27 18 45.4 1.781 1.280 44 8.6 20:36 (101, 16)
May 23 6 56.79 14 42.3 1.787 1.247 42 8.5 20:43 (101, 10)
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It is already so bright as 8.9 mag (May 2, Juan Jose Gonzalez). It will be observable at 8-10 mag in good condition for a long time until late autumn.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 22 50.31 34 57.2 3.489 3.166 63 9.0 3:17 (252, 42)
May 23 22 47.75 35 11.8 3.380 3.156 68 8.9 3:10 (253, 46)
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Now it is bright as 8.9 mag (May 12, Uwe Pilz). It keeps 9-10 mag for a while until July. In the Northern Hemisphere, it is getting lower in the evening sky, and will be too low to observe soon. But it will appear in the morning sky again at 12 mag in late August, then it will be fading slowly in the low sky. In the Southern Hemisphere, it is not observable until August. But it keeps observable in good condition for a long time after August.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 4 35.98 47 6.7 2.037 1.281 31 9.1 20:36 (140, 11)
May 23 5 3.81 43 34.6 2.119 1.297 26 9.3 20:43 (139, 8)
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Now it is bright as 8.5 mag (May 7, Alexandre Amorim). It keeps 9-10 mag until June. In the Southern Hemisphere, it keeps observable in a good condition for a long time. In the Northern Hemisphere, it will never be observable again.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 0 9.15 -30 31.6 1.133 1.224 69 9.1 3:17 (301, -9)
May 23 0 44.13 -39 8.3 1.072 1.271 75 9.2 3:10 (306,-16)
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Now it is 9.0 mag, already so bright (May 2, Juan Jose Gonzalez). It will be bright at 9-10 mag for a long time until autumn.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 21 15.77 -13 4.9 1.085 1.580 97 9.7 3:17 (318, 31)
May 23 21 32.24 -12 11.3 1.040 1.578 100 9.5 3:10 (318, 32)
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It has already brightened up to 10.2 mag (May 16, Marco Goiato). It keeps as bright as 10-11 mag for a long time untio 2010 spring. It is not observable in the Northern Hemisphere now. But it will appear in the morning sky in early October, then it keeps observable at 10 mag in good condition for a long time. In the Southern Hemisphere, it is getting lower rapidly in the evening sky, and will be too low to observe in July.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 6 39.75 -13 54.6 3.194 2.775 56 11.3 20:36 ( 75, -2)
May 23 6 50.76 -12 1.0 3.213 2.731 53 11.2 20:43 ( 80, -6)
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It passed near by the earth in late February, and it reached up to 4.9 mag (Feb. 23, Juan Jose Gonzalez). The coma extended up to 20 arcmin, and the anti-tail was clearly visible. Now it is fading rapidly. It has already faded down to 11.4 mag (May 16, Marco Goiato). It will be unobservable soon. But it will appear in the morning sky again at 14 mag in August.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 6 39.27 22 18.0 2.806 2.193 43 11.5 20:36 (105, 18)
May 23 6 41.96 22 14.6 2.983 2.270 37 11.8 20:43 (109, 11)
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It brightened rapidly, and it reached up to 7.5 mag on Apr. 5 (Juan Jose Gonzalez). Now it is appearing in the morning sky again. It was still very bright as 8.8 mag on May 2 (Juan Jose Gonzalez). It will be getting higher gradually after this, and it keeps observable until it has gone away. The comet will fade out rapidly, but it will be visible visually at 13 mag still in late May.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 0 19.05 30 59.9 1.411 0.994 44 11.5 3:17 (247, 23)
May 23 0 2.58 30 53.8 1.340 1.102 53 12.3 3:10 (251, 30)
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It brightened very rapidly, faster than expected, and reached up to 9.3 mag in spring (Mar. 26, Juan Jose Gonzalez). Now it is fading. It has already faded down to 10.5 mag (Apr. 26, V.M. Ivanov). It will be too low to observe in the evening at 13 mag in late June.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 6 30.04 28 5.7 2.146 1.546 41 11.7 20:36 (111, 19)
May 23 6 54.72 27 46.1 2.221 1.593 40 12.0 20:43 (112, 17)
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Now it is very bright as 11.3 mag (May 15, Marco Goiato). It keeps observable until July when it becomes too low in the evening sky, around 12-13 mag for a long time.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 9 51.39 15 5.0 1.983 2.222 89 12.8 20:36 ( 67, 53)
May 23 10 0.22 14 4.5 2.051 2.212 85 12.8 20:43 ( 71, 47)
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It brightened up to 9.8 mag in December and January (Dec. 28, Juan Jose Gonzalez). Now it is fading, but still bright as 12.4 mag (Apr. 28, Martin Lehky). It will be too low to observe in June. However, it will be observable in good condition again in winter at 15 mag. Then it may be still visible visually.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 7 33.75 28 57.6 4.010 3.540 55 13.1 20:36 (105, 32)
May 23 7 42.51 27 59.6 4.140 3.591 51 13.2 20:43 (107, 26)
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It brightened up to 11.5 mag in last summer (Aug. 4, Marco Goiato). Although it is not observable in the Northern Hemisphere, it keeps observable in good condition for a long time in the Southern Hemisphere. However, no visual observations have been reported since last summer. Recent CCD observations suggest that it is still visible visually around 12-13 mag.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 4 49.53 -46 45.9 3.482 3.244 68 13.3 20:36 ( 55,-38)
May 23 5 0.92 -45 0.3 3.545 3.285 67 13.4 20:43 ( 58,-42)
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The condition of this return is bad, and it has not been observed yet. It will appear in the morning low sky at 13.5 mag in June. Then it will be getting higher gradually while fading slowly.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 1 48.19 16 52.2 2.278 1.422 24 13.6 3:17 (248, -1)
May 23 2 11.87 19 4.1 2.251 1.403 25 13.5 3:10 (246, -1)
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It brightened much faster than expected, and reached up to 8.4 mag (Jan. 30, Juan Jose Gonzalez). It was very large and visible through binoculars. Now it is fading rapidly. But it is still bright as 12.0 mag (Apr. 28, Martin Lehky). It is getting lower gradually in the evening sky, and will be too low to observe in July.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 9 6.34 12 6.7 1.749 1.867 80 13.8 20:36 ( 73, 42)
May 23 9 22.49 11 4.6 1.853 1.913 77 14.2 20:43 ( 75, 38)
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Now it is 12.3 mag, still visible visually (Apr. 28, Martin Lehky). It had been visible visually as bright as 10-11 mag for half a year since 2008 September until 2009 March. However, it has been faint as 12 mag since April. It will be unobservable in June.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 7 55.91 21 57.9 6.546 6.130 61 14.0 20:36 ( 95, 33)
May 23 7 59.80 21 41.9 6.644 6.132 55 14.0 20:43 ( 99, 27)
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It reached to 10.9 mag in May (May 11, Marco Goiato). It is fading slowly. Now it is 14.0 mag (Apr. 28, Martin Lehky), still visible visually. It keeps bright as 13-14 mag for a long time after this until summer.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 16 33.53 35 39.2 3.535 4.177 123 14.2 1:00 (180, 89)
May 23 16 28.92 36 28.0 3.593 4.225 122 14.3 0:27 (180, 89)
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Now it is 12.9 mag and visible visually (May 2, Juan Jose Gonzalez). It will brighten up to 12-13 mag in 2010 summer. In 2009, it keeps observable in good condition until summer.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 11 51.58 12 59.6 2.370 2.971 117 14.3 20:36 ( 14, 67)
May 23 11 51.79 12 23.0 2.434 2.951 110 14.4 20:43 ( 33, 64)
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Now it is 15.5 mag (Apr. 19, Ken-ichi Kadota). It will be brightening rapidly after this, and will be 10 mag in autumn. It keeps observable for a long time until 2010 February. But in the Northern Hemisphere, it will be lower than 20 degree after July when it becomes about 13 mag, then it keeps very low all through the brightest time. It locates a bit higher in the Southern Hemisphere.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 12 22.76 1 25.0 1.246 2.043 129 14.8 20:45 ( 0, 56)
May 23 12 20.42 1 14.5 1.264 1.997 122 14.6 20:43 ( 12, 56)
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It reached to 6.3 mag in September in the southern sky (Sept. 4, Marco Goiato). Now it is fading. It has already become fainter than 16 mag by CCD observations. It keeps observable in the northern sky while fading gradually. In the Southern Hemisphere, it will never be observable again.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 0 5.95 75 33.5 3.715 3.368 62 14.8 3:17 (198, 37)
May 23 0 31.97 77 20.3 3.801 3.444 62 15.0 3:10 (196, 36)
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Now it is 13.7 mag (Apr. 21, Juan Jose Gonzalez). It had been bright and visible visually around 13 mag from spring to autumn in 2008. It will be visible visually at 14 mag again until summer.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 13 46.21 38 7.5 6.055 6.587 117 15.0 22:08 (180, 87)
May 23 13 39.02 38 6.5 6.155 6.613 112 15.0 21:33 (180, 87)
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Now it is visible visually at 13.6 mag (Apr. 23, Mitsunori Tsumura). It will keep 14-15 mag for a while. But it will be getting lower rapidly after this, and will be too low to observe in July.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 11 30.11 3 30.6 1.703 2.338 116 15.0 20:36 ( 20, 57)
May 23 11 31.15 2 3.6 1.772 2.331 110 15.1 20:43 ( 33, 52)
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It has brightened up to 14 mag in outburst in 2008 August. It has not been observable for a long time, but it is appearing in the morning sky. Now it is bright as 15.4 mag (May 8, Ken-ichi Kadota), brighter than originally expected.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 21 7.94 -26 45.6 2.543 2.947 103 15.3 3:17 (328, 20)
May 23 21 13.62 -27 33.4 2.462 2.952 109 15.2 3:10 (331, 21)
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It brightened up to 12.7 mag in 2008 spring (Apr. 12, Marco Goiato). But it faded down to 14.9 mag in July (July 22, Mitsunori Tsumura). In the Southern Hemisphere, it will be observable in good condition after this. It will never be observable again in the Northern Hemisphere.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 20 20.22 -52 48.8 3.402 3.948 115 15.3 3:17 (347, 0)
May 23 20 21.25 -53 31.8 3.375 3.990 120 15.4 3:10 (350, 0)
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Now it is 16.7 mag (Apr. 26, R. H. McNaught). It will brighten rapidly after this, and it is expected to be observable at 10-11 mag in a good condition for a long time from summer to winter.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 21 44.26 -9 43.3 1.559 1.860 90 16.0 3:17 (309, 30)
May 23 22 0.58 -8 56.9 1.444 1.803 92 15.7 3:10 (310, 31)
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Now it is 16.3 mag (Mar. 20, H. Sato). It will brighten up to 15 mag in 2009 and 2010, and will be observable for a long time in good condition.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 21 35.11 42 12.7 3.170 3.096 76 15.9 3:17 (245, 58)
May 23 21 27.27 45 4.6 3.057 3.066 80 15.8 3:10 (238, 62)
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Now it is 14.5 mag and visible visually (Mar. 22, Juan Jose Gonzalez). It will be getting lower in the evening sky after this, and will be too low to observe in July.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 9 22.28 22 7.5 3.583 3.567 80 15.8 20:36 ( 82, 51)
May 23 9 27.76 21 33.6 3.679 3.566 75 15.9 20:43 ( 87, 44)
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It passed near by the earth in April. It brightened up to 14.3 mag and became visible visually (Apr. 22, Alan Hale). It moves southward very rapidly, and it will locate very low after late May in the Northern Hemisphere. The ephemeris says that it will be fading after this, and will be fainter than 18 mag in August. But actually, it has not started fading after the perihelion passage. It is still bright as 13.8 mag (May 2, Juan Jose Gonzalez).
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 22 43.69 -18 8.6 0.382 1.015 79 15.9 3:17 (304, 14)
May 23 22 59.07 -23 19.8 0.417 1.062 85 16.2 3:10 (309, 11)
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Not observed in this apparition yet. But it must have already brightened to 16.5 mag. Good condition to observe in the Southern Hemisphere. It will be observable at 16-17 mag until autumn. It keeps locating very low in the Northern Hemisphere.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 18 33.76 -34 50.9 1.535 2.375 136 16.6 2:59 ( 0, 20)
May 23 18 33.73 -35 51.1 1.473 2.362 142 16.4 2:32 ( 0, 19)
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It has not been observed since January, but it must have already brightened up to 16.5 mag. It is expected to reach up to 12 mag in 2012, and to be observable visually at 12-13 mag for a long time from 2011 to 2013. In 2009, it is observable in good condition at 16 mag from summer to autumn. In the Northern Hemisphere, the comet will be low around its brightest seasons.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 22 58.28 5 38.3 9.492 9.155 67 16.5 3:17 (282, 26)
May 23 22 58.09 5 48.3 9.341 9.118 74 16.5 3:10 (286, 31)
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It was discovered at 15.5 mag in spring (Mar. 20, R. H. McNaught). Fading now, and will be fainter than 18 mag in July.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 13 58.75 -11 16.5 2.125 3.078 156 16.7 22:21 ( 0, 44)
May 23 13 52.56 -8 29.1 2.229 3.128 147 16.9 21:47 ( 0, 47)
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Now it is 16.6 mag (Apr. 15, Ken-ichi Kadota). It will reach to 15 mag in 2010. It keeps observable for a long time after this in the Northern Hemisphere.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 15 22.86 3 48.0 5.054 5.998 157 16.8 23:45 ( 0, 59)
May 23 15 19.59 4 34.5 5.043 5.963 153 16.8 23:14 ( 0, 60)
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It reached up to 16.4 mag in spring (Mar. 14, Ken-ichi Kadota). It will be fading after this, and will be fainter than 18 mag in July.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 14 25.90 34 49.7 2.580 3.254 123 16.9 22:47 ( 0, 90)
May 23 14 7.53 33 21.8 2.659 3.283 119 17.0 22:01 ( 0, 88)
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It reached up to 9.6 mag in summer (Aug. 2, Juan Jose Gonzalez). Now it is fading. It has already faded down to 16.4 mag (Apr. 4, Ken-ichi Kadota). It keeps observable in good condition until June when it becomes fainter than 18 mag.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 12 29.35 34 24.8 2.619 3.131 111 16.9 20:52 ( 0, 89)
May 23 12 27.97 32 59.4 2.736 3.175 106 17.1 20:43 ( 64, 85)
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It has already faded down to 17.1 mag (Apr. 28, Yasukazu Ikari). It will be fainter than 18 mag in July.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 11 9.57 2 27.4 3.831 4.317 112 17.2 20:36 ( 28, 54)
May 23 11 9.88 3 28.5 3.994 4.371 105 17.3 20:43 ( 41, 51)
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It will reach up to 14-15 mag from 2011 to 2012. Now it is 17.3 mag (May 1, Ken-ichi Kadota), and locates low in the south.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 15 22.06 -24 45.3 7.658 8.664 173 17.3 23:44 ( 0, 30)
May 23 15 18.15 -24 52.0 7.631 8.629 169 17.3 23:13 ( 0, 30)
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Peculiar asteroid moving along a cometary orbit. It will fade out very rapidly after May.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 13 45.34 -3 22.2 1.494 2.422 149 17.6 22:08 ( 0, 52)
May 23 13 42.06 -3 42.7 1.586 2.469 142 17.9 21:37 ( 0, 51)
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It was observed bright at 16.5-17 mag from late 2006 to early 2007. However, it is fading after that, although it is getting closer to the sun. It was so faint as 19.4 mag around the perihelion passage in 2008 spring (Mar. 10, Mitsunori Tsumura). Now it is extremely faint as 21.2 mag (Apr. 20, J. V. Scotti). This comet was observed so faint around the perihelion passage in the previous apparition at the discovery. It faded out before the perihelion passage again in this apparition.
Date(TT) R.A. (2000) Decl. Delta r Elong. m1 Best Time(A, h)
May 16 11 18.97 23 19.6 4.106 4.480 105 22.6 20:36 ( 48, 73)
May 23 11 20.20 22 49.1 4.213 4.490 99 22.7 20:43 ( 63, 67)
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