Current comets
Comet Current
mag
Peri-
helion
mag
Days to
peri-
helion
Perihelion
date
10P/Tempel10.06.9782026-08-02
141P-D/Machholz10.510.422026-05-18
C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)11.28.0-272026-04-19
141P-A/Machholz11.810.5-232026-04-23
141P/Machholz11.910.5-242026-04-22
C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)12.75.2-1162026-01-20
P/2010 H2 (Vales)13.712.6-4322025-03-10
C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)13.814.2-332026-04-13
78P/Gehrels14.013.8402026-06-25
C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)14.213.91932026-11-25
D/1884 O1 (Barnard)14.613.11562026-10-19
D/1895 Q1 (Swift)14.812.72452027-01-16
162P/SidingSpring14.814.812026-05-17
93P/Lovas15.115.0-142026-05-02
88P/Howell15.114.5-592026-03-18
C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)15.512.4-1262026-01-10
65P/Gunn15.713.4-3342025-06-16
D/1886 K1 (Brooks)15.811.32802027-02-20
123P/West-Hartley15.914.81282026-09-21
29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann15.915.8-25812019-04-22
        
Future comets
Comet Current
mag
Peri-
helion
mag
Days to
peri-
helion
Perihelion
date
88P/Howell15.114.5-592026-03-18
C/2026 A1 (MAPS)18.3-6.8-422026-04-04
C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)13.814.2-332026-04-13
C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)11.28.0-272026-04-19
141P/Machholz11.910.5-242026-04-22
141P-A/Machholz11.810.5-232026-04-23
162P/SidingSpring14.814.812026-05-17
141P-D/Machholz10.510.422026-05-18
78P/Gehrels14.013.8402026-06-25
10P/Tempel10.06.9782026-08-02
123P/West-Hartley15.914.81282026-09-21
169P/NEAT18.013.91282026-09-21
D/1884 O1 (Barnard)14.613.11562026-10-19
C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)14.213.91932026-11-25
161P/Hartley-IRAS17.610.81952026-11-27
C/2026 A2 (Bok)18.214.92202026-12-22
P/2020 G1 (Pimentel)24.512.92422027-01-13
D/1895 Q1 (Swift)14.812.72452027-01-16
2P/Encke22.03.62702027-02-10
D/1886 K1 (Brooks)15.811.32802027-02-20

Acknowledgements

The comet positions are computed from the orbital elements provided by the Minor Planet Center (MPC). The file containing the orbital elements can be found here.

The orbital elements are converted to celestial coordinates following the tutorial provided by Paul Schlyter.