Current comets
Comet Current
mag
Peri-
helion
mag
Days to
peri-
helion
Perihelion
date
C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos)10.05.2-702026-01-20
C/2026 A1 (MAPS)10.2-6.842026-04-04
C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)11.08.0192026-04-19
141P/Machholz11.810.5222026-04-22
141P-A/Machholz11.810.5232026-04-23
24P/Schaumasse12.77.9-822026-01-08
10P/Tempel12.76.91242026-08-02
P/2010 H2 (Vales)14.012.6-3862025-03-10
C/2026 B2 (Sun-Gao)14.112.4-802026-01-10
C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)14.314.2132026-04-13
88P/Howell14.514.5-132026-03-18
78P/Gehrels14.513.8862026-06-25
C/2025 L1 (ATLAS)14.615.3-782026-01-12
141P-D/Machholz14.810.4482026-05-18
C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)14.813.92392026-11-25
93P/Lovas15.215.0322026-05-02
162P/SidingSpring15.314.8472026-05-17
29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann15.715.8-25332019-04-24
65P/Gunn15.713.4-2882025-06-16
C/2022 N2 (PANSTARRS)15.814.8-2422025-08-01
        
Future comets
Comet Current
mag
Peri-
helion
mag
Days to
peri-
helion
Perihelion
date
88P/Howell14.514.5-132026-03-18
C/2026 A1 (MAPS)10.2-6.842026-04-04
C/2023 R1 (PANSTARRS)14.314.2132026-04-13
C/2025 R3 (PANSTARRS)11.08.0192026-04-19
141P/Machholz11.810.5222026-04-22
141P-A/Machholz11.810.5232026-04-23
162P/SidingSpring15.314.8472026-05-17
141P-D/Machholz14.810.4482026-05-18
78P/Gehrels14.513.8862026-06-25
10P/Tempel12.76.91242026-08-02
123P/West-Hartley16.414.81742026-09-21
169P/NEAT19.713.91742026-09-21
C/2024 J3 (ATLAS)14.813.92392026-11-25
161P/Hartley-IRAS18.810.82412026-11-27
C/2026 A2 (Bok)19.014.92662026-12-22
P/2020 G1 (Pimentel)25.612.92882027-01-13
2P/Encke22.83.63162027-02-10
C/2025 V2 (Rankin)18.313.23562027-03-22
C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)16.414.64012027-05-06
7P/Pons-Winnecke22.611.15122027-08-25

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.