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Updated on January 11, 2020

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Bright periodic comets not yet observed in this return. P/1999 XN120 ( Catalina ) was fainter than 21.5 mag on 2016 Nov. 28 (Erwin Schwab), fainter than 21.2 mag on 2016 Dec. 4 (Jean-Gabriel Bosch). P/2010 TO20 ( LINEAR-Grauer ) was fainter than 22.0 mag on 2017 Jan. 27 (Erwin Schwab). P/1998 VS24 ( LINEAR ) was fainter than 21.5 mag on 2017 Aug. 20 (Erwin Schwab). P/2008 CL94 ( Lemmon ) was fainter than 21.0 mag on 2017 Nov. 8 (Erwin Schwab). 82P/Gehrels 3 was fainter than 20 mag on 2017 Dec. 23 (Jean-Francois Soulier). P/2002 EJ57 ( LINEAR ) was fainter than 20.0 mag on 2018 Jan. 12 (Toshihiko Ikemura, Hirohisa Sato), fainter than 19.5 mag on 2018 Feb. 23 (Toshihiko Ikemura, Hirohisa Sato). 115P/Maury was fainter than 20 mag on 2018 Mar. 10 (Jean-Francois Soulier). P/2013 R3 ( Catalina-PanSTARRS ) was fainter than 22 mag on 2018 Aug. 8 (Erwin Schwab). P/2003 F2 ( NEAT ) was fainter than 21.5 mag on 2019 Feb. 7 (Erwin Schwab). 198P/ODAS was fainter than 20 mag on 2019 Feb. 3 (Jean-Francois Soulier), fainter than 19.5 mag on 2019 Feb. 26 (Jean-Francois Soulier). P/2012 K3 ( Gibbs ) was fainter than 21.5 mag on 2019 Mar. 10 (Erwin Schwab). P/2014 C1 ( TOTAS ) was fainter than 20.0 mag on 2019 June 5 (Toshihiko Ikemura, Hirohisa Sato). 168P/Hergenrother was fainter than 21.5 mag on 2019 Aug. 4 (Erwin Schwab). P/2008 Y12 = P/2014 K3 ( SOHO ) was fainter than 18.5 mag on 2019 Sept. 30 (Michael Jager and Gerald Rhemann). P/2002 T5 ( LINEAR ) was fainter than 20.5 mag on 2019 Oct. 24 (Erwin Schwab). P/2013 T2 ( Schwartz ) was fainter than 20.5 mag on 2019 Oct. 24 (Erwin Schwab). 2020 January 24 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) P/2006 H1 (McNaught) 21 33 -20.2 18.4 18:47 ( 69, -5) 20:52 ( 61, -6) 115P/Maury 16 34 -13.7 19.1 5:36 (313, 27) 3:31 (272, 21) P/2002 T5 (LINEAR) 00 20 -25.1 19.2 18:47 ( 38, 19) 20:52 ( 78, 29) P/2013 T2 (Schwartz) 23 22 -02.2 19.2 18:47 ( 66, 27) 20:52 ( 91, 5) 254P/McNaught 20 15 -16.2 19.6 5:36 (280,-15) 3:31 (307,-19) 296P/Garradd 11 28 -31.7 19.9 3:18 ( 0, 23) 3:18 (180, 87) 282P/(323137) 2003 BM80 09 23 +21.9 19.9 1:14 ( 0, 77) 1:14 (180, 33) P/2008 CL94 (Lemmon) 03 27 +23.7 19.9 19:15 ( 0, 79) 20:52 (155, 27) 91P/Russell 3 12 15 -19.3 20.0 4:05 ( 0, 36) 3:31 (209, 73) 258P/PanSTARRS 08 49 +18.1 20.0 0:40 ( 0, 73) 0:40 (180, 37) P/2016 G1 (PanSTARRS) 14 02 -14.9 20.0 5:36 (355, 40) 3:31 (247, 52) 294P/LINEAR 17 15 -36.1 20.0 5:36 (320, 4) 3:31 (298, 24) 163P/NEAT 11 42 +17.6 20.0 3:32 ( 0, 72) 3:31 (181, 38) P/2015 F1 (PanSTARRS) 06 27 +26.5 20.0 22:14 ( 0, 82) 22:14 (180, 28) P/2013 EW90 (Tenagra) 04 52 -15.4 20.1 20:39 ( 0, 40) 20:52 (171, 70) P/2014 MG4 (Spacewatch-PanSTARRS) 05 38 +30.4 20.1 21:25 ( 0, 85) 21:25 (180, 25) P/2012 SB6 (Lemmon) 22 03 -16.6 20.1 18:47 ( 67, 3) 20:52 ( 68, -2) P/2013 R3 (Catalina-PanSTARRS) 06 10 +24.5 20.3 21:58 ( 0, 79) 21:58 (180, 31) P/2007 VQ11 (Catalina) 00 37 -03.9 20.3 18:47 ( 48, 39) 20:52 (101, 21) P/2012 K3 (Gibbs) 22 55 -15.1 20.3 18:47 ( 60, 14) 20:52 ( 77, 7) (196256) 2003 EH1 08 59 -84.2 20.3 0:51 ( 0,-29) 0:51 ( 0, 41) P/2005 JD108 (Catalina-NEAT) 15 56 -19.9 20.5 5:36 (326, 27) 3:31 (273, 32) P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) 10 18 +09.1 20.6 2:09 ( 0, 64) 2:09 (180, 46) P/2003 F2 (NEAT) 14 49 -22.0 20.7 5:36 (343, 31) 3:31 (265, 47) 198P/ODAS 12 51 -05.5 20.9 4:41 ( 0, 49) 3:31 (213, 56) 298P/Christensen 04 11 +26.5 21.0 19:58 ( 0, 82) 20:52 (167, 27) P/2011 R3 (Novichonok-Gerke) 19 38 -05.5 21.1 5:36 (276, -1) 3:31 (292,-20) 244P/Scotti 21 58 -13.2 21.3 18:47 ( 71, 4) 20:52 ( 70, -5) 82P/Gehrels 3 13 17 -09.2 21.4 5:07 ( 0, 46) 3:31 (226, 56) P/2011 U2 (Bressi) 19 24 -18.5 21.4 5:36 (288, -6) 3:31 (300, -9) 2005 CR16 00 09 -06.2 21.5 18:47 ( 53, 33) 20:52 ( 94, 17) 119P/Parker-Hartley 18 42 -21.8 21.7 5:36 (297, 0) 3:31 (296, 1) 195P/Hill 22 12 +23.8 21.7 18:47 (101, 28) 20:52 (104,-24) 168P/Hergenrother 05 54 +56.3 21.8 21:42 (180, 69) 21:42 (180, -1) 9P/Tempel 1 04 56 +26.2 21.8 20:44 ( 0, 81) 20:52 (178, 29) 281P/MOSS 23 18 -09.0 22.0 18:47 ( 61, 22) 20:52 ( 85, 8) P/1996 R2 (Lagerkvist) 05 23 +26.0 22.1 21:11 ( 0, 81) 21:11 (180, 29) 311P/PanSTARRS 21 38 -11.1 22.2 18:47 ( 75, 2) 20:52 ( 69,-10) P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) 15 04 -22.0 22.2 5:36 (339, 30) 3:31 (268, 44) P/2010 TO20 (LINEAR-Grauer) 15 53 -20.6 22.5 5:36 (327, 27) 3:31 (273, 33) 121P/Shoemaker-Holt 2 21 47 -27.3 22.5 18:47 ( 61, -6) 20:52 ( 57, 1) P/2002 EJ57 (LINEAR) 16 35 -26.5 23.1 5:36 (321, 17) 3:31 (285, 28) 324P/La Sagra 15 58 -34.0 23.6 5:36 (332, 14) 3:31 (289, 38) P/2012 O2 (McNaught) 01 56 -13.7 23.8 18:47 ( 20, 39) 20:52 (105, 43) P/2014 C1 (TOTAS) 19 47 -19.5 24.0 5:36 (286,-11) 3:31 (305,-12) P/2000 R2 (LINEAR) 03 13 +03.4 25.2 19:01 ( 0, 59) 20:52 (140, 44) 354P/LINEAR 01 43 +16.8 25.4 18:47 ( 48, 65) 20:52 (129, 20) 322P/SOHO 15 32 -26.8 25.6 5:36 (334, 23) 3:31 (277, 40) P/1999 RO28 (LONEOS) 08 21 +16.4 25.7 0:13 ( 0, 71) 0:13 (180, 39) P/2008 Y12 = P/2014 K3 (SOHO) 18 19 -36.9 25.8 5:36 (312, -6) 3:31 (306, 14)