Comets Waiting for First Observation

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Bright periodic comets not yet observed in this return. P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) was observed on Dec. 16 by Josef Mueller at 19.2 mag, but not officially announced yet. 2003 EH1 was observed in April by Marco Micheli, Fabrizio Bernardi and David J. Tholen, but not officially announced yet. 2008 July 3 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) 51P/Harrington 02 15 +08.2 15.7 3:04 (277, 24) 5:38 (217, 39) P/2001 R1 (LONEOS) 03 59 +20.5 17.0 3:04 (252, 10) 5:38 (232, 15) 146P/Shoemaker-LINEAR 04 17 +18.0 17.9 3:04 (251, 5) 5:38 (236, 13) 33P/Daniel 05 40 +26.6 18.0 3:04 (233, -5) 5:38 (242, -7) 59P/Kearns-Kwee 01 40 +18.5 19.0 3:04 (272, 37) 5:38 (202, 33) 145P/Shoemaker-Levy 5 21 50 -29.9 19.1 3:04 ( 0, 25) 3:06 (180, 85) P/1999 XN120 (Catalina) 04 41 +24.9 19.1 3:04 (243, 4) 5:38 (235, 5) 144P/Kushida 01 35 +13.6 19.3 3:04 (278, 35) 5:38 (202, 38) 11P/Tempel-Swift-LINEAR 05 51 +20.6 19.3 3:04 (235,-11) 5:38 (249, -5) 137P/Shoemaker-Levy 2 18 17 -18.6 19.3 23:28 ( 0, 36) 23:28 (180, 74) P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) 04 00 +16.6 19.7 3:04 (255, 7) 5:38 (235, 17) P/2000 Y3 (Scotti) 21 21 -17.5 19.8 2:36 ( 0, 38) 2:36 (180, 72) 2003 EH1 05 50 +57.4 19.8 3:04 (209, 15) 5:38 (216,-25) 64P/Swift-Gehrels 18 18 -28.6 20.0 23:29 ( 0, 26) 23:29 (180, 84) P/2001 TU80 (LINEAR-NEAT) 03 53 +15.4 20.1 3:04 (257, 8) 5:38 (234, 19) 162P/Siding Spring 13 59 -22.7 20.6 21:03 ( 29, 27) 19:12 (180, 78) P/2002 JN16 (LINEAR) 10 60 -01.1 20.6 21:03 ( 79, 13) 18:30 (129, 44) 85P/Boethin 20 45 -23.4 20.7 2:01 ( 0, 32) 2:01 (180, 78) P/2002 Q1 (Van Ness) 16 12 +28.0 20.7 21:24 ( 0, 83) 21:24 (180, 27) 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 02 01 +07.8 20.8 3:04 (279, 26) 5:38 (213, 41) 89P/Russell 2 11 50 +07.6 20.9 21:03 ( 78, 29) 18:30 (150, 43) 147P/Kushida-Muramatsu 04 40 +21.2 21.5 3:04 (246, 2) 5:38 (238, 7) P/2001 YX127 (LINEAR) 00 54 +01.3 21.6 3:04 (298, 35) 5:38 (193, 53) P/1999 WJ7 (Korlevic) 00 15 +04.6 21.7 3:04 (304, 45) 5:30 (180, 50) 152P/Helin-Lawrence 06 14 +23.4 21.9 3:04 (229,-12) 5:38 (249,-11) 75P/Kohoutek 10 26 +04.3 22.6 21:03 ( 88, 10) 18:30 (126, 34) C/2003 T12 (SOHO) 10 08 +12.1 23.0 21:03 ( 97, 11) 18:30 (128, 25)