Observable Comets

Observable Comets

This page lists links to orbital elements and ephemerides of (potentially) observable comets. Also available are:

a list of comets discovered in the past year
dates of last observation for currently-observable comet
the text of the 1994 IAU resolution implementing the current comet designation system
orbital elements in forms suitable for loading into popular planetarium-type programs
recent magnitude estimates of comets as reported to the International Comet Quarterly (links to the magnitudes are also given from the pages for individual comets shown below).

You are reminded that personalized ephemerides for any of these objects can be prepared using the MPES.

Orbital elements and ephemerides are available for the following comets: