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114P

114P/Wiseman-Skiff

CometClass Ecatalogued
Northern hemisphere

Difficult — CCD / large telescope. Around mag 17.8. A large amateur CCD or a professional telescope is required. Historic peak was mag 16.3.

Active comet in COBS

JSONCSV

Right ascension

07h 59m 26s

J2000

Declination

+22° 12′ 36″

J2000

Estimated magnitude

17.8

CCD / citizen telescope · COBS consensus

Confidence

33

Class E · priority 66

Observations

246

Arc unknown

Last observation

7d ago

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 18:43:11 GMT · COBS consensus

Perihelion

2026-09-15

1.570 au

Peak window

2020-01-11 → 2026-09-18

COBS peak mag 16.3 on 2020-01-14 · perihelion 2026-09-15. Window is those dates ±3 days — not a light-curve fit.

Historic peak

16.3

COBS / analyzed peak 2020-01-14

Catalog ingest

13m ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-09-17 00:30:03 UTC

Light curve

Brightness over time (V mag)

Gold = reported observations. Steel dashed family = ensemble (nominal / outburst / fade / disruption).

Tail length

Converted to degrees from COBS (d / arcmin / arcsec). Empty until analysis has pulled the archive.

Ensemble is a first-pass H0/n photometric model plus observed samples — not a trained ML forecast yet. The background analyzer walks the catalog one object at a time so COBS is not flooded. Disruption track rises after perihelion to stand in for solar-wind stripping.

Orbital elements

q

1.570 au

e

0.5560

i

18.30°

Ω

271.00°

ω

173.00°

a

3.540 au

MOID

—

H

—

H0 / n

14.5 / 4

NEO score

—

PHA score

—

RMS

—

Elongation

56°

Reporting sources

  • COBS comet list

    ok

    Comet Observation Database magnitudes and perihelion data for the full COBS list (active and inactive).

  • COBS orbits

    ok

    Osculating elements and photometric parameters (H0, n) for active comets.

Name history

  • 114P/Wiseman-Skiff

    114P · 2026-09-09 01:34:02 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • Wiseman-Skiff

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-09 01:34:02 UTC → current

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