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124P

124P/Mrkos

CometClass Ecatalogued
Southern hemisphere

Difficult — CCD / large telescope. Around mag 17.5. A large amateur CCD or a professional telescope is required. Historic peak was mag 16.1.

Active comet in COBS

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Right ascension

13h 07m 58s

J2000

Declination

−24° 32′ 46″

J2000

Estimated magnitude

17.5

CCD / citizen telescope · COBS consensus

Confidence

33

Class E · priority 66

Observations

139

Arc unknown

Last observation

128d ago

Mon, 11 May 2026 21:56:32 GMT · COBS consensus

Perihelion

2026-06-23

1.730 au

Peak window

2026-03-19 → 2026-06-26

COBS peak mag 16.1 on 2026-03-22 · perihelion 2026-06-23. Window is those dates ±3 days — not a light-curve fit.

Historic peak

16.1

COBS / analyzed peak 2026-03-22

Catalog ingest

7m ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-09-16 23:00:05 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

1.730 au

e

0.4860

i

31.40°

Ω

360.00°

ω

185.00°

a

3.380 au

MOID

—

H

—

H0 / n

16.0 / 2.7

NEO score

—

PHA score

—

RMS

—

Elongation

35°

Reporting sources

  • COBS comet list

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

  • COBS orbits

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

Name history

  • 124P/Mrkos

    124P · 2026-09-13 22:21:22 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • Mrkos

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-13 22:21:22 UTC → current

Contributors

Pips are observation weight on this object (log of report count). Hover for catalog-wide weight.