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255P

255P/Levy

CometClass Ecatalogued
Unknown

Not currently visible. Last report 5331 days ago at mag 28.1. Historic peak was mag 20.0. Typical backyard telescopes will not show it. HST, JWST, or an 8–10 m class telescope might recover it with a good ephemeris.

Active comet in COBS

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Right ascension

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J2000

Declination

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J2000

Estimated magnitude

28.1

Professional survey · COBS consensus

Confidence

33

Class E · priority 60

Observations

45

Arc unknown

Last observation

5331d ago

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:16:48 GMT · COBS consensus

Perihelion

2027-09-25

0.847 au

Peak window

2027-09-22 → 2027-09-28

COBS peak mag 20.0 on 2027-09-25 · perihelion 2027-09-25. Window is those dates ±3 days — not a light-curve fit.

Historic peak

20.0

COBS / analyzed peak 2027-09-25

Catalog ingest

12h ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-09-16 13:20:17 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.

No tail measures stored yet for this object.

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

0.847 au

e

0.7120

i

13.40°

Ω

276.00°

ω

186.00°

a

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MOID

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H

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H0 / n

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NEO score

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PHA score

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RMS

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Elongation

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Reporting sources

  • COBS comet list

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

Name history

  • 255P/Levy

    255P · 2026-09-14 18:27:55 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • Levy

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-14 18:27:55 UTC → current

Contributors

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