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374P

374P/Larson

CometClass Ecatalogued
Unknown

Not currently visible. Last report 2819 days ago at mag 26.2. Historic peak was mag 19.5. 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

Right ascension

J2000

Declination

J2000

Estimated magnitude

26.2

Professional survey · COBS consensus

Confidence

33

Class E · priority 60

Observations

5

Arc unknown

Last observation

2819d ago

Fri, 28 Dec 2018 21:50:24 GMT · COBS consensus

Perihelion

2030-02-15

2.670 au

Peak window

2018-11-08 → 2030-02-18

COBS peak mag 19.5 on 2018-11-11 · perihelion 2030-02-15. Window is those dates ±3 days — not a light-curve fit.

Historic peak

19.5

COBS / analyzed peak 2018-11-11

Catalog ingest

15h ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-09-16 13:20:18 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

2.670 au

e

0.4630

i

10.80°

Ω

7.81°

ω

51.70°

a

MOID

H

H0 / n

NEO score

PHA score

RMS

Elongation

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

  • 374P/Larson

    374P · 2026-09-14 18:27:59 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • Larson

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-14 18:27:59 UTC → current

Contributors

  • Kevin Hills

    CCD Observer · HIL04 · 5 reports · last 2819d ago

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