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441P

441P/PANSTARRS

CometClass Ecatalogued
Unknown

Not currently visible. Last report 344 days ago at mag 22.7. 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

22.7

Professional survey · COBS consensus

Confidence

33

Class E · priority 60

Observations

3

Arc unknown

Last observation

344d ago

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:04:00 GMT · COBS consensus

Perihelion

2025-09-08

3.330 au

Peak window

2025-08-08 → 2025-09-11

COBS peak mag 21.8 on 2025-08-11 · perihelion 2025-09-08. Window is those dates ±3 days — not a light-curve fit.

Historic peak

21.8

COBS / analyzed peak 2025-08-11

Catalog ingest

10h ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-09-16 13:20:19 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

3.330 au

e

0.1940

i

2.57°

Ω

144.00°

ω

179.00°

a

MOID

H

H0 / n

NEO score

PHA score

RMS

Elongation

Reporting sources

  • COBS comet list

    ok

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

Name history

  • 441P/PANSTARRS

    441P · 2026-09-14 18:28:01 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • PANSTARRS

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-14 18:28:01 UTC → current

Contributors

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