96P-C
96P-C/Machholz
Not visible to typical instruments. Current estimate mag 19.6. Historic peak was mag 0.2. Visual and most CCD amateur setups will not see it. Space telescopes or large ground telescopes are the remaining path.
Right ascension
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J2000
Declination
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J2000
Estimated magnitude
19.6
Professional survey · COBS consensus
Confidence
33
Class E · priority 60
Observations
0
Arc unknown
Last observation
Not in feed
COBS consensus does not publish an observer timestamp. Catalog ingested 3d ago.
Perihelion
2012-07-14
0.124 au
Peak window
2012-07-11 → 2012-07-17
COBS peak mag 0.2 on 2012-07-14 · perihelion 2012-07-14. Window is those dates ±3 days — not a light-curve fit.
Historic peak
0.2
COBS / analyzed peak 2012-07-14
Catalog ingest
3d ago
Venator last wrote this row 2026-09-14 20:00:19 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
0.124 au
e
0.9590
i
58.50°
Ω
94.30°
ω
15.50°
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
okComet Observation Database magnitudes and perihelion data for the full COBS list (active and inactive).
Name history
96P-C/Machholz
96P-C · 2026-09-13 22:21:23 UTC → current
Discoverers
Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-13 22:21:23 UTC → current
Contributors
- No recent COBS visual or CCD reports linked yet.
Pips are observation weight on this object (log of report count). Hover for catalog-wide weight.