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Venator

Early warning for newly discovered comets and unconfirmed objects.

Self-host zip

The sky is being watched.

110 objects in the catalog, brightest at mag 8.8. 12/12 discovery feeds healthy. Last sweep 4m ago.

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110

Confirmed and unconfirmed

New 24h

110

First seen this cycle

Mean confidence

0–100 Venator score

Urgent alerts

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C1GCQ75

Possible cometD

Mag: 22.3Professional survey
Confidence: 51
Priority: 66

21h 51m 13s · +05° 18′ 44″

P12pHLa

Possible cometB

Mag: 20.5Professional survey
Confidence: 74
Priority: 60

03h 05m 48s · −31° 26′ 07″

P22pKXS

Possible cometB

Mag: 21.7Professional survey
Confidence: 79
Priority: 60

23h 36m 28s · +07° 22′ 32″

P12pwoA

Possible cometB

Mag: 20.8Professional survey
Confidence: 80
Priority: 60

19h 20m 50s · −40° 49′ 29″

P22oVrz

Possible cometA

Mag: 21.9Professional survey
Confidence: 91
Priority: 60

20h 27m 30s · −26° 56′ 55″

P22oLCM

Possible cometA

Mag: 21.8Professional survey
Confidence: 92
Priority: 60

20h 49m 41s · −15° 06′ 25″

Catalog coverage

Daily snapshot count across the rolling window.

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10P

10P/Tempel

CometA

Mag: 8.8Binoculars
Confidence: 100
Priority: 76

P/2016 BA14

PANSTARRS

CometA

Mag: 10.7Amateur telescope
Confidence: 100
Priority: 76

107P

107P/Wilson-Harrington

CometA

Mag: 11.0Amateur telescope
Confidence: 100
Priority: 76

P/2006 S1

Christensen

CometA

Mag: 11.5Amateur telescope
Confidence: 100
Priority: 76

169P

169P/NEAT

CometA

Mag: 12.1Amateur telescope
Confidence: 100
Priority: 64

P/2009 Q4

Boattini

CometA

Mag: 12.6Amateur telescope
Confidence: 100
Priority: 64

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Comets
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Source recovered: soho-sungrazer
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Returned 1 records.
7m ago
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Catalog primed from live sources
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Venator ingested 110 objects across 11 healthy feeds.
34m ago

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