346P
346P/Catalina
Not visible to typical instruments. Current estimate mag 19.6. 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
9
Arc unknown
Last observation
21d ago
Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:16:13 GMT · COBS consensus
Perihelion
2026-08-01
2.220 au
Peak window
2026-07-29 → 2027-01-02
COBS peak mag 19.4 on 2026-12-30 · perihelion 2026-08-01. Window is those dates ±3 days — not a light-curve fit.
Historic peak
19.4
COBS / analyzed peak 2026-12-30
Catalog ingest
21m ago
Venator last wrote this row 2026-11-07 03:30:21 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
2.220 au
e
0.5040
i
22.20°
Ω
102.00°
ω
336.00°
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
okComet Observation Database magnitudes and perihelion data for the full COBS list (active and inactive).
Name history
346P/Catalina
346P · 2026-09-13 22:21:23 UTC → current
Discoverers
Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-13 22:21:23 UTC → current
Contributors
CCD Observer · HIL04 · 8 reports · last 21d ago
CCD Observer · NAG05 · 1 reports · last 3625d ago
CCD Observer · OLA · 1 reports · last 30d ago
Pips are observation weight on this object (log of report count). Hover for catalog-wide weight.