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356P

356P/WISE

CometClass Ecatalogued
Unknown

Not currently visible. Last report 465 days ago at mag 21.0. 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

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J2000

Declination

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J2000

Estimated magnitude

21.0

Professional survey · COBS consensus

Confidence

33

Class E · priority 60

Observations

1

Arc unknown

Last observation

465d ago

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 05:12:00 GMT · COBS consensus

Perihelion

2026-06-12

2.670 au

Peak window

2026-06-09 → 2026-11-17

COBS peak mag 21.0 on 2026-11-14 · perihelion 2026-06-12. Window is those dates ±3 days — not a light-curve fit.

Historic peak

21.0

COBS / analyzed peak 2026-11-14

Catalog ingest

11m ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-11-07 03:00:09 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

0.3550

i

9.64°

Ω

161.00°

ω

226.00°

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

    ok

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

Name history

  • 356P/WISE

    356P · 2026-09-14 18:27:59 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • WISE

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

Contributors

  • John Maikner

    CCD Observer · MAI01 · 1 reports · last 465d ago

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