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C/2024 S1

C/2024 S1 (ATLAS)

CometClass Ecatalogued
Unknown

Not currently visible. Last report 648 days ago at mag 26.7. Historic peak was mag -6.3. 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

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Right ascension

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J2000

Declination

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J2000

Estimated magnitude

26.7

Professional survey · COBS consensus

Confidence

33

Class E · priority 60

Observations

144

Arc unknown

Last observation

648d ago

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:25:00 GMT · COBS consensus

Perihelion

2024-10-28

0.008 au

Peak window

2024-10-25 → 2024-10-31

COBS peak mag -6.3 on 2024-10-28 · perihelion 2024-10-28. Window is those dates ±3 days — not a light-curve fit.

Historic peak

-6.3

COBS / analyzed peak 2024-10-28

Catalog ingest

13h ago

Venator last wrote this row 2026-11-06 14:20:24 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.

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

0.008 au

e

1.0000

i

142.00°

Ω

349.00°

ω

70.30°

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

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

Name history

  • C/2024 S1 (ATLAS)

    Informal: ATLAS

    C/2024 S1 · 2026-09-14 18:28:02 UTC → current

Discoverers

  • ATLAS

    Discoverer · parsed-name · 2026-09-14 18:28:02 UTC → current

Contributors

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