Realistic Visibility Of Present Comets For Februrary

[Mr Q]

SCHWASSMANN-WACHMANN 10th mag. in Corvus with a 7' coma

http://cometchasing.skyhound.com/comets/29P.pdf

Finder Chart

GARRAD 7th mag. in Hercules with a 5" coma an hour before dawn for N. Hemisphere observers.

http://cometchasing.skyhound.com/comets/2009_P1.pdf

Finder Chart

GGEHRELS 11th mag. in Picies with a 4' coma just after dusk for n. hemisphere observers.

http://cometchasing.skyhound.com/comets/78P.pdf

Finder Chart

[Mr Q]

Comet Gehrels, at 11th mag., will pass very close to Jupiter (just south of Jupiter) on 2/22/12 and because of the great range of brightness between the two objects, the event could be a photo challenge.