The below table lists comets that have been discovered in the past 6 months.
For detailed information about a comet, click on its designation.

Comet(s)		Today			Perihelion			Nearest approach
designation	Hₒ	magn	delta	radius	date	magn	radius	date	magn	delta
P/2026 P1 (PANSTARRS)	11.9	19.7	2.66 AU	3.66 AU	28 Nov 2026	20.1	3.61 AU	9 Sep 2026	19.6	2.65 AU
C/2026 O1 (PANSTARRS)	10.5	19.2	3.19 AU	4.17 AU	18 Jul 2027	13.2	1.50 AU	15 Jun 2027	12.6	1.07 AU
P/2026 N2	17.4	22.3	1.63 AU	2.43 AU	25 Sep 2026	22.6	2.42 AU	21 Jul 2026	22.1	1.43 AU
C/2026 N1 (PANSTARRS)	8.3	20.4	6.23 AU	6.46 AU	30 Jan 2028	19.2	5.21 AU	25 Jun 2027	19.1	4.86 AU
C/2026 M5 (PANSTARRS)	11.4	21.4	4.07 AU	4.99 AU	8 Oct 2026	21.6	4.98 AU	26 Aug 2026	21.4	4.07 AU
C/2026 M3 (MASTER)	3.9	20.1	11.76 AU	12.08 AU	17 Feb 2027	20.2	12.05 AU	1 Jul 2026	20.0	11.39 AU
C/2026 L2 (PANSTARRS)	13.3	21.3	2.99 AU	3.65 AU	9 Apr 2026	21.3	3.40 AU	8 Jul 2026	20.8	2.55 AU
C/2026 L1 (PANSTARRS)	9.2	19.5	4.34 AU	5.17 AU	11 Apr 2027	19.7	4.88 AU	9 Aug 2027	19.3	4.17 AU
C/2026 J1 (PANSTARRS)	14.1	19.6	2.45 AU	2.60 AU	30 Jun 2026	19.1	2.52 AU	6 Jul 2026	19.1	2.02 AU
C/2026 H3 (Bok)	8.9	22.3	7.88 AU	7.75 AU	22 May 2026	22.0	7.73 AU	2 Jun 2026	22.0	6.94 AU
C/2026 H2 (Leonard)	10.1	20.4	5.18 AU	4.74 AU	17 Mar 2026	19.9	4.55 AU	21 May 2026	19.5	3.70 AU
C/2026 H1 (PANSTARRS)	9.0	21.1	7.06 AU	6.11 AU	13 Jun 2026	20.7	6.08 AU	31 Mar 2026	20.4	5.15 AU
A/2026 E1	12.0	17.1	4.02 AU	3.11 AU	13 May 2026	16.1	2.90 AU	15 Apr 2026	15.7	2.04 AU

For possible comets still needing confirmation, see http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/NEO/pccp_tabular.html

For each of the listed comets, the current position is plotted in the below all-sky chart:

    Terminology:
            
    delta:      Distance between comet and earth in AU
    radius:     Distance between comet and sun in AU
    magn:       Magnitude (brightness) estimate    
    elong:      Elongation in degrees (angle sun-earth-comet)    
    AU:         Astronomical Unit (mean distance between earth and sun: 149597870.7 km
    Perihelion: On this date the comet (or other type of body) is closest to the sun
    Hₒ:         Absolute magnitude (magnitude from a distance of 1 AU) 
    

Orbital elements provided by MPC (Minor Planet Center).
Observations contributed by observers worldwide, via COBS (Comet Observation Database).
Calculations by a modified version of AAPlus, a C# implementation of the AA+ project by PJ Naughter from the algorithms presented in the book "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus.
NGC2000 dso catalog and star labels from VizieR as provided by the Strasbourg astronomical Data Center.
Tycho2 catalog from the ESO archive.