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New comets of the Sun
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Update: 19 Sep @ 7:37am

Patch 0.9.1: A newly discovered comet has been added
"C/2025 R2 (SWAN)"

Update: 1 Sep @ 2:31am

Patch 0.9.0: Added the comet "C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)", which is predicted to become visible to the naked eye in late October and early November this year! Additionally, 4 weak comets located beyond the orbit of Mars have been added.

Update: 13 Apr @ 9:21am

Patch V0.8.9: Added new comets: C/2025 F2 (SWAN). In early May, the comet should reach a brightness of up to +5m, which can rightfully be considered a binocular comet.

Update: 1 Feb @ 3:17am

Patch V0.8.8: Added new faint comets: C/2024 W1 (PanSTARRS), C/2024 X2 (ATLAS), C/2024 X3 (PanSTARRS), C/2024 X4 (PanSTARRS), C/2024 Y1 (Masek), P/2025 A2 (PanSTARRS), C/2025 A3 (Tsuchinshan), C/2025 A4 (PanSTARRS), P/2024 N2 (PanSTARRS). The brightness of comet G3 (ATLAS) has been adjusted

Update: 5 Jan @ 5:17am

Patch V0.7.1: The parameters of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) have been updated. There is very little time left until perihelion passage!

Update: 1 Dec, 2024 @ 8:08am

Patch V0.6.0: New weak comets have been added: C|2024 B1 (Lemmon), 487P|Siding Spring (P/2012 US27, P/2024 N5), C/2024 G2 ( ATLAS ), C/2024 V1 ( Borisov ), C/2024 R4 (PanSTARRS), P/2024 R3 (PanSTARRS), C/2024 V2 (Sarneczky)

Update: 13 Nov, 2024 @ 6:28am

Patch V0.5.0: New comets have been added: C|2024 J2 (Wierzchos), P|2024 S2 (Rankin) - small comets that will fly beyond the Earth's orbit. Comet C|2024 G3 (ATLAS) has also been added, which should become daytime! I hope it doesn't collapse...

Update: 12 Nov, 2024 @ 9:32am

Patch V0.4.0: Added a new comet "C/2024 T5 (ATLAS)" The comet was discovered on October 2, 2024.

Update: 5 Nov, 2024 @ 10:36am

Patch V0.3.3: The exception of comet "C/2024 G3 (ATLAS)" is because there is not enough data about it...

Update: 2 Nov, 2024 @ 4:07am

Patch V0.3.2: Minor corrections to the orbit of comet C/2024 G3