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Current Comets

29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1
Perihelion: 2004 July 10
Normally extremely faint, it occasionally experiences large outbursts in brightness

C/2006 VZ13 (LINEAR)
Perihelion: 2007 August 10
Maximum magnitude about 7

C/2007 E2 (Lovejoy)
Perihelion: 2007 March 27
Maximum magnitude about 7

17P/Holmes
Perihelion: 2007 May 4
Maximum magnitude about 16
[Massive outburst on 2007 October 24 to about magnitude 3]

C/2007 E1 (Garradd)
Perihelion: 2007 May 23
Maximum magnitude about 12.5

C/2007 F1 (LONEOS)
Perihelion: 2007 October 28
Maximum magnitude about 3.5

C/2007 T1 (McNaught)
Perihelion: 2007 November 23
Maximum magnitude about 8

8P/Tuttle
Perihelion: 2008 January 26
Maximum magnitude about 6

C/2007 N3 (Lulin)
Perihelion: 2009 January 14
Maximum magnitude about 6

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