upcoming comets > 15 magnitude

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Found this page listing comets that will be brighter than 15 mag over the next three months. You can click on the comet name to get info on current/predicted location, charts etc. Might go hunt some fuzzies :)

http://astro.vanbuitenen.nl/comets
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Wow thanks Chich, pretty cool
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thx .
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Your link is the web page I refer to on occasion. I always check it against this web page to make sure they somewhat agree with each other.

http://aerith.net/comet/weekly/current.html
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