123P/West-Hartley

Metadata

Parameter Value
Designation 123P/West-Hartley
Type P
Perihelion (tp_cal, UTC) 2019-02-04T20:32:10.648320Z
Orbit solution date (soln_date, UTC) 2026-07-07T05:59:09Z
Obs used 3587
NEO -
M1 8.200
K1 18.500
PC 0.030
Osculating Elements
Parameter Value
Epoch (epoch_cal, TDB) 2017-01-25.0000000
e 0.44911568
q (au) 2.126469
a (au) 3.860102
i (deg) 15.358650
Ω (om, deg) 46.503806
ω (w, deg) 102.975490
M (ma, deg) 263.719220

Magnitude

123P/West-Hartley · Magnitude (Full range)

Scatter + Global Linear

$$ M_a = (9.015 + 6.000\cdot 2.5\log_{10} r) + \epsilon - 2.5\log_{10}\Phi(\theta) + 5\log_{10}\Delta $$ $$ \theta = 180^\circ - \alpha $$ $$ \Phi(\theta) = \frac{\delta_{90} D(\theta) + 1}{\delta_{90} + 1},\quad D(\theta) = k\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_f) + (1-k)\cdot \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g_b) $$ $$ \Phi_{HG}(\theta; g) = \left(\frac{1+g^2}{1+g^2-2g\cos\theta}\right)^{3/2},\quad \Phi_{HG}(90^\circ)=1 $$

Model Parameters

Parameter Value
H0 9.015
n 6.000
gf 1.000
gb -0.747
k 0.999
δ90 10.000
Parameter Symbol Range Description
Absolute magnitude at 1 AU from Sun and Earth H0 -5 to 20 Intrinsic brightness of the comet
Photometric slope parameter n 2 to 6 Rate of brightness change with heliocentric distance
Forward scattering asymmetry factor gf 0.8 to 1 Degree of forward scattering
Backward scattering asymmetry factor gb -1 to -0.5 Degree of backward scattering
Partitioning coefficient k 0.8 to 1 Ratio between forward/backward scattering contributions
Dust-to-gas brightness ratio δ90 1 to 10 Relative contribution of dust scattering to gas emission

Reference: EPSC-DPS2025-160

Finding Chart

123P/West-Hartley · Next 30 Days

Ephemeris

Date/Time (UTC) RA (J2000) Dec (J2000) Nearest HIP Dist from HIP (arcmin)
2026-07-29 00:00 08:54:02.39 +28:16:56.1 HIP 43587 19.21
2026-07-29 12:00 08:55:14.66 +28:12:26.2 HIP 43834 17.67
2026-07-30 00:00 08:56:26.87 +28:07:54.4 HIP 43834 16.08
2026-07-30 12:00 08:57:39.04 +28:03:20.9 HIP 43834 27.45
2026-07-31 00:00 08:58:51.17 +27:58:45.6 HIP 44342 39.52
2026-07-31 12:00 09:00:03.24 +27:54:08.5 HIP 44342 23.34
2026-08-01 00:00 09:01:15.27 +27:49:29.7 HIP 44342 8.78
2026-08-01 12:00 09:02:27.25 +27:44:49.1 HIP 44342 12.62
2026-08-02 00:00 09:03:39.18 +27:40:06.7 HIP 44512 15.37
2026-08-02 12:00 09:04:51.05 +27:35:22.6 HIP 44512 20.64
2026-08-03 00:00 09:06:02.88 +27:30:36.8 HIP 44823 26.75
2026-08-03 12:00 09:07:14.66 +27:25:49.2 HIP 44823 13.18
2026-08-04 00:00 09:08:26.39 +27:21:00.0 HIP 44920 9.59
2026-08-04 12:00 09:09:38.06 +27:16:08.9 HIP 44920 12.44
2026-08-05 00:00 09:10:49.68 +27:11:16.2 HIP 44920 27.79
2026-08-05 12:00 09:12:01.25 +27:06:21.8 HIP 45178 14.50
2026-08-06 00:00 09:13:12.76 +27:01:25.7 HIP 45178 13.99
2026-08-06 12:00 09:14:24.22 +26:56:28.0 HIP 45178 27.15
2026-08-07 00:00 09:15:35.63 +26:51:28.6 HIP 45490 24.57
2026-08-07 12:00 09:16:46.98 +26:46:27.5 HIP 45490 20.26
2026-08-08 00:00 09:17:58.27 +26:41:24.8 HIP 45490 27.84
2026-08-08 12:00 09:19:09.51 +26:36:20.5 HIP 45723 21.27
2026-08-09 00:00 09:20:20.69 +26:31:14.5 HIP 45723 21.77
2026-08-09 12:00 09:21:31.81 +26:26:06.9 HIP 45914 24.81
2026-08-10 00:00 09:22:42.88 +26:20:57.8 HIP 46146 27.95
2026-08-10 12:00 09:23:53.88 +26:15:47.0 HIP 46146 11.27
2026-08-11 00:00 09:25:04.83 +26:10:34.7 HIP 46146 5.74
2026-08-11 12:00 09:26:15.71 +26:05:20.8 HIP 46255 9.30
2026-08-12 00:00 09:27:26.53 +26:00:05.4 HIP 46325 23.12
2026-08-12 12:00 09:28:37.29 +25:54:48.4 HIP 46490 18.45
2026-08-13 00:00 09:29:47.99 +25:49:29.9 HIP 46702 21.86
2026-08-13 12:00 09:30:58.62 +25:44:09.9 HIP 46702 15.92
2026-08-14 00:00 09:32:09.19 +25:38:48.4 HIP 46702 24.32
2026-08-14 12:00 09:33:19.70 +25:33:25.4 HIP 46702 38.63
2026-08-15 00:00 09:34:30.14 +25:28:00.9 HIP 47026 34.52
2026-08-15 12:00 09:35:40.51 +25:22:34.9 HIP 47026 29.64
2026-08-16 00:00 09:36:50.82 +25:17:07.5 HIP 47298 21.02
2026-08-16 12:00 09:38:01.06 +25:11:38.6 HIP 47298 11.32
2026-08-17 00:00 09:39:11.23 +25:06:08.4 HIP 47382 15.91
2026-08-17 12:00 09:40:21.33 +25:00:36.6 HIP 47382 26.45
2026-08-18 00:00 09:41:31.37 +24:55:03.5 HIP 47685 31.50
2026-08-18 12:00 09:42:41.33 +24:49:29.0 HIP 47685 16.21
2026-08-19 00:00 09:43:51.23 +24:43:53.1 HIP 47685 9.96