Comet C/2023 P1 (Nishimura)

[Jamie M]

Discovered on 11th August by Hideo Nishimura and is currently sat at magnitude 10 in the east close to the sun in the Gemini constellation.

https://minorplanetcenter.net/mpec/K23/K23P87.html

It had a temporary name of HN00003 until about an hour ago - approaches perihelion on 18th September with some estimates of it getting to mag 2 (https://groups.io/g/comets-ml/message/31550?p=%2C%2C%2C20%2C0%2C0%2C0%3A%3ACreated%2C%2Cposterid%3A2016356%2C20%2C2%2C0%2C100739383).

Picture is from Michael Jager -https://groups.io/g/comets-ml/message/31561

Edited August 15, 2023 by Jamie M

[Jamie M]

Light curve from 

C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) | astro.vanbuitenen.nl

ASTRO.VANBUITENEN.NL

 

Looks like it'll be a relatively hard object to see due to the early dawn sky but wouldn't stop me from trying