http://www.universetoday.com/131745/preview-comet-45phonda-mrkos-pajdusakova-brightens-december/ February 2017 最亮
2016年 12月
November 23rd: Venus passes 6′ from the comet.
December 12th: May break 10th magnitude.
December 14th: Passes near M75.
December 15th: Crosses into the constellation Capricornus.
January 4th: Passes near the +4th magnitude star Theta Capricorni
January 10th: Crosses the ecliptic northward.
January 16th: Passes into Aquarius.
January 22nd: Passes near NGC 7009, M72 and M73.
January 25th: Passes 8 degrees from the Sun and into the dawn sky.
January 28th: Crosses into Aquila.
February 3rd: Crosses the celestial equator northward.
February 4th: Passes 4′ from the star +3.3 magnitude star Delta Aquarii.
February 6th: Crosses the Galactic equator.
February 7th: Crosses into Ophiuchus.
February 9th: Crosses into Hercules.
February 16th: makes a wide pass near M3.
February 19th: Drops back below +10th magnitude.
2011
http://familystar.org.tw/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=45&topic=13890.0http://tamweb.tam.gov.tw/v3/tw/content.asp?mtype=c1&idx=319預估下一次2016年回歸時,將於2017年2月,以0.085AU的近距離掠過地球,屆時對北半球而言的觀察條件就會很棒了。