It keeps brighter than 9 mag in February. It will appear at dawn as 16 mag in July. After conjunction, it appears again at dawn in June. However, it never locates high and will not be observable after August. It was very diffused and hard to see in mid January.
Recent magnitude is uncertain.
Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 Appearing at dawn. Brightened rapidly and reached to 14 mag. It hardly faded out since the perihelion passage in 2000 June. Ashbrook-Jackson Not observable. It will appear at dawn in July as 15.5 mag.