Pan-STARRS or C/2025 R3 also known as the Dawn comet was discovered in September of 2025 by the Pan-STARRS observatory in Maui Hawaii. It has an orbit of some 170,000 years with a highly eliptical orbit. The average AU is 3100 and ithe incination is 124.73 degrees. It stays in tropical Taurus for most of its orbit except when near perihelion or closest approach to the Sun which occurs on April 19th 2026.  Most of us have Pan-STARRS C/2025 R3 in early to mid tropical Taurus (1900-2020). Below is an ephemeris or tables showing comet comet Pan-Starrs' position through the tropical zodiac from 1600 AD to 2500 AD.
1600-2500AD UT or GMT 1600 Jan.01 10Tau40 1650 Jan.01 11Tau14 1700 Jan.01 11Tau46 1750 Jan.01 12Tau17 1800 Jan.01 12Tau44 1850 Jan.01 13Tau06 1900 Jan.01 13Tau19 1950 Jan.01 13Tau08 1975 Jan.01 12Tau40 2000 Jan.01 11Tau18 2010 Jan.01 09Tau53 2015 Jan.01 08Tau31 2020 Jan.01 05Tau40 2025 Jan.01 21Ari08 2026 Jan.01 14Pis02 2026 Apr.19 perihelion 11-12Ari 2027 Jan.01 13Gem50 2030 Jan.01 01Gem47 2035 Jan.01 28Tau51 2040 Jan.01 27Tau33 2050 Jan.01 26Tau32 2100 Jan.01 25Tau13 2200 Jan.01 25Tau30 2300 Jan.01 26Tau25 2400 Jan.01 27Tau33 2500 Jan.01 28Tau45
Pan-STARRS in the Signs
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