Comet Rendezvous Calendar

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1998 December 1999 January 1999 February

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Date (UT) Dist. (deg) Comet Mag. Target Type Mag. Dia. (arcmin) Jan. 1 2h 1.02 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 9.8 NGC 24 galaxy 11.5 5.5 Jan. 2 0h 0.73 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 9.8 NGC 45 galaxy 10.4 8.1 Jan. 2 1h 0.39 C/1999 A1 (Tilbrook) 10.5 NGC 7585 galaxy 11.7 2.3 Jan. 2 4h 0.88 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.8 NGC 4691 galaxy 11.2 3.2 Jan. 3 4h 0.88 C/1999 A1 (Tilbrook) 10.6 NGC 7606 galaxy 10.8 5.8 Jan. 3 10h 0.16 C/1998 K5 (LINEAR) 16.5 1994 TA asteroid 23.6 Jan. 4 1h 1.91 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.8 NGC 4546 galaxy 10.3 3.5 Jan. 5 7h 2.03 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.8 NGC 4666 galaxy 10.8 4.5 Jan. 5 14h 0.21 C/1998 Y1 (LINEAR) 16.7 140P/Bowell-Skiff comet 17.8 Jan. 5 15h 0.17 P/1998 G1 (LINEAR) 17.2 NGC 2136 open 10.0 - Jan. 6 5h 0.86 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.8 NGC 4592 galaxy 12.0 4.6 Jan. 7 19h 0.01 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.8 NGC 4517 galaxy 10.5 10.2 Jan. 8 21h 1.94 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 10.1 NGC 253 galaxy 7.1 25.1 Jan. 9 2h 1.65 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.8 NGC 4536 galaxy 10.4 7.4 Jan. 9 4h 0.20 P/1998 G1 (LINEAR) 17.3 NGC 1903 open 12.0 - Jan. 9 12h 1.87 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.8 NGC 4527 galaxy 10.4 6.3 Jan. 10 0h 0.24 P/1998 G1 (LINEAR) 17.3 NGC 1856 open 10.0 - Jan. 10 3h 0.02 P/1998 G1 (LINEAR) 17.3 NGC 1854 open 10.0 - Jan. 10 6h 0.08 P/1998 G1 (LINEAR) 17.3 NGC 1850 open 9.3 3. Jan. 10 21h 1.48 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.8 NGC 4457 galaxy 10.8 3.0 Jan. 11 13h 0.05 P/1998 G1 (LINEAR) 17.3 NGC 1770 cluster + nebula 9.0 - Jan. 11 20h 0.20 P/1998 G1 (LINEAR) 17.3 NGC 1755 open 9.9 2. Jan. 12 6h 1.78 C/1998 U5 (LINEAR) 11.3 NGC 7006 globular 10.6 2.8 Jan. 12 12h 0.72 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.8 M61 galaxy 9.7 6.0 Jan. 12 15h 0.68 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.8 NGC 4234 galaxy 12.9 1.3 Jan. 13 7h 0.86 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.8 NGC 4268 galaxy 12.7 1.6 Jan. 13 8h 0.92 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.8 NGC 4273 galaxy 11.9 2.3 Jan. 13 10h 0.98 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.8 NGC 4270 galaxy 12.2 2.2 Jan. 13 12h 0.13 P/1998 Y2 (Li) 15.6 NGC 1087 galaxy 11.0 3.5 Jan. 13 16h 1.13 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.8 NGC 4261 galaxy 10.3 3.9 Jan. 13 21h 1.32 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.8 NGC 4260 galaxy 11.8 2.6 Jan. 14 7h 0.07 P/1998 Y2 (Li) 15.6 NGC 1090 galaxy 11.9 3.8 Jan. 14 19h 1.62 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.8 NGC 4235 galaxy 11.6 4.3 Jan. 15 1h 1.70 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.8 NGC 4224 galaxy 11.8 2.4 Jan. 15 2h 1.89 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.8 NGC 4233 galaxy 11.9 2.3 Jan. 15 22h 0.15 88P/Howell 13.3 NGC 7371 galaxy 12.1 2.1 Jan. 16 22h 0.10 C/1998 K5 (LINEAR) 17.0 P/1998 VS24 (LINEAR) comet 18.8 Jan. 18 23h 0.84 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 10.7 NGC 578 galaxy 10.9 4.8 Jan. 19 3h 1.49 C/1999 A1 (Tilbrook) 11.2 IC 5332 galaxy 10.6 6.6 Jan. 21 12h 2.01 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.8 NGC 3810 galaxy 10.8 4.3 Jan. 22 2h 0.43 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.8 NGC 3872 galaxy 11.7 2.2 Jan. 22 21h 0.17 49P/Arend-Rigaux 18.6 NGC 5668 galaxy 11.5 3.3 Jan. 25 15h 0.19 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.9 NGC 3686 galaxy 11.4 3.3 Jan. 25 21h 1.44 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.9 NGC 3655 galaxy 11.6 1.6 Jan. 26 11h 0.36 102P/Shoemaker 1 14.9 NGC 7171 galaxy 12.3 2.8 Jan. 26 23h 0.61 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.9 NGC 3626 galaxy 10.9 3.1 Jan. 27 4h 1.34 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.9 NGC 3607 galaxy 10.0 3.7 Jan. 27 5h 1.25 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.9 NGC 3608 galaxy 11.0 3.0 Jan. 27 9h 1.53 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.9 NGC 3599 galaxy 11.9 2.8 Jan. 27 12h 0.14 C/1998 K3 (LINEAR) 19.9 NGC 5701 galaxy 12.0 4.7 Jan. 27 13h 0.98 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 9.9 NGC 3646 galaxy 11.2 3.9

Green line means the rendezvous between a comet and a comet, asteroid, nova, supernova, etc. Purple line means the rendezvous between a comet and a nebula or cluster.