Comet Rendezvous Calendar

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1999 January 1999 February 1999 March

Please see also the Pictures of Rendezvous.

Date (UT) Dist. (deg) Comet Mag. Target Type Mag. Dia. (arcmin) Feb. 2 13h 1.16 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 10.1 NGC 3344 galaxy 10.0 6.9 Feb. 2 14h 0.26 C/1999 A1 (Tilbrook) 11.8 IC 5328 galaxy 12.0 2.5 Feb. 2 21h 2.33 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 10.1 NGC 3414 galaxy 10.8 3.6 Feb. 3 15h 0.59 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 11.5 NGC 947 galaxy 12.0 2.6 Feb. 4 20h 0.50 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 10.2 NGC 3274 galaxy 12.8 2.2 Feb. 5 2h 0.27 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 10.2 NGC 3277 galaxy 11.7 2.0 Feb. 5 17h 0.47 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 10.2 NGC 3245 galaxy 10.8 3.2 Feb. 5 20h 0.60 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 10.2 NGC 3254 galaxy 11.5 5.1 Feb. 5 21h 0.40 95P/(2060) Chiron 16.2 105P/Singer Brewster comet 18.9 Feb. 8 4h 0.11 1998 WU24 19.9 NGC 2693 galaxy 11.7 2.2 Feb. 9 11h 0.19 C/1996 J1 (Evans-Drinkwater) 18.8 IC 348 cluster + nebula 7.3 10. Feb. 9 18h 0.12 C/1998 M5 (LINEAR) 9.5 1998di dwarf nova <19 Feb. 10 13h 0.68 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 10.4 NGC 3067 galaxy 11.7 2.5 Feb. 10 23h 0.16 C/1998 K3 (LINEAR) 19.8 NGC 5645 galaxy 12.3 2.6 Feb. 12 4h 0.81 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 10.5 NGC 3003 galaxy 11.7 5.9 Feb. 13 3h 1.80 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 12.0 NGC 1835 globular 9.8 1.2 Feb. 14 0h 0.63 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 10.6 NGC 2955 galaxy 12.7 1.8 Feb. 14 19h 0.21 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 12.0 NGC 1199 galaxy 11.5 2.2 Feb. 15 12h 0.03 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 12.1 NGC 1209 galaxy 11.4 2.6 Feb. 15 23h 2.15 C/1998 P1 (Williams) 10.7 NGC 2859 galaxy 10.7 4.8 Feb. 16 12h 0.41 P/1998 S1 (LINEAR-Mueller) 16.1 (3200) Phaethon asteroid 17.4 Feb. 18 21h 0.39 37P/Forbes 14.5 Nova Sco 1997 nova <14 Feb. 20 1h 0.23 134P/Kowal-Vavrova 17.4 NGC 6440 globular 9.7 5.4 Feb. 20 11h 1.00 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 12.3 NGC 1309 galaxy 11.6 2.3 Feb. 20 13h 0.16 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 12.1 NGC 1711 open 10.0 - Feb. 21 14h 0.30 37P/Forbes 14.4 NGC 6522 globular 8.6 5.6 Feb. 21 22h 0.31 37P/Forbes 14.4 NGC 6528 globular 9.5 3.7 Feb. 27 10h 0.47 C/1997 BA6 (Spacewatch) 13.7 NGC 2670 open 7.8 9. Feb. 27 18h 0.78 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 12.7 NGC 1421 galaxy 11.4 3.6

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.