Comet Rendezvous Calendar

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Please see also the Pictures of Rendezvous.

Date (UT) Dist. (deg) Comet Mag. Target Type Mag. Dia. (arcmin) Mar. 1 22h 1.99 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 11.4 NGC 1850 open 9.3 3. Mar. 2 0h 0.16 C/1998 U1 (LINEAR) 19.9 NGC 660 galaxy 10.8 9.1 Mar. 7 18h 0.98 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 11.5 NGC 1770 cluster + nebula 9.0 - Mar. 10 9h 0.79 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 11.5 NGC 1755 open 9.9 2. Mar. 11 3h 0.19 134P/Kowal-Vavrova 17.5 NGC 6595 open 7.0 11. Mar. 12 15h 1.69 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 11.5 NGC 1829 cluster + nebula 8.0 - Mar. 13 7h 1.42 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 11.5 NGC 1806 globular 11.0 - Mar. 13 11h 0.07 117P/Helin-Roman-Alu 1 18.5 NGC 428 galaxy 11.4 4.1 Mar. 15 22h 1.13 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 11.5 NGC 1786 globular 10.1 1.2 Mar. 16 15h 0.22 60P/Tsuchinshan 2 15.8 NGC 2304 open 10.0 5. Mar. 19 12h 0.34 C/1998 M5 (LINEAR) 9.7 NGC 2276 galaxy 11.4 2.6 Mar. 19 13h 0.25 C/1998 M5 (LINEAR) 9.7 NGC 2300 galaxy 11.0 3.1 Mar. 19 19h 0.09 P/1998 G1 (LINEAR) 18.3 NGC 986 galaxy 11.0 3.7 Mar. 20 0h 0.12 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 13.6 NGC 1614 galaxy 12.9 1.3 Mar. 20 2h 0.42 C/1998 M4 (LINEAR) 18.7 Nova Sco 1998 nova 13 Mar. 20 18h 0.84 C/1998 M5 (LINEAR) 9.7 NGC 2268 galaxy 11.5 3.4 Mar. 21 13h 0.91 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 11.5 NGC 1774 open 10.0 - Mar. 21 20h 1.88 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 11.5 NGC 1846 globular 11.0 - Mar. 23 2h 1.48 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 11.6 NGC 1820 open 9.0 - Mar. 24 19h 1.19 C/1998 M5 (LINEAR) 9.8 NGC 2336 galaxy 10.5 6.9 Mar. 26 12h 0.03 P/1998 S1 (LINEAR-Mueller) 16.7 NGC 1156 galaxy 11.7 3.1 Mar. 26 16h 0.99 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 13.9 NGC 1667 galaxy 12.1 1.5 Mar. 27 10h 0.41 C/1997 J2 (Meunier-Dupouy) 14.1 NGC 7377 galaxy 11.6 2.2 Mar. 28 7h 1.67 P/1998 U3 (Jager) 11.2 NGC 2304 open 10.0 5. Mar. 31 12h 0.87 C/1998 M5 (LINEAR) 9.9 NGC 2523 galaxy 12.0 3.0 Mar. 31 23h 0.81 C/1998 M5 (LINEAR) 9.9 NGC 2441 galaxy 12.2 2.2

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.