Comet Rendezvous Calendar

Japanese version Home page	Updated on May 31, 1999
1999 March 1999 April 1999 May

Please see also the Pictures of Rendezvous.

Date (UT) Dist. (deg) Comet Mag. Target Type Mag. Dia. (arcmin) Apr. 2 23h 0.02 C/1998 M4 (LINEAR) 18.8 NGC 6425 open 7.2 8. Apr. 3 7h 1.18 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 11.6 NGC 1818 open 9.8 3. Apr. 3 18h 0.42 P/1998 U3 (Jager) 11.3 NGC 2339 galaxy 11.6 2.8 Apr. 4 7h 0.52 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 11.6 NGC 1783 globular 11.0 - Apr. 5 7h 0.85 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 11.6 NGC 1805 open 10.0 - Apr. 9 16h 0.02 P/1998 U4 (Spahr) 18.1 NGC 1600 galaxy 11.1 2.5 Apr. 9 19h 0.27 52P/Harrington-Abell 12.3 NGC 2545 galaxy 12.4 2.2 Apr. 12 6h 0.17 C/1998 M4 (LINEAR) 18.8 M6 open 4.2 15. Apr. 12 21h 0.74 52P/Harrington-Abell 12.4 NGC 2562 galaxy 12.9 1.4 Apr. 13 1h 0.70 52P/Harrington-Abell 12.4 NGC 2563 galaxy 12.3 2.3 Apr. 14 12h 0.17 49P/Arend-Rigaux 19.8 NGC 5600 galaxy 12.7 1.4 Apr. 15 21h 0.13 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 14.8 NGC 1981 open 4.6 25. Apr. 17 18h 2.21 C/1999 H1 (Lee) 9.1 NGC 5189 planetary 10.0 2.6 Apr. 18 0h 0.14 C/1998 M5 (LINEAR) 10.4 NGC 2549 galaxy 11.1 4.2 Apr. 18 4h 0.19 C/1998 M4 (LINEAR) 18.8 NGC 6383 cluster + nebula 5.5 80. Apr. 18 18h 0.42 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 11.7 NGC 1831 open 11.0 - Apr. 19 1h 0.12 C/1999 H1 (Lee) 9.0 IC 4191 planetary 12.0 0.1 Apr. 20 2h 2.43 C/1999 H1 (Lee) 8.9 NGC 4815 open 8.6 3. Apr. 20 15h 0.09 C/1998 M4 (LINEAR) 18.8 NGC 6374 open 9.0 3. Apr. 21 0h 1.36 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 11.7 NGC 1866 open 9.8 5. Apr. 21 15h 1.53 C/1999 H1 (Lee) 8.8 NGC 4463 open 7.2 5. Apr. 21 20h 0.44 (5145) Pholus 18.3 49P/Arend-Rigaux comet 19.9 Apr. 23 2h 0.82 C/1999 H1 (Lee) 8.7 Nova Mus 1998 nova 14.5 Apr. 23 10h 1.52 C/1999 H1 (Lee) 8.7 NGC 4052 open 9.0 8. Apr. 24 15h 0.06 C/1999 H1 (Lee) 8.6 IC 2944 cluster + nebula 4.5 75. Apr. 25 1h 1.15 C/1999 H1 (Lee) 8.5 NGC 3766 open 5.3 12. Apr. 25 12h 1.04 C/1999 H1 (Lee) 8.5 IC 2714 open 8.0 12. Apr. 25 15h 0.04 119P/Parker-Hartley 20.6 NGC 5079 galaxy 12.0 1.7 Apr. 25 22h 0.08 119P/Parker-Hartley 20.6 NGC 5077 galaxy 11.5 2.0 Apr. 26 1h 0.19 C/1999 H1 (Lee) 8.4 NGC 3603 cluster + nebula 9.1 12. Apr. 26 6h 0.05 C/1999 H1 (Lee) 8.4 NGC 3590 open 8.2 4. Apr. 26 13h 0.17 C/1999 H1 (Lee) 8.4 NGC 3572 cluster + nebula 6.6 20. Apr. 26 22h 0.83 C/1999 H1 (Lee) 8.4 NGC 3496 open 8.2 9. Apr. 27 4h 0.94 C/1999 H1 (Lee) 8.4 NGC 3532 open 3.0 55. Apr. 28 7h 0.35 10P/Tempel 2 13.7 NGC 6366 globular 10.0 8.3 Apr. 28 7h 1.85 C/1999 H1 (Lee) 8.3 NGC 3324 cluster + nebula 6.7 16. Apr. 28 11h 1.76 C/1999 H1 (Lee) 8.3 NGC 3293 cluster + nebula 4.7 40. Apr. 28 21h 2.62 C/1999 H1 (Lee) 8.2 NGC 3247 cluster + nebula 7.6 7. Apr. 28 23h 2.28 C/1999 H1 (Lee) 8.2 IC 2581 open 4.3 8. Apr. 29 17h 1.09 C/1999 H1 (Lee) 8.2 NGC 3330 open 7.4 7. Apr. 29 19h 0.02 C/1998 U5 (LINEAR) 13.7 IC 4997 planetary 12.0 0.1 Apr. 30 0h 2.90 C/1999 H1 (Lee) 8.2 Nova Vel 1999 nova <5.1

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.