Comet Rendezvous Calendar

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Updated on November 3, 1999
1999 November 1999 December 2000 January

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Please see also the Pictures of Rendezvous.

Date (UT) Dist. (deg) Comet Mag. Target Type Mag. Dia. (arcmin)
Dec. 1 3h 0.49 C/1999 J3 (LINEAR) 12.3 NGC 269 globular 12.0 -
Dec. 1 7h 0.06 C/1999 J3 (LINEAR) 12.3 NGC 290 open 12.0 -
Dec. 1 8h 0.49 C/1999 J3 (LINEAR) 12.4 NGC 265 globular 12.0 -
Dec. 1 12h 0.58 C/1999 J3 (LINEAR) 12.4 NGC 256 cluster + nebula 12.0 -
Dec. 1 13h 0.69 C/1999 J3 (LINEAR) 12.4 NGC 330 open 9.6 2.
Dec. 1 21h 0.64 C/1999 J3 (LINEAR) 12.4 NGC 242 open 12.0 -
Dec. 2 3h 0.84 C/1999 J3 (LINEAR) 12.4 NGC 306 cluster + nebula 12.0 -
Dec. 2 8h 0.75 C/1999 J3 (LINEAR) 12.4 NGC 220 open 11.0 -
Dec. 2 9h 0.84 C/1999 J3 (LINEAR) 12.4 NGC 299 cluster + nebula 11.0 -
Dec. 2 17h 0.10 63P/Wild 1 16.6 NGC 4378 galaxy 12.0 3.3
Dec. 3 6h 0.81 C/1999 J3 (LINEAR) 12.5 NGC 176 open 12.0 -
Dec. 3 17h 0.94 C/1999 J3 (LINEAR) 12.6 NGC 152 globular 12.0 -
Dec. 4 17h 0.13 50P/Arend 16.9 NGC 2552 galaxy 12.2 3.2
Dec. 5 7h 0.06 63P/Wild 1 16.6 NGC 4480 galaxy 12.4 2.6
Dec. 6 2h 0.03 63P/Wild 1 16.6 NGC 4496 galaxy 12.0 3.9
Dec. 6 20h 0.70 C/1999 J3 (LINEAR) 12.8 NGC 104 globular 4.0 30.9
Dec. 7 16h 0.19 C/1999 J3 (LINEAR) 12.9 NGC 121 globular 10.6 1.5
Dec. 12 6h 0.20 1999 LD31 18.0 NGC 5364 galaxy 10.4 7.1
Dec. 12 13h 0.05 63P/Wild 1 16.5 NGC 4643 galaxy 10.6 3.4
Dec. 13 0h 0.12 C/1998 M2 (LINEAR) 18.8 IC 10 galaxy 10.3 5.1
Dec. 15 6h 0.71 141P/Machholz 2 10.8 M72 globular 9.4 5.9
Dec. 16 7h 0.73 141P/Machholz 2 10.8 M73 open 9.0 3.
Dec. 17 5h 0.62 141P/Machholz 2 10.8 NGC 7009 planetary 8.0 1.7
Dec. 18 11h 0.25 106P/Schuster 13.3 NGC 182 galaxy 12.6 2.3
Dec. 18 19h 0.03 106P/Schuster 13.3 NGC 198 galaxy 12.8 1.3
Dec. 19 2h 0.18 106P/Schuster 13.3 NGC 194 galaxy 12.1 1.9
Dec. 19 11h 0.34 106P/Schuster 13.3 NGC 193 galaxy 12.3 1.7
Dec. 22 1h 0.08 C/1999 F1 (Catalina) 17.6 NGC 5068 galaxy 11.0 6.9
Dec. 25 2h 0.10 C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) 14.3 NGC 925 galaxy 10.0 9.8
Dec. 26 11h 0.16 141P/Machholz 2 10.8 NGC 7171 galaxy 12.3 2.8
Dec. 26 21h 0.31 C/1999 H3 (LINEAR) 14.9 NGC 5653 galaxy 12.2 1.8
Dec. 27 18h 0.22 C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) 14.3 NGC 890 galaxy 12.0 2.9
Dec. 30 10h 0.28 141P/Machholz 2 10.9 NGC 7300 galaxy 12.9 2.2
Dec. 30 14h 0.37 141P/Machholz 2 10.9 NGC 7302 galaxy 12.1 1.9

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.

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