Comet Rendezvous Calendar

Japanese version Home page	Updated on December 5, 1999
1999 December 2000 January 2000 February

Please see also the Pictures of Rendezvous.

Date (UT) Dist. (deg) Comet Mag. Target Type Mag. Dia. (arcmin) Jan. 3 5h 0.18 C/1999 J4 (LINEAR) 17.9 NGC 5678 galaxy 12.0 3.2 Jan. 3 16h 1.29 141P/Machholz 2 (A) 11.0 NGC 7492 globular 11.5 6.2 Jan. 3 22h 0.47 114P/Wiseman-Skiff 14.3 NGC 1156 galaxy 11.7 3.1 Jan. 4 0h 1.89 141P/Machholz 2 (D) 11.1 NGC 7492 globular 11.5 6.2 Jan. 5 7h 0.23 C/1998 W3 (LINEAR) 18.0 IC 342 galaxy 9.0 17.8 Jan. 6 16h 1.67 141P/Machholz 2 (A) 11.2 NGC 7723 galaxy 11.1 3.6 Jan. 7 2h 1.00 141P/Machholz 2 (D) 11.2 NGC 7723 galaxy 11.1 3.6 Jan. 7 5h 1.67 141P/Machholz 2 (D) 11.2 NGC 7727 galaxy 10.7 4.2 Jan. 12 3h 0.49 141P/Machholz 2 (A) 11.5 NGC 178 galaxy 12.6 2.0 Jan. 12 7h 0.78 141P/Machholz 2 (A) 11.5 NGC 210 galaxy 10.9 5.4 Jan. 12 16h 0.30 141P/Machholz 2 (D) 11.6 NGC 178 galaxy 12.6 2.0 Jan. 12 20h 0.03 141P/Machholz 2 (D) 11.6 NGC 210 galaxy 10.9 5.4 Jan. 13 10h 1.91 141P/Machholz 2 (D) 11.6 NGC 246 planetary 8.0 3.8 Jan. 16 12h 0.98 C/1999 L3 (LINEAR) 13.9 NGC 3423 galaxy 11.2 3.9 Jan. 18 11h 0.30 141P/Machholz 2 (A) 12.1 NGC 720 galaxy 10.2 4.4 Jan. 19 20h 0.10 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh 16.5 NGC 2331 open 9.0 18. Jan. 22 13h 0.96 141P/Machholz 2 (D) 12.5 NGC 945 galaxy 12.0 2.5 Jan. 23 15h 0.10 31P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 2 20.9 IC 1613 galaxy 9.3 12.0 Jan. 25 2h 0.47 141P/Machholz 2 (D) 12.8 NGC 1140 galaxy 12.5 1.4 Jan. 25 12h 0.13 C/1999 H3 (LINEAR) 14.8 NGC 5533 galaxy 11.8 3.2 Jan. 28 18h 0.62 141P/Machholz 2 (D) 13.3 NGC 1337 galaxy 11.7 6.8 Jan. 31 10h 0.29 C/1997 BA6 (Spacewatch) 12.8 NGC 7020 galaxy 12.0 4.3

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.