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) Feb. 2 6h 0.20 C/1998 T1 (LINEAR) 15.7 NGC 5247 galaxy 10.5 5.4 Feb. 2 13h 0.17 140P/Bowell-Skiff 19.3 M19 globular 7.2 13.5 Feb. 6 10h 0.44 141P/Machholz 2 (D) 14.4 NGC 1600 galaxy 11.1 2.5 Feb. 8 4h 0.31 C/1999 H3 (LINEAR) 14.7 NGC 5395 galaxy 11.6 3.1 Feb. 8 20h 0.14 141P/Machholz 2 (D) 14.7 NGC 1659 galaxy 12.5 1.7 Feb. 8 22h 0.24 140P/Bowell-Skiff 19.4 NGC 6293 globular 8.2 7.9 Feb. 9 0h 0.61 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 13.9 M62 globular 6.6 14.1 Feb. 9 5h 0.09 135P/Shoemaker-Levy 8 18.7 NGC 6440 globular 9.7 5.4 Feb. 9 15h 0.21 141P/Machholz 2 (A) 14.9 NGC 1700 galaxy 11.0 2.9 Feb. 9 21h 0.01 50P/Arend 18.2 NGC 2344 galaxy 12.1 2.0 Feb. 10 3h 0.17 C/1999 L3 (LINEAR) 11.7 NGC 2535 galaxy 12.6 3.0 Feb. 11 10h 0.41 C/1999 H3 (LINEAR) 14.7 NGC 5351 galaxy 12.1 3.1 Feb. 13 6h 0.01 4P/Faye 17.8 NGC 3044 galaxy 12.0 4.8 Feb. 14 2h 0.46 C/1999 K8 (LINEAR) 14.3 C/1998 M1 (LINEAR) comet 20.8 Feb. 14 4h 0.13 C/1999 L3 (LINEAR) 11.8 P/1993 K2 (Helin-Lawrence) comet 19.0 Feb. 15 4h 0.05 C/1999 L3 (LINEAR) 11.9 P/1999 X1 (Hug-Bell) comet 19.6 Feb. 16 0h 0.13 C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) 14.6 NGC 6890 galaxy 12.5 1.5 Feb. 25 13h 0.06 C/1998 T1 (LINEAR) 15.9 NGC 4902 galaxy 11.2 3.0 Feb. 27 0h 0.16 135P/Shoemaker-Levy 8 18.6 NGC 6595 open 7.0 11. Feb. 27 8h 0.20 133P/(7968) Elst-Pizarro 19.4 NGC 3611 galaxy 12.2 2.4 Feb. 28 19h 0.06 C/1999 Y1 (LINEAR) 16.8 NGC 869 open 4.0 30. Feb. 29 7h 0.23 140P/Bowell-Skiff 19.5 129P/Shoemaker-Levy 3 comet 21.1

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.