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) May 2 0h 0.21 C/1999 J4 (LINEAR) 18.6 NGC 2347 galaxy 12.5 2.0 May 3 23h 0.41 1999 LD31 18.3 P/1998 S1 (LINEAR-Mueller) comet 19.3 May 6 17h 0.14 P/2000 B3 (LINEAR) 17.3 NGC 2749 galaxy 12.0 2.0 May 7 5h 0.22 C/1998 T1 (LINEAR) 17.3 NGC 3521 galaxy 8.9 9.5 May 8 12h 0.33 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 13.6 NGC 1835 globular 9.8 1.2 May 8 22h 0.15 C/2000 G2 (LINEAR) 18.1 NGC 4570 galaxy 10.9 4.1 May 10 2h 0.12 C/2000 G2 (LINEAR) 18.1 NGC 4526 galaxy 9.6 7.2 May 11 17h 0.17 C/2000 G2 (LINEAR) 18.2 M49 galaxy 8.4 8.9 May 13 3h 0.22 P/1999 WJ7 (Korlevic) 17.5 IC 2157 open 8.4 7. May 13 6h 0.15 2P/Encke 18.8 M74 galaxy 9.2 10.2 May 13 13h 0.45 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 13.7 NGC 1856 open 10.0 - May 13 23h 0.83 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 13.7 NGC 1850 open 9.3 3. May 14 6h 0.73 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 13.7 NGC 1854 open 10.0 - May 15 2h 1.21 C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) 10.7 NGC 784 galaxy 11.8 6.2 May 16 2h 0.05 P/1999 U3 (LINEAR) 20.3 NGC 2392 planetary 10.0 0.7 May 18 15h 0.41 9P/Tempel 1 14.6 NGC 7723 galaxy 11.1 3.6 May 19 9h 0.18 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 13.7 NGC 1898 globular 11.0 - May 19 15h 0.18 9P/Tempel 1 14.6 NGC 7727 galaxy 10.7 4.2 May 20 19h 0.10 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 13.7 NGC 1903 open 12.0 - May 23 2h 0.04 24P/Schaumasse 21.8 NGC 541 galaxy 12.0 2.7 May 23 10h 0.03 24P/Schaumasse 21.8 NGC 547 galaxy 12.3 1.7 May 23 14h 0.42 P/2000 C1 (Hergenrother) 17.2 C/2000 G2 (LINEAR) comet 18.5 May 24 18h 0.84 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 13.7 NGC 1943 cluster + nebula 12.0 - May 25 4h 0.66 C/1999 S4 (LINEAR) 10.1 NGC 777 galaxy 12.0 3.0 May 26 3h 0.34 C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley) 12.6 NGC 1344 galaxy 10.3 3.9 May 28 20h 0.08 D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai) 19.6 NGC 4123 galaxy 11.2 4.5 May 29 4h 0.16 D/1977 C1 (Skiff-Kosai) 19.6 NGC 4116 galaxy 11.9 3.8 May 30 5h 0.75 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 13.7 Nova LMC 1995 nova [10.7 May 31 2h 0.69 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 13.7 NGC 1986 open 11.0 - May 31 3h 0.49 C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) 13.7 NGC 1970 cluster + nebula 8.0 - May 31 5h 0.13 1999 LD31 18.8 NGC 2535 galaxy 12.6 3.0

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.