Comet Rendezvous Calendar

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Updated on January 5, 2001
2000 December 2001 January 2001 February

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Please see also the Pictures of Rendezvous.

Date (UT) Dist. (deg) Comet Mag. Target Type Mag. Dia. (arcmin)
Jan. 2 1h 0.42 C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) 14.3 NGC 2134 open 11.0 -
Jan. 4 9h 0.68 C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) 7.3 NGC 6645 open 9.0 10.
Jan. 4 14h 1.67 C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) 7.4 M25 open 4.6 32.
Jan. 4 16h 0.23 C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) 7.4 NGC 6647 open 8.0 -
Jan. 4 17h 0.15 2000 DG8 16.1 NGC 1371 galaxy 11.0 5.4
Jan. 6 0h 1.55 C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley) 7.8 NGC 5885 galaxy 11.7 3.5
Jan. 7 18h 0.12 C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) 14.3 NGC 2100 open 9.6 2.
Jan. 7 23h 1.38 C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) 8.0 M17 cluster + nebula 6.0 46.
Jan. 8 6h 0.43 C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) 8.1 M18 open 6.9 9.
Jan. 8 14h 0.05 C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) 14.3 NGC 2070 cluster + nebula 8.2 40.
Jan. 8 19h 0.85 C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) 8.2 NGC 6603 open 11.0 5.
Jan. 9 3h 2.60 C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) 8.2 NGC 6605 open 6.0 -
Jan. 9 7h 2.31 C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) 8.3 NGC 6595 open 7.0 11.
Jan. 11 9h 0.23 C/1999 U1 (Ferris) 19.4 P/2000 U6 (Tichy) comet 19.5
Jan. 11 17h 2.89 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 9.6 M107 globular 8.1 10.0
Jan. 12 2h 0.19 2000 DG8 16.3 NGC 1255 galaxy 11.1 4.1
Jan. 12 10h 0.31 47P/Ashbrook-Jackson 14.0 NGC 7309 galaxy 12.5 2.1
Jan. 12 15h 0.29 C/2000 K2 (LINEAR) 14.5 M2 globular 6.5 12.9
Jan. 12 22h 0.13 C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) 14.3 NGC 2014 cluster + nebula 8.0 -
Jan. 13 7h 0.19 C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) 14.3 NGC 2011 cluster + nebula 9.0 -
Jan. 14 2h 0.31 C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) 14.3 NGC 1955 cluster + nebula 9.0 -
Jan. 14 3h 0.12 C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) 14.3 NGC 1974 cluster + nebula 9.0 -
Jan. 15 14h 0.31 C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) 9.3 NGC 6507 open 10.0 7.
Jan. 16 8h 0.04 C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) 14.3 NGC 1951 open 10.0 -
Jan. 16 20h 1.28 C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) 9.4 M23 open 5.5 27.
Jan. 16 23h 0.43 C/1999 K5 (LINEAR) 14.3 NGC 1978 globular 9.9 2.7
Jan. 17 13h 2.01 C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) 9.5 Nova Sgr 2000 nova 15.5
Jan. 20 4h 2.53 C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) 9.8 NGC 6440 globular 9.7 5.4
Jan. 22 18h 1.67 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 9.9 M9 globular 7.9 9.3
Jan. 23 6h 2.71 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 9.9 NGC 6342 globular 9.9 3.0
Jan. 23 18h 0.92 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 9.9 NGC 6356 globular 8.4 7.2
Jan. 24 2h 0.26 C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) 10.2 95P/(2060) Chiron comet 16.9
Jan. 26 3h 1.03 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 10.0 C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) comet 10.4
Jan. 26 12h 0.03 C/2000 K1 (LINEAR) 16.6 NGC 6181 galaxy 11.9 2.6
Jan. 28 10h 0.15 C/1999 Y1 (LINEAR) 12.5 NGC 7785 galaxy 11.6 2.3
Jan. 29 0h 0.87 C/1999 T1 (McNaught-Hartley) 8.0 IC 4593 planetary 11.0 2.0
Jan. 30 4h 0.31 C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) 10.7 NGC 6356 globular 8.4 7.2
Jan. 31 4h 1.44 C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) 10.8 NGC 6342 globular 9.9 3.0
Jan. 31 11h 0.25 87P/Bus 18.0 133P/(7968) Elst-Pizarro comet 19.4
Jan. 31 17h 1.95 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak 10.3 M23 open 5.5 27.
Jan. 31 21h 0.35 C/2000 W1 (Utsunomiya-Jones) 10.9 M9 globular 7.9 9.3

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.

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