Comet Rendezvous Calendar

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2002 January 2002 February 2002 March

Date (UT) Dist. (deg) Comet Mag. Target Type Mag. Dia. (arcmin) Feb. 1 2h 1.39 C/2000 WM1 ( LINEAR ) 3.2 QS Tel variable (AM) 15.3-16.1 Feb. 1 8h 0.10 P/2001 Q6 ( NEAT ) 15.1 EX Dra variable (UG+E) 13.5-17.2 Feb. 1 10h 1.14 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.9 V999 Sgr variable (NB) 7.5-16.6 Feb. 1 14h 0.34 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.9 NGC 6520 open 8.0 6 Feb. 1 16h 0.15 15P/Finlay 14.1 NGC 7309 galaxy 12.5 2.1 Feb. 3 2h 0.07 C/1999 T2 ( LINEAR ) 16.4 P/1999 WJ7 ( Korlevic ) comet 18.4 Feb. 3 20h 1.50 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.8 V1830 Sgr variable (UG) 11.5-17.5 Feb. 3 20h 2.40 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.8 V2905 Sgr variable (ZAND) 10.0-14.6 Feb. 3 23h 2.02 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.8 V2323 Sgr variable (UG:) 13.1-16.5 Feb. 4 13h 0.63 C/2002 H2 ( LINEAR ) 15.0 V730 Sgr variable (IS:) 12.8-<17.5 Feb. 4 19h 1.81 C/2000 WM1 ( LINEAR ) 3.5 V3885 Sgr variable (NL+ZZ) 10.3-10.5 Feb. 5 10h 0.31 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.8 NGC 6553 globular 8.3 8.1 Feb. 5 17h 0.59 C/2001 X1 ( LINEAR ) 13.6 NGC 2427 galaxy 11.6 5.6 Feb. 5 20h 0.54 96P/Machholz 1 13.6 DH Aql variable (UGSS) 12.5-<17.0 Feb. 6 3h 0.89 P/2001 Q6 ( NEAT ) 15.4 3C 371 variable (BLLAC) 14.2 Feb. 6 6h 1.17 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.8 NGC 6544 globular 8.3 8.9 Feb. 6 7h 0.41 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.8 V3795 Sgr variable (RCB) 11.5-<15.5 Feb. 6 8h 2.17 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.8 M8 nebula 5.8 90 Feb. 6 17h 2.00 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.7 NGC 6530 open 4.6 15 Feb. 7 15h 0.51 P/2001 Q6 ( NEAT ) 15.4 NGC 6503 galaxy 10.2 6.2 Feb. 7 21h 1.38 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.7 V4641 Sgr variable (XN) 9.0-13.8 Feb. 8 6h 1.39 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.7 V1016 Sgr variable (NA) 7.0-15.0 Feb. 8 6h 1.97 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.7 V441 Sgr variable (NA) 8.7-16.5 Feb. 8 11h 2.05 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.7 NGC 6546 open 8.0 13 Feb. 9 0h 1.48 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.7 V1860 Sgr variable (RCB:) 13.5-15.5 Feb. 9 9h 2.14 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.7 NGC 6626 globular 6.9 11.2 Feb. 9 19h 0.11 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.7 FM Sgr variable (NA) 8.2-16.5 Feb. 9 23h 2.44 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.7 VX Sgr variable (SRC) 6.5-14.0 Feb. 10 4h 1.79 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.7 GU Sgr variable (RCB) 11.3-15.0 Feb. 11 11h 0.93 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.6 NGC 6583 open 10.0 3 Feb. 11 15h 1.80 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.6 NGC 6568 open 9.0 13 Feb. 11 18h 0.49 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 13.9 RT Cap variable (SRB) 8.9-11.7 Feb. 12 13h 0.90 15P/Finlay 14.1 NGC 7585 galaxy 11.7 2.3 Feb. 14 1h 2.31 C/2002 C1 ( Ikeya-Zhang ) 6.7 S Cet variable (M) 7.6-14.7 Feb. 14 12h 1.76 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.6 NGC 6595 open 7.0 11 Feb. 15 14h 0.51 C/2002 C1 ( Ikeya-Zhang ) 6.6 NGC 163 galaxy 12.8 1.4 Feb. 15 15h 0.14 C/2002 C1 ( Ikeya-Zhang ) 6.6 NGC 151 galaxy 11.5 3.7 Feb. 16 4h 2.32 C/2000 WM1 ( LINEAR ) 4.5 RY Sgr variable (RCB) 5.8-14.0 Feb. 17 0h 0.76 C/2002 C1 ( Ikeya-Zhang ) 6.4 NGC 157 galaxy 10.4 4.3 Feb. 17 1h 0.41 C/2001 W2 ( BATTeRS ) 13.0 NGC 6923 galaxy 12.1 2.5 Feb. 17 6h 0.43 C/2002 C1 ( Ikeya-Zhang ) 6.4 NGC 191 galaxy 12.0 1.5 Feb. 17 9h 1.04 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.5 M25 open 4.6 32 Feb. 18 10h 2.39 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.5 M18 open 6.9 9 Feb. 18 15h 2.89 C/2000 WM1 ( LINEAR ) 4.7 M55 globular 7.0 19.0 Feb. 18 17h 1.70 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.5 V3645 Sgr variable (NB) 8.0-18.0 Feb. 18 20h 0.48 96P/Machholz 1 15.4 NGC 6814 galaxy 11.2 3.2 Feb. 19 9h 0.40 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.5 95P/(2060) Chiron comet 17.2 Feb. 19 11h 0.58 C/2001 W2 ( BATTeRS ) 13.1 NGC 6925 galaxy 11.3 4.1 Feb. 19 16h 0.03 65P/Gunn 15.2 NGC 3801 galaxy 12.1 3.2 Feb. 19 17h 0.21 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.5 NGC 6647 open 8.0 - Feb. 20 8h 0.26 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.5 NGC 6645 open 9.0 10 Feb. 20 16h 0.39 11P/2001 X3 ( Tempel-Swift-LINEAR ) 18.4 9P/Tempel 1 comet 19.9 Feb. 22 0h 0.54 C/2000 WM1 ( LINEAR ) 5.0 V730 Sgr variable (IS:) 12.8-<17.5 Feb. 23 6h 0.22 C/2001 X1 ( LINEAR ) 14.3 TX Col variable (XPM) 14.5-15.8 Feb. 25 2h 0.08 C/2001 OG108 ( LONEOS ) 12.3 V1426 Cyg variable (M) 10.8-13.7 Feb. 27 19h 0.36 C/2001 OG108 ( LONEOS ) 12.2 V632 Cyg variable (UGSS) 12.6-17.5 Feb. 27 20h 2.07 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.3 NGC 6649 open 8.9 6 Feb. 28 5h 0.14 C/2001 OG108 ( LONEOS ) 12.2 V630 Cyg variable (UGSU) 13.4-17.2 Feb. 28 6h 2.50 C/2002 E2 ( Snyder-Murakami ) 10.3 VW Sct variable (M) 10.6-18.0 Feb. 28 7h 1.97 C/2002 C1 ( Ikeya-Zhang ) 5.1 Z Cet variable (M) 8.4-14.2

Green line means the rendezvous between a comet and a comet, asteroid, nova, supernova, etc. Blue line means the rendezvous between a comet and a frequently observed variable star. Purple line means the rendezvous between a comet and a nebula or cluster.