Comet Rendezvous Calendar

Japanese version Home page	Updated on September 6, 2005
2003 September 2003 October 2003 November

Date (UT) Dist. (deg) Comet Mag. Target Type Mag. Dia. (arcmin) Oct. 1 2h 0.19 P/2003 T1 ( Tritton ) 13.4 OJ 287 variable (BLLAC) 13.8-16.4 Oct. 1 4h 0.45 66P/du Toit 13.7 NGC 6322 open 6.0 10 Oct. 1 11h 1.17 C/2002 O7 ( LINEAR ) 12.9 NGC 3347 galaxy 12.2 3.4 Oct. 1 13h 1.01 C/2002 O7 ( LINEAR ) 12.9 NGC 3358 galaxy 12.4 3.2 Oct. 1 15h 0.81 C/2002 X1 ( LINEAR ) 14.4 BW Tau variable (GAL) 13.7-16.4 Oct. 2 14h 0.22 P/2003 T1 ( Tritton ) 13.2 T Cnc variable (SRB) 7.6-10.5 Oct. 2 15h 0.42 C/2002 T7 ( LINEAR ) 12.0 M36 open 6.0 12 Oct. 4 17h 1.68 P/2003 T1 ( Tritton ) 12.8 SY Cnc variable (UGZ) 10.6-14.0 Oct. 4 23h 1.59 C/2001 HT50 ( LINEAR-NEAT ) 11.3 alpha Tau variable (LB:) 0.8-1.0 Oct. 5 19h 0.91 P/2003 T1 ( Tritton ) 12.5 NGC 2749 galaxy 12.0 2.0 Oct. 6 19h 0.05 P/2003 T1 ( Tritton ) 12.3 GY Cnc variable (UGSU:+E) 12.5-17.8 Oct. 7 9h 0.04 C/2002 T7 ( LINEAR ) 11.8 NGC 1931 cluster + nebula 11.3 3 Oct. 7 13h 0.18 53P/Van Biesbroeck 14.9 M9 globular 7.9 9.3 Oct. 8 13h 0.17 66P/du Toit 14.0 NSV 09923 variable (?) 14.2-<15.5 Oct. 9 1h 0.79 53P/Van Biesbroeck 14.9 NGC 6342 globular 9.9 3.0 Oct. 9 1h 1.46 C/2001 HT50 ( LINEAR-NEAT ) 11.3 VX Tau variable (M) 9.8-<15.0 Oct. 9 12h 0.99 53P/Van Biesbroeck 14.9 V2527 Oph variable (UGSU) 14.4-19.0 Oct. 9 16h 0.29 D/1978 R1 ( Haneda-Campos ) 19.2 Nova Sgr 2003 No.2 nova 9.2 Oct. 10 5h 1.55 C/2001 HT50 ( LINEAR-NEAT ) 11.3 T Tau variable (INT) 9.3-13.5 Oct. 10 5h 0.70 C/2003 T3 ( Tabur ) 11.9 IC 4901 galaxy 12.3 4.7 Oct. 10 20h 0.56 C/2002 T7 ( LINEAR ) 11.7 S Aur variable (SR) 8.2-13.3 Oct. 11 1h 0.25 2P/Encke 13.5 NGC 752 open 5.7 50 Oct. 12 10h 0.56 C/2002 T7 ( LINEAR ) 11.6 NGC 1907 open 8.2 7 Oct. 12 23h 1.09 C/2002 T7 ( LINEAR ) 11.6 M38 open 6.4 21 Oct. 13 0h 1.64 C/2002 T7 ( LINEAR ) 11.6 NGC 1893 open 7.5 11 Oct. 14 0h 1.99 C/2001 Q4 ( NEAT ) 11.0 NGC 1755 open 9.9 2 Oct. 14 6h 0.82 2P/Encke 13.0 AR And variable (UGSS) 11.0-17.3 Oct. 14 13h 0.07 53P/Van Biesbroeck 14.9 V2487 Oph variable (NA) 9.5-17.7 Oct. 15 12h 0.30 C/2002 O7 ( LINEAR ) 14.2 V382 Vel variable (NA) 2.7-16.4 Oct. 15 16h 1.90 C/2002 T7 ( LINEAR ) 11.5 W Aur variable (M) 8.0-15.3 Oct. 16 1h 0.76 2P/Encke 12.7 RU And variable (SRA) 9.9-14.5 Oct. 16 4h 0.07 2P/Encke 12.7 Y And variable (M) 8.2-15.1 Oct. 16 13h 1.03 C/2002 T7 ( LINEAR ) 11.5 IC 405 nebula - 30 Oct. 16 15h 2.36 C/2001 Q4 ( NEAT ) 10.9 NGC 1770 cluster + nebula 9.0 - Oct. 16 15h 0.50 C/2002 O7 ( LINEAR ) 14.3 PGC 31952 galaxy 12.4 3.2 Oct. 17 1h 1.02 C/2001 HT50 ( LINEAR-NEAT ) 11.2 TZ Tau variable (M) 10.3-14.0 Oct. 18 10h 1.87 C/2001 Q4 ( NEAT ) 10.9 NGC 1711 open 10.0 - Oct. 18 16h 0.08 C/2003 T3 ( Tabur ) 11.8 NGC 6848 galaxy 12.5 2.4 Oct. 19 3h 1.31 C/2002 T7 ( LINEAR ) 11.4 AE Aur variable (INA) 5.8-6.1 Oct. 19 4h 0.15 C/2003 T3 ( Tabur ) 11.8 PGC 64041 galaxy 11.8 3.5 Oct. 19 10h 0.50 123P/West-Hartley 15.4 NGC 3301 galaxy 11.4 3.6 Oct. 19 11h 0.28 C/2003 H1 ( LINEAR ) 15.4 NGC 5713 galaxy 11.4 2.8 Oct. 19 11h 0.76 C/2003 H1 ( LINEAR ) 15.4 NGC 5691 galaxy 12.3 2.0 Oct. 19 22h 0.22 C/2003 T3 ( Tabur ) 11.8 RR Tel variable (NC) 6.5-16.5 Oct. 20 6h 0.13 C/2002 O7 ( LINEAR ) 14.8 RT Car variable (LC) 8.2-9.9 Oct. 20 7h 0.03 C/2002 O7 ( LINEAR ) 14.9 BO Car variable (LC) 7.2-8.5 Oct. 20 11h 0.09 C/2002 O7 ( LINEAR ) 14.9 eta Car variable (SDOR) 7.9 Oct. 20 15h 0.59 C/2002 O7 ( LINEAR ) 14.9 IX Car variable (SRC) 9.0-10.0 Oct. 20 15h 0.16 C/2002 O7 ( LINEAR ) 14.9 QZ Car variable (EB) 6.2-6.5 Oct. 21 0h 0.59 2P/Encke 11.9 U And variable (M) 8.9-15.0 Oct. 21 5h 0.42 2P/Encke 11.9 EK And variable (SRA) 10.3-11.4 Oct. 21 5h 0.42 2P/Encke 11.9 UZ And variable (M) 9.1-15.6 Oct. 22 19h 0.68 2P/Encke 11.6 NSV 00389 variable (?) 11.0-12.5 Oct. 22 20h 0.68 2P/Encke 11.6 RX And variable (UGZ) 10.3-14.0 Oct. 22 23h 0.31 123P/West-Hartley 15.4 GRB 030329 variable (GRB) 12.4-19.0 Oct. 23 8h 0.16 C/2002 O7 ( LINEAR ) 15.3 IC 2602 open 1.9 50 Oct. 23 10h 0.95 66P/du Toit 14.9 NGC 6768 galaxy 12.2 1.7 Oct. 23 14h 0.72 53P/Van Biesbroeck 15.0 NGC 6440 globular 9.7 5.4 Oct. 23 18h 1.16 2P/Encke 11.5 IW And variable (IA:) 14.2-17.4 Oct. 24 2h 1.01 C/2001 Q4 ( NEAT ) 10.8 VW Hyi variable (UGSU) 8.4-14.4 Oct. 24 16h 0.92 (3200) Phaethon 16.1 C/2003 G1 ( LINEAR ) comet 16.6 Oct. 25 11h 0.86 P/2003 T1 ( Tritton ) 11.8 RY Leo variable (M) 9.0-11.8 Oct. 25 14h 0.91 C/2002 T7 ( LINEAR ) 11.1 AQ Aur variable (M) 11.8-<16.0 Oct. 25 20h 1.71 2P/Encke 11.1 M31 galaxy 3.5 178 Oct. 26 0h 0.78 C/2002 T7 ( LINEAR ) 11.1 NGC 1778 open 7.7 7 Oct. 26 5h 1.38 2P/Encke 11.0 M110 galaxy 8.0 17.4 Oct. 26 5h 0.90 66P/du Toit 15.0 C/2003 J1 ( NEAT ) comet 17.7 Oct. 26 7h 0.70 C/2003 T2 ( LINEAR ) 14.6 VZ Cam variable (SRB) 4.8-5.0 Oct. 26 13h 0.02 53P/Van Biesbroeck 15.1 V4642 Sgr variable (NA) 10.4-<19.0 Oct. 26 16h 2.45 2P/Encke 10.9 M32 galaxy 8.2 7.6 Oct. 27 6h 1.37 2P/Encke 10.8 LS And variable (NA) 11.7-20.2 Oct. 27 6h 0.79 53P/Van Biesbroeck 15.1 M23 open 5.5 27 Oct. 27 17h 0.17 40P/Vaisala 1 16.5 Jupiter planet -1.7 Oct. 27 18h 0.18 P/2003 T1 ( Tritton ) 11.9 UGC 5470 galaxy 11.1 9.9 Oct. 28 17h 2.21 2P/Encke 10.6 HP And variable (UG:) 10.5-<14.5 Oct. 28 21h 1.04 2P/Encke 10.5 VX And variable (SRA) 7.8-9.3 Oct. 29 23h 0.84 D/1978 R1 ( Haneda-Campos ) 18.3 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh comet 18.5 Oct. 30 2h 1.29 C/2003 T3 ( Tabur ) 11.6 NGC 6887 galaxy 12.0 4.1

Green line means the rendezvous between a comet and a comet, asteroid, nova, supernova, planets, 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.