Comet Rendezvous Calendar

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2005 March 2005 April 2005 May

Date (UT) Dist. (deg) Comet Mag. Target Type Mag. Dia. (arcmin) Apr. 2 1h 0.67 C/2004 L1 ( LINEAR ) 14.0 NGC 3311 galaxy 11.6 2.5 Apr. 2 1h 0.67 C/2004 L1 ( LINEAR ) 14.0 NGC 3312 galaxy 12.0 3.6 Apr. 2 2h 0.67 C/2004 L1 ( LINEAR ) 14.0 NGC 3309 galaxy 11.9 1.9 Apr. 2 3h 0.72 C/2004 L1 ( LINEAR ) 14.0 NGC 3308 galaxy 12.2 2.0 Apr. 3 22h 0.13 C/2005 A1 ( LINEAR ) 8.1 NGC 625 galaxy 12.0 3.0 Apr. 4 13h 0.84 P/2004 F3 ( NEAT ) 15.4 MCG -04-46-002 galaxy 11.9 3.2 Apr. 5 13h 0.60 32P/Comas Sola 12.8 UGC 100 galaxy 12.6 2.5 Apr. 6 1h 0.44 C/2005 A1 ( LINEAR ) 8.1 NGC 630 galaxy 12.9 1.6 Apr. 6 13h 0.32 C/2003 T4 ( LINEAR ) 7.3 NGC 7251 galaxy 12.6 2.0 Apr. 8 10h 0.02 C/2004 L1 ( LINEAR ) 14.1 NGC 3081 galaxy 12.0 2.2 Apr. 8 13h 0.96 C/2004 K1 ( Catalina ) 15.3 IC 4665 open 4.2 41 Apr. 9 4h 0.13 10P/Tempel 2 12.5 MCG -01-01-052 galaxy 12.4 1.2 Apr. 10 3h 0.56 10P/Tempel 2 12.5 MCG -01-01-064 galaxy 12.6 1.4 Apr. 10 7h 0.20 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 12.5 M15 globular 6.4 12.3 Apr. 11 4h 0.87 C/2004 L1 ( LINEAR ) 14.2 NGC 2986 galaxy 10.9 2.5 Apr. 11 14h 0.46 C/2004 Q1 ( Tucker ) 13.5 UGC 2729 galaxy 12.2 3.5 Apr. 11 15h 0.32 C/2004 L1 ( LINEAR ) 14.2 NGC 2983 galaxy 11.7 2.6 Apr. 11 16h 1.50 32P/Comas Sola 12.8 NGC 1893 open 7.5 11 Apr. 12 2h 0.55 C/2003 T4 ( LINEAR ) 7.3 NGC 7392 galaxy 11.9 2.0 Apr. 12 3h 0.56 9P/Tempel 1 11.3 NGC 5020 galaxy 12.9 3.1 Apr. 12 6h 1.39 C/2003 T4 ( LINEAR ) 7.3 NGC 7377 galaxy 11.6 2.2 Apr. 12 7h 0.78 C/2004 Q1 ( Tucker ) 13.5 UGC 2765 galaxy 12.5 4.0 Apr. 13 4h 0.89 C/2004 Q2 ( Machholz ) 7.7 NGC 3735 galaxy 12.0 4.2 Apr. 13 17h 0.50 107P/(4015) Wilson-Harrington 19.4 Neptune planet 7.9 Apr. 14 6h 0.23 141P/Machholz 2 14.5 Mel 25 open 0.8 330 Apr. 14 23h 0.97 10P/Tempel 2 12.6 C/2005 N1 ( Juels-Holvorcem ) comet 15.9 Apr. 15 4h 1.00 C/2004 L1 ( LINEAR ) 14.3 UGC 167 galaxy 12.8 2.0 Apr. 15 11h 0.77 C/2004 L1 ( LINEAR ) 14.3 NGC 2907 galaxy 12.7 2.0 Apr. 16 11h 0.02 C/2004 L2 ( LINEAR ) 16.3 NGC 7213 galaxy 10.5 1.9 Apr. 16 13h 2.24 C/2004 Q2 ( Machholz ) 7.9 NGC 4236 galaxy 9.7 18.6 Apr. 17 11h 0.87 C/2004 L1 ( LINEAR ) 14.4 NGC 2848 galaxy 12.1 2.7 Apr. 17 14h 1.40 C/2004 Q2 ( Machholz ) 7.9 NGC 4128 galaxy 12.9 2.4 Apr. 19 6h 0.17 C/2004 Q1 ( Tucker ) 13.7 IC 356 galaxy 11.0 5.2 Apr. 20 4h 0.76 62P/Tsuchinshan 1 15.4 NGC 4293 galaxy 11.0 6.0 Apr. 21 7h 0.90 C/2003 T4 ( LINEAR ) 7.4 NGC 7755 galaxy 12.0 3.7 Apr. 21 17h 0.12 32P/Comas Sola 13.0 M37 open 5.6 24 Apr. 22 21h 1.72 C/2003 T4 ( LINEAR ) 7.5 NGC 7793 galaxy 9.1 9.1 Apr. 23 6h 1.85 9P/Tempel 1 10.9 NGC 4866 galaxy 11.0 6.5 Apr. 23 21h 0.60 C/2004 Q2 ( Machholz ) 8.2 NGC 4125 galaxy 9.8 5.1 Apr. 24 6h 0.34 107P/(4015) Wilson-Harrington 19.2 C/2003 E1 ( NEAT ) comet 20.3 Apr. 24 20h 0.40 141P/Machholz 2 15.6 NGC 1807 open 7.0 17 Apr. 25 4h 0.32 C/2003 WT42 ( LINEAR ) 15.1 IC 2149 planetary 11.0 0.1 Apr. 25 23h 0.31 9P/Tempel 1 10.8 NGC 4880 galaxy 12.0 3.3 Apr. 26 11h 0.27 49P/Arend-Rigaux 14.0 NGC 2266 open 10.0 7 Apr. 26 12h 0.60 C/2003 T4 ( LINEAR ) 7.6 NGC 134 galaxy 10.1 8.1 Apr. 28 22h 0.80 C/2004 Q2 ( Machholz ) 8.4 NGC 4041 galaxy 11.1 2.8 Apr. 29 7h 0.95 C/2004 Q2 ( Machholz ) 8.4 NGC 4036 galaxy 10.6 4.5 Apr. 29 18h 0.24 C/2005 N1 ( Juels-Holvorcem ) 15.4 Mercury planet 0.3 Apr. 29 21h 2.35 C/2003 T4 ( LINEAR ) 7.7 MCG -06-03-015 galaxy 9.2 40.0 Apr. 30 1h 1.75 C/2003 T4 ( LINEAR ) 7.7 NGC 300 galaxy 9.0 20.0 Apr. 30 16h 1.23 10P/Tempel 2 12.9 NGC 450 galaxy 12.1 3.2 Apr. 30 20h 2.26 C/2004 Q2 ( Machholz ) 8.5 NGC 3945 galaxy 10.6 5.5

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.