Comet Rendezvous Calendar

Japanese version Home page	Updated on January 10, 2006
2005 December 2006 January 2006 February

Date (UT) Dist. (deg) Comet Mag. Target Type Mag. Dia. (arcmin) Jan. 2 13h 0.02 C/2004 B1 ( LINEAR ) 11.5 NGC 6887 galaxy 12.0 4.1 Jan. 6 9h 0.18 60P/Tsuchinshan 2 16.9 NGC 3521 galaxy 8.9 9.5 Jan. 7 6h 0.74 C/2003 K4 ( LINEAR ) 14.6 NGC 942 galaxy 12.2 3.4 Jan. 7 9h 0.74 C/2003 K4 ( LINEAR ) 14.7 NGC 943 galaxy 12.4 3.4 Jan. 9 11h 0.60 C/2003 K4 ( LINEAR ) 14.7 NGC 945 galaxy 12.0 2.5 Jan. 12 23h 0.07 C/2004 B1 ( LINEAR ) 11.4 NGC 6893 galaxy 12.7 2.6 Jan. 16 7h 0.89 C/2004 B1 ( LINEAR ) 11.4 NGC 6909 galaxy 12.6 2.2 Jan. 17 18h 1.18 C/2005 E2 ( McNaught ) 10.2 IC 1447 galaxy 12.0 1.5 Jan. 19 20h 0.75 P/2005 R2 ( Van Ness ) 15.1 NGC 697 galaxy 12.8 4.4 Jan. 21 3h 1.07 C/2004 B1 ( LINEAR ) 11.4 NGC 6890 galaxy 12.5 1.5 Jan. 21 10h 0.73 P/2005 S3 ( Read ) 18.1 143P/Kowal-Mrkos comet 21.8 Jan. 23 13h 0.22 C/2004 B1 ( LINEAR ) 11.4 IC 4946 galaxy 12.6 2.4 Jan. 24 0h 0.06 71P/Clark 16.1 NGC 5861 galaxy 12.0 3.0 Jan. 24 11h 0.18 C/2004 B1 ( LINEAR ) 11.4 NGC 6902 galaxy 11.7 6.1 Jan. 28 6h 0.61 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 13.5 NGC 680 galaxy 12.9 1.8 Jan. 30 9h 0.39 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 13.5 NGC 691 galaxy 12.0 3.5 Jan. 30 16h 1.75 C/2004 B1 ( LINEAR ) 11.4 IC 4991 galaxy 11.9 2.6

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.