Comet Rendezvous Calendar

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2006 December 2007 January 2007 February

Date (UT) Dist. (deg) Comet Mag. Target Type Mag. Dia. (arcmin) Jan. 2 9h 2.46 C/2006 L1 ( Garradd ) 10.8 NGC 956 open 9.0 8 Jan. 2 13h 0.66 181P/2006 U4 ( Shoemaker-Levy 6 ) 16.8 P/2006 H1 ( McNaught ) comet 20.2 Jan. 3 3h 0.80 84P/Giclas 15.8 P/2005 RV25 ( LONEOS-Christensen ) comet 17.7 Jan. 3 8h 1.33 C/2006 P1 ( McNaught ) 2.4 M11 open 5.8 14 Jan. 5 5h 0.55 C/2005 YW ( LINEAR ) 13.6 PGC 46502 galaxy 12.8 2.4 Jan. 6 7h 0.16 C/2006 L1 ( Garradd ) 11.2 NGC 812 galaxy 12.4 9.3 Jan. 6 16h 0.21 C/2005 YW ( LINEAR ) 13.6 NGC 5139 globular 3.7 36.3 Jan. 7 3h 0.15 C/2007 E2 ( Lovejoy ) 12.5 NGC 7098 galaxy 12.2 4.0 Jan. 7 10h 0.97 2006 WD4 21.1 116P/Wild 4 comet 21.5 Jan. 8 9h 1.69 C/2006 L1 ( Garradd ) 11.4 gamma And binary 2.2+4.9 0.2 Jan. 8 17h 0.66 C/2005 YW ( LINEAR ) 13.6 NGC 5206 galaxy 11.6 3.8 Jan. 8 19h 0.47 C/2005 YW ( LINEAR ) 13.6 NGC 5156 galaxy 12.5 2.5 Jan. 9 5h 0.58 C/2006 S5 ( Hill ) 17.9 C/2005 R4 ( LINEAR ) comet 18.3 Jan. 9 14h 0.49 181P/2006 U4 ( Shoemaker-Levy 6 ) 17.4 2006 BZ8 comet 19.7 Jan. 14 16h 0.68 C/2006 P1 ( McNaught ) -1.6 Mercury planet -0.9 Jan. 14 17h 1.23 4P/Faye 11.2 NGC 1218 galaxy 12.8 1.3 Jan. 14 23h 0.10 C/2005 YW ( LINEAR ) 13.6 NGC 5286 globular 7.6 9.1 Jan. 15 2h 0.97 182P/2006 W2 ( LONEOS ) 17.6 124P/Mrkos comet 21.5 Jan. 15 13h 0.76 C/2005 YW ( LINEAR ) 13.7 NGC 5307 planetary 12.0 0.2 Jan. 19 2h 0.16 128P/Shoemaker-Holt 1 19.0 2006 WD4 comet 21.1 Jan. 19 17h 0.89 P/2006 HR30 ( Siding Spring ) 13.7 NGC 185 galaxy 9.2 11.5 Jan. 21 8h 0.96 C/2007 P1 ( McNaught ) 15.2 NGC 5892 galaxy 12.4 3.6 Jan. 21 11h 0.09 P/2006 HR30 ( Siding Spring ) 13.7 NGC 278 galaxy 10.9 2.2 Jan. 22 3h 0.04 C/2006 K3 ( McNaught ) 15.1 NGC 986 galaxy 11.0 3.7 Jan. 26 21h 0.93 C/2006 P1 ( McNaught ) 3.2 NGC 6970 galaxy 12.7 1.2 Jan. 27 8h 1.38 C/2006 P1 ( McNaught ) 3.4 PGC 66088 galaxy 12.9 3.5 Jan. 28 18h 1.72 C/2006 P1 ( McNaught ) 3.7 NGC 7029 galaxy 11.8 1.4 Jan. 30 23h 1.37 C/2007 E2 ( Lovejoy ) 11.6 PGC 66000 galaxy 12.9 1.6 Jan. 31 3h 0.07 P/2001 Q2 ( Petriew ) 11.8 IC 1447 galaxy 12.0 1.5 Jan. 31 8h 0.44 74P/Smirnova-Chernykh 18.2 (32532) Thereus comet 20.0 Jan. 31 12h 0.81 C/2006 P1 ( McNaught ) 4.4 NGC 7007 galaxy 12.9 2.0 Jan. 31 21h 0.87 70P/Kojima 19.1 73P-C/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 comet 20.6

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.