Comet Rendezvous Calendar

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2011 April 2011 May 2011 June

Date (UT) Dist. (deg) Comet Mag. Target Type Mag. Dia. (arcmin) May 1 2h 0.12 C/2009 F4 ( McNaught ) 13.6 IC 4499 globular 10.6 7.6 May 1 2h 0.36 C/2011 C1 ( McNaught ) 10.0 NGC 7623 galaxy 12.4 1.9 May 1 2h 0.55 C/2011 C1 ( McNaught ) 10.0 NGC 7626 galaxy 11.2 2.5 May 5 8h 0.61 C/2011 J3 ( LINEAR ) 18.5 2009 MS9 comet 21.6 May 6 10h 0.07 C/2005 L3 ( McNaught ) 16.5 NGC 3319 galaxy 11.3 6.8 May 6 16h 0.36 158P/Kowal-LINEAR 19.3 Neptune planet 7.9 May 6 16h 0.20 C/2011 L1 ( McNaught ) 16.5 C/2010 D3 ( WISE ) comet 19.2 May 7 6h 0.44 C/2011 C1 ( McNaught ) 10.5 NGC 7743 galaxy 11.2 3.1 May 7 10h 0.37 C/2011 C1 ( McNaught ) 10.5 NGC 7742 galaxy 11.5 2.0 May 8 15h 0.67 9P/Tempel 1 14.4 NGC 7492 globular 11.5 6.2 May 8 17h 0.05 C/2011 L1 ( McNaught ) 16.5 NGC 6216 open 10.0 4 May 9 00:00 0.23 C/2011 K1 ( Schwartz-Holvorcem ) 18.8 2011 KE comet 19.9 May 11 10h 0.65 C/2008 N1 ( Holmes ) 20.0 C/2006 OF2 ( Broughton ) comet 20.4 May 15 13h 0.69 130P/McNaught-Hughes 17.8 2009 YS6 comet 18.5 May 16 14h 0.95 C/2011 C1 ( McNaught ) 11.5 NGC 63 galaxy 12.7 1.7 May 18 21h 0.01 C/2010 S1 ( LINEAR ) 16.6 NGC 744 open 7.9 11 May 19 7h 0.79 C/2011 L3 ( McNaught ) 15.4 NGC 7377 galaxy 11.6 2.2 May 21 17h 0.86 C/2011 L3 ( McNaught ) 15.4 NGC 7392 galaxy 11.9 2.0 May 23 9h 0.14 174P/(60558) 2000 EC98 ( Echeclus ) 18.7 C/2011 L4 ( PanSTARRS ) comet 18.8 May 25 9h 0.31 213P/2009 B3 ( Van Ness ) 13.8 NGC 7309 galaxy 12.5 2.1 May 26 15h 0.16 9P/Tempel 1 14.9 NGC 7723 galaxy 11.1 3.6 May 27 02:59 0.73 2011 KE 16.4 C/2010 L3 ( Catalina ) comet 19.3 May 27 15h 0.76 9P/Tempel 1 14.9 NGC 7727 galaxy 10.7 4.2 May 29 04:49 0.13 2011 KE 16.9 NGC 5585 galaxy 10.9 5.5 May 29 23h 0.44 115P/Maury 16.6 2011 KP36 comet 20.4 May 31 17h 0.31 27P/Crommelin 16.1 M33 galaxy 5.7 62

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.