Comet Rendezvous Calendar

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2012 January 2012 February 2012 March

Date (UT) Dist. (deg) Comet Mag. Target Type Mag. Dia. (arcmin) Feb. 2 00:09 0.67 C/2012 C2 ( Bruenjes ) 10.5 176P/(118401) LINEAR comet 20.7 Feb. 2 04:45 0.89 C/2012 C2 ( Bruenjes ) 10.5 C/2010 X1 ( Elenin ) comet 20.5 Feb. 2 15h 0.42 163P/NEAT 19.8 (301964) 2000 EJ37 comet 20.0 Feb. 3 10h 0.51 C/2009 P1 ( Garradd ) 6.4 M92 globular 6.5 11.2 Feb. 3 13h 1.15 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 10.3 IC 1447 galaxy 12.0 1.5 Feb. 4 15h 0.87 C/2011 A3 ( Gibbs ) 13.8 NGC 6818 planetary 10.0 0.3 Feb. 4 21h 0.92 C/2011 W3 ( Lovejoy ) 13.6 NGC 1679 galaxy 12.0 2.7 Feb. 5 1h 0.23 C/2011 A3 ( Gibbs ) 13.8 NGC 6822 galaxy 9.0 10.2 Feb. 5 2h 0.23 C/2011 A3 ( Gibbs ) 13.8 IC 4895 galaxy 8.0 10.0 Feb. 5 4h 0.09 C/2011 S2 ( Kowalski ) 16.6 27P/Crommelin comet 19.3 Feb. 7 20h 0.93 C/2012 E2 ( SWAN ) 13.8 NGC 1097 galaxy 9.3 9.3 Feb. 8 7h 0.68 C/2011 L6 ( Boattini ) 20.8 82P/Gehrels 3 comet 21.9 Feb. 8 19h 0.05 C/2010 U3 ( Boattini ) 18.7 P/2011 V1 ( Boattini ) comet 22.5 Feb. 9 23h 0.3 65P/Gunn 17.5 1995 SN55 comet 21.9 Feb. 10 18h 2.75 C/2009 P1 ( Garradd ) 6.4 NGC 6229 globular 9.4 4.5 Feb. 11 0h 0.26 257P/2012 A3 ( SOHO ) 13.0 NGC 50 galaxy 12.4 2.4 Feb. 11 04:19 0.80 C/2012 C2 ( Bruenjes ) 11.3 NGC 772 galaxy 10.3 7.1 Feb. 12 12:03 0.19 C/2012 C2 ( Bruenjes ) 11.4 (3200) Phaethon comet 17.7 Feb. 12 19h 0.39 78P/Gehrels 2 12.6 111P/Helin-Roman-Crockett comet 21.8 Feb. 13 6h 0.15 P/2011 U1 ( PanSTARRS ) 20.2 C/2009 K5 ( McNaught ) comet 21.4 Feb. 13 15h 0.77 257P/2012 A3 ( SOHO ) 13.2 NGC 145 galaxy 12.8 1.8 Feb. 13 16:09 0.66 C/2012 C2 ( Bruenjes ) 11.4 P/2011 Y2 ( Boattini ) comet 19.1 Feb. 14 2h 0.90 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 10.3 NGC 7556 galaxy 12.5 2.5 Feb. 14 11h 1.40 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 10.3 NGC 7585 galaxy 11.7 2.3 Feb. 15 23h 0.79 78P/Gehrels 2 12.6 129P/Shoemaker-Levy 3 comet 21.1 Feb. 17 1h 0.15 (3200) Phaethon 17.7 P/2011 Y2 ( Boattini ) comet 19.1 Feb. 17 3h 0.40 (596) Scheila 13.9 152P/Helin-Lawrence comet 18.2 Feb. 18 06:15 1.51 C/2012 C2 ( Bruenjes ) 11.5 M74 galaxy 9.2 10.2 Feb. 19 7h 0.93 C/2011 L6 ( Boattini ) 20.8 2011 KE comet 25.3 Feb. 19 8h 0.09 C/2011 O1 ( LINEAR ) 16.1 NGC 6768 galaxy 12.2 1.7 Feb. 20 13h 0.82 78P/Gehrels 2 12.7 NGC 821 galaxy 10.8 3.5 Feb. 20 20h 0.11 82P/Gehrels 3 21.9 2008 FF5 comet 28.5 Feb. 21 3h 0.68 257P/2012 A3 ( SOHO ) 13.8 NGC 541 galaxy 12.0 2.7 Feb. 21 4h 0.69 257P/2012 A3 ( SOHO ) 13.8 NGC 547 galaxy 12.3 1.7 Feb. 21 6h 0.05 257P/2012 A3 ( SOHO ) 13.8 NGC 560 galaxy 12.9 2.3 Feb. 21 6h 0.01 C/2010 M1 ( Gibbs ) 14.3 NGC 434 galaxy 12.8 2.2 Feb. 21 7h 0.05 257P/2012 A3 ( SOHO ) 13.8 NGC 564 galaxy 12.5 1.8 Feb. 21 23h 0.86 C/2010 M1 ( Gibbs ) 14.3 NGC 484 galaxy 12.2 1.9 Feb. 22 0h 0.23 C/2011 A3 ( Gibbs ) 14.0 beta Cap binary 3.1+6.1 3.4 Feb. 24 11h 0.26 49P/Arend-Rigaux 15.9 Mel 111 open 2.7 275 Feb. 25 16h 0.97 198P/ODAS 20.1 P/2011 V1 ( Boattini ) comet 22.9 Feb. 26 5h 0.3 97P/Metcalf-Brewington 20.0 2011 WT2 comet 24.8 Feb. 26 7h 0.72 C/2009 P1 ( Garradd ) 6.4 NGC 6015 galaxy 11.2 5.4 Feb. 28 12h 1.01 C/2012 E2 ( SWAN ) 11.3 IC 93 galaxy 12.5 1.3 Feb. 29 3h 0.67 C/2009 P1 ( Garradd ) 6.4 NGC 5949 galaxy 12.9 2.2

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.