Comet Rendezvous Calendar

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Updated on March 18, 2012

2012 February 2012 March 2012 April

Date (UT) Dist. (deg) Comet Mag. Target Type Mag. Dia. (arcmin)

Mar. 2 11h 0.12 C/2009 P1 ( Garradd ) 6.4 UGC 9749 galaxy 12.8 30.1

Mar. 2 12h 0.38 C/2011 R1 ( McNaught ) 14.8 NGC 439 galaxy 12.5 2.5

Mar. 2 17h 0.35 C/2010 M1 ( Gibbs ) 14.3 NGC 685 galaxy 12.0 4.1

Mar. 2 23h 0.23 C/2011 Q4 ( SWAN ) 18.6 P/2010 JC81 ( WISE ) comet 19.0

Mar. 4 1h 0.83 C/2011 UF305 ( LINEAR ) 15.4 NGC 6871 open 5.2 20

Mar. 5 17h 0.04 C/2012 A2 ( LINEAR ) 16.9 NGC 3945 galaxy 10.6 5.5

Mar. 6 4h 1.29 C/2012 E2 ( SWAN ) 9.7 NGC 309 galaxy 11.8 3.1

Mar. 6 10h 0.41 71P/Clark 13.6 NGC 7183 galaxy 12.9 3.8

Mar. 6 17h 1.69 C/2012 E2 ( SWAN ) 9.5 NGC 246 planetary 8.0 3.8

Mar. 6 19h 1.24 C/2012 E2 ( SWAN ) 9.5 NGC 255 galaxy 11.8 3.1

Mar. 7 11h 1.46 C/2012 E2 ( SWAN ) 9.2 NGC 270 galaxy 12.9 1.8

Mar. 8 20h 0.40 C/2012 E2 ( SWAN ) 8.7 NGC 191 galaxy 12.0 1.5

Mar. 8 23h 1.72 C/2012 E2 ( SWAN ) 8.6 NGC 151 galaxy 11.5 3.7

Mar. 8 23h 1.11 C/2012 E2 ( SWAN ) 8.6 NGC 157 galaxy 10.4 4.3

Mar. 8 23h 1.31 C/2012 E2 ( SWAN ) 8.6 MCG -01-02-034 galaxy 12.8 0.9

Mar. 12 10h 1.93 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 11.0 NGC 428 galaxy 11.4 4.1

Mar. 12 22h 0.03 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 11.0 NGC 450 galaxy 12.1 3.2

Mar. 14 1h 0.44 C/2009 P1 ( Garradd ) 6.7 NGC 4250 galaxy 12.8 2.3

Mar. 14 6h 0.86 C/2009 P1 ( Garradd ) 6.7 NGC 4236 galaxy 9.7 18.6

Mar. 14 7h 0.36 (596) Scheila 13.5 62P/Tsuchinshan 1 comet 22.0

Mar. 14 8h 0.44 C/2011 UF305 ( LINEAR ) 15.2 IC 1318 nebula - 24

Mar. 14 19h 0.02 (3200) Phaethon 17.2 Venus planet -4.2

Mar. 14 23h 1.38 C/2009 P1 ( Garradd ) 6.7 NGC 4128 galaxy 12.9 2.4

Mar. 15 7h 0.72 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 11.1 NGC 541 galaxy 12.0 2.7

Mar. 15 10h 0.69 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 11.1 NGC 547 galaxy 12.3 1.7

Mar. 15 17h 1.28 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 11.1 NGC 560 galaxy 12.9 2.3

Mar. 15 19h 1.26 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 11.1 NGC 564 galaxy 12.5 1.8

Mar. 16 14h 1.15 C/2009 P1 ( Garradd ) 6.8 NGC 3735 galaxy 12.0 4.2

Mar. 17 10h 0.24 2009 DL26 19.3 C/2011 L6 ( Boattini ) comet 20.7

Mar. 18 2h 1.05 C/2011 Q2 ( McNaught ) 12.7 NGC 7678 galaxy 12.2 2.3

Mar. 21 7h 0.09 C/2011 J2 ( LINEAR ) 16.9 NGC 3423 galaxy 11.2 3.9

Mar. 21 11h 2.38 C/2009 P1 ( Garradd ) 6.9 IC 2574 galaxy 10.6 12.3

Mar. 21 15h 2.00 C/2012 E2 ( SWAN ) 8.5 NGC 584 galaxy 10.4 3.8

Mar. 21 18h 2.16 C/2012 E2 ( SWAN ) 8.6 NGC 596 galaxy 10.9 3.5

Mar. 23 20h 0.63 P/2004 H3 ( Larsen ) 20.0 2008 SO218 comet 21.1

Mar. 23 20h 1.02 C/2012 E2 ( SWAN ) 9.4 NGC 779 galaxy 11.0 4.1

Mar. 25 17h 0.62 C/2012 E2 ( SWAN ) 10.1 NGC 895 galaxy 11.8 3.6

Mar. 26 12h 0.18 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 13.6 NGC 4329 galaxy 12.5 1.1

Mar. 27 6h 1.86 C/2012 E2 ( SWAN ) 10.5 NGC 1022 galaxy 11.4 2.5

Mar. 29 2h 0.57 C/2011 UF305 ( LINEAR ) 14.9 omega2 Cyg binary 5.4+6.6 4.3

Mar. 30 10h 0.66 71P/Clark 14.1 NGC 7443 galaxy 12.6 1.4

Mar. 30 14h 0.69 C/2011 Q2 ( McNaught ) 13.0 NGC 23 galaxy 12.0 2.3

Mar. 30 17h 0.41 C/2009 P1 ( Garradd ) 7.3 NGC 2950 galaxy 11.0 3.2

Mar. 30 21h 1.86 21P/Giacobini-Zinner 11.9 NGC 936 galaxy 10.1 5.2

Mar. 31 14h 0.98 C/2011 Q2 ( McNaught ) 13.1 NGC 16 galaxy 12.0 2.1

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.