Comet Rendezvous Calendar

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2012 September 2012 October 2012 November

Date (UT) Dist. (deg) Comet Mag. Target Type Mag. Dia. (arcmin) Oct. 1 0h 0.49 2011 JN 19.2 2011 UR402 comet 20.3 Oct. 1 1h 0.93 C/2006 S3 ( LONEOS ) 13.3 NGC 5878 galaxy 11.5 3.5 Oct. 1 12h 0.90 260P/2012 K2 ( McNaught ) 12.8 NGC 736 galaxy 12.2 2.0 Oct. 1 14h 0.77 185P/Petriew 13.3 NGC 2775 galaxy 10.3 4.5 Oct. 1 18h 0.70 260P/2012 K2 ( McNaught ) 12.8 NGC 750 galaxy 12.2 1.6 Oct. 1 18h 0.69 260P/2012 K2 ( McNaught ) 12.8 NGC 751 galaxy 12.5 1.3 Oct. 2 12h 0.89 (596) Scheila 14.1 P/2008 CL94 ( Lemmon ) comet 21.0 Oct. 3 11h 1.00 168P/Hergenrother 10.4 NGC 7817 galaxy 12.0 3.7 Oct. 3 21h 0.96 C/2011 F1 ( LINEAR ) 10.0 NGC 5921 galaxy 10.8 4.9 Oct. 6 21h 1.63 C/2011 F1 ( LINEAR ) 10.0 M5 globular 5.8 17.4 Oct. 7 16h 0.04 260P/2012 K2 ( McNaught ) 12.9 NGC 753 galaxy 12.4 2.9 Oct. 8 2h 0.71 46P/Wirtanen 20.5 2011 CR42 comet 20.6 Oct. 8 4h 0.10 168P/Hergenrother 10.5 P/1998 U3 ( Jager ) comet 20.9 Oct. 8 15h 0.36 P/2005 T2 ( Christensen ) 19.8 105P/Singer Brewster comet 20.4 Oct. 9 1h 0.82 260P/2012 K2 ( McNaught ) 12.9 NGC 708 galaxy 12.9 3.0 Oct. 11 15h 0.69 260P/2012 K2 ( McNaught ) 13.0 NGC 752 open 5.7 50 Oct. 15 4h 0.01 C/2012 CH17 ( MOSS ) 13.5 M107 globular 8.1 10.0 Oct. 16 9h 0.09 152P/Helin-Lawrence 16.6 NGC 6325 globular 10.7 4.3 Oct. 19 19h 0.98 185P/Petriew 15.1 NGC 3044 galaxy 12.0 4.8 Oct. 19 23h 0.29 (596) Scheila 14.2 NGC 6425 open 7.2 8 Oct. 23 0h 0.67 C/2011 UF305 ( LINEAR ) 13.4 C/2011 Y3 ( Boattini ) comet 21.7 Oct. 23 12h 0.92 C/2010 S1 ( LINEAR ) 13.5 IC 5067 nebula - 85 Oct. 23 21h 0.76 C/2009 F4 ( McNaught ) 13.8 NGC 1574 galaxy 10.5 2.0 Oct. 23 21h 0.72 168P/Hergenrother 11.2 C/2012 J1 ( Catalina ) comet 13.9 Oct. 26 3h 0.41 262P/2012 K7 ( McNaught-Russell ) 14.3 NGC 6891 planetary 12.0 1.2 Oct. 27 13h 0.68 C/2012 CH17 ( MOSS ) 13.7 M9 globular 7.9 9.3 Oct. 28 0h 0.72 244P/2010 Q1 ( Scotti ) 18.1 C/2012 F1 ( Gibbs ) comet 21.9 Oct. 28 1h 0.20 C/2009 P1 ( Garradd ) 12.8 185P/Petriew comet 15.9 Oct. 28 7h 0.34 C/2012 CH17 ( MOSS ) 13.7 NGC 6356 globular 8.4 7.2 Oct. 31 5h 0.05 C/2009 F4 ( McNaught ) 13.9 NGC 1543 galaxy 10.6 3.9 Oct. 31 15h 0.63 138P/Shoemaker-Levy 7 20.4 C/2012 F1 ( Gibbs ) comet 22.0

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.