Bright Comet In SOHO Images!

I was just checking the SOHO LASCO C3 images when i spotted this bright comet to the lower right of the sun complete with tail. A great suprise! Its reckoned to be a potential very bright object....


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I just saw a note on an e-circular that anthony murphy (of this board) noted it too. Hopefully it turns out to be a newbie.

Ive heard that its new and the 10th brightest in 1000 SOHO comet discoveries! It has now vanished but there is talk of further bright members appearing in the near future so keep an eye out!

SOHO COMET
Further to the observation of a SOHO Comet reported by Anthony Murphy of
Ireland, Jonathan Shanklin, Cambridge, relays the comet was first
detected by Hua Su, with numerous other people noting it.
See:
ares.nrl.navy.mil/sungrazer/recent.html
and cfa-www.harvard.edu/mpec/K05/K05S70.html
He adds that it looks as if the comet is fading away, though it still
had a tail when it entered C2.

Eamonn A

When did Anthony first report it and what time was on the C3 image at the time? I was wondering because i didnt see the name on the SOHO comet reporting webpage?

SOHO COMET (MURPHY)
David Moore, Astronomy Ireland, Dublin has announced morning 09.23UT Thursday 29 September that Anthony Murphy had noted a comet heading for the Sun on the latest LASCO C3 images on the SOHO site.

Latest movies are at sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/realtime/mpeg
Latest stills are at sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/data/
realtime-images.html

Apparently, this discovery was not reported on the SOHO website and therefore the timing can only be confirmed by Anthony Murphy himself.

I suspect that Anthony Murphy contacted David Moore of Astronomy Ireland, who then contacted Guy Hurst. Anthony may not have known the protocols of registering a discovery officially.

Martin you could contact him to get precise info on this matter if you wish.

Eamonn A