June 29, 2005
Today, Kazimieras Cernis reported a C2 Kreutz comet; it was very faint and diffuse. This should be SOHO-989.
June 28, 2005
Yesterday, Rob Matson found two Kreutz comets, a faint C2 comet and a very faint one in C3, which later was obvious in C2 as a round object with a short tail. This should boost the SOHO count to 988.
June 26, 2005
Congratulations to Xavier Leprette, who yesterday became just the third person to reach 100 SOHO comet discoveries, when he found a fairly faint C3 Kreutz comet approaching the Sun from the lower right. It was well seen in C2 as well, round and with a hint of a tail. On June 24, Sebastian H鰊ig found a small, faint C2 comet. These should bring the SOHO count to 986. The window is closing, though, on the C2 "comet storm" season; virtually no C2-only Kreutz comets are found from July through September. This may slow down the rush to SOHO-1000. |