British Astronomical Association
Comet Section

2024 News

Jan 02  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 02  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jan 06  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 07  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 13  Discovery of 2023 Y2 (P/Gibbs) reported
Jan 13  Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz group comet in delayed C3 images
Jan 14  Robert Pickard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 16  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 20  Discovery of 2023 S4 (P/Hogan) reported
Jan 21  Discovery of 2024 A1 (ATLAS) reported
Jan 22  Recovery of 2004 DO29 (P/Spacewatch-LINEAR) as 2023 V7 reported
Jan 24  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 25  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jan 26  Recovery of 2015 HG16 (P/PANSTARRS) as 2023 W2 reported
Jan 26  Recovery of 2018 P3 (P/PanSTARRS) as 2023 V8 reported
Jan 27  Discovery of 2023 Y3 (P/ATLAS) reported
Jan 28  Identity of 2023 WM26 and 2011 NO1 finally confirmed by MPC
Jan 28  Recovery of 2001 Q6 (P/NEAT) as 2023 X5 reported
Jan 29  MPC designation of 2023 X5 retracted
Jan 31  Recovery of 2014 A3 (P/PanSTARRS) as 2023 X6 reported
Feb 01  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 01  Hanjie Tan and Jiangao Ruan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 03  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 04  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 04  Robert Pickard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 08  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 08  Discovery of 2024 B1 (Lemmon) reported
Feb 08  Discovery of 2024 B2 (Lemmon) reported
Feb 08  Eryk Banach and Hanjie Tan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 11  Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 14  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 15  Discovery of 2024 C1 (PANSTARRS) reported
Feb 15  Discovery of 2024 C2 (PANSTARRS) reported
Feb 15  Discovery of 2024 A2 (ATLAS) reported
Feb 17  Hanjie Tan reports a Marsden group comet in real time C2 images
Feb 17  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 19  Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Feb 21  Discovery of 2024 C3 (PANSTARRS) reported
Feb 21  Discovery of 2024 C4 (ATLAS) reported
Feb 22  Discovery of 2023 X7 (PANSTARRS) reported
Feb 22  Recovery of 2012 WA34 (P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS) as 2024 C5 reported
Feb 24  Hanjie Tan reports a Marsden group comet in real time C2 images
Feb 29  2014 VF40 (P/PANSTARRS) confirmed as a comet
Feb 29  2005 XR132 (P/Spacewatch) confirmed as a comet
Mar 01  2019 G2 (PanSTARRS) re-designated as a comet
Mar 02  2019 O2 (PanSTARRS) re-designated as a comet
Mar 02  2021 X2 (Bok) re-designated as a comet
Mar 02  Hanjie Tan reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
Mar 06  Discovery of 2024 E1 (Wierzchos) reported
Mar 07  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 10  Masanori Uchina reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 11  Recovery of fragments of 2016 J1 (P/PanSTARRS) as 2020 Y6 and 2021 K5 reported
Mar 13  Discovery of 2024 D1 (A/Lemmon) reported
Mar 13  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 14  Jiangao Ruan reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
Mar 19  Discovery in 2021 of two fragments of 323P/SOHO reported
Mar 21  Robert Pickard reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Mar 22  Jiangao Ruan reports a non-group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 23  Jiangao Ruan reports a non-group comet in real time C3 images.
Mar 23  Hanjie Tan reports a Marsden group comet in real time C2 images
Mar 25  Hanjie Tan reports a Marsden group comet in real time C2 images. This is SOHO 5000.
Mar 26  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Mar 26  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 27  Discovery of 2024 E2 (Bok) reported
Mar 28  Eryk Banach and Hanjie Tan report a Meyer group comet in real time C2 images
Mar 28  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Mar 29  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 01  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 03  Jiangao Ruan, Eryk Banach and Zesheng Yang report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Apr 08  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images. This was imaged by Lin Zixuan during the total eclipse.
Apr 09  Discovery of 2024 F1 (P/PANSTARRS) reported
Apr 09  Discovery of 2024 F2 (PANSTARRS) reported
Apr 13  Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Apr 17  Discovery of 2024 G1 (Wierzchos) reported
Apr 17  Discovery of 2024 G2 (ATLAS) reported
Apr 18  Discovery of 2024 G3 (ATLAS) reported
Apr 18  Possible comet detected by Shigeki Murakami
Apr 23  2006 AH2 linked to 2022 U6 (P/Sheppard-Tholen)
Apr 24  Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Apr 30  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images. 
Apr 30  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images. 
May 02  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 05  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 06  Hanjie Tan reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C2 images
May 08  Discovery of 2024 G4 (PANSTARRS) reported
May 08  Discovery of 2024 G5 (Leonard) reported
May 08  Discovery of 2024 J1 (P/PANSTARRS) reported
May 08  Discovery of 2024 G6 (ATLAS) reported
May 10  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 11  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 14  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 18  Hanjie Tan and Eryk Banach report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 19  Discovery of 2024 J2 (Wierzchos) reported
May 20  Worachate Boonplod reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 21  Discovery of 2024 G7 (ATLAS) reported
May 21  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 22  Eryk Banach reports a non-group comet in real time C2 images
May 23  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 24  Zesheng Yang reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 24  Hanjie Tan reports ten comets in archival C2 images
May 26  Worachate Boonplod reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images
May 27  Zesheng Yang and Hanjie Tan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 28  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
May 29  Discovery of 2024 J3 (ATLAS) reported
May 29  Hanjie Tan reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C2 images
May 30  Discovery of 2024 J4 (Lemmon) reported
May 30  Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
May 31  Recovery of 2018 L5 (P/Leonard) as 2024 H1
May 31  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 01  2024 FG9 designated as comet P/Nanshan-Hahn
Jun 02  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 02  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 03  Jiangao Ruan reports a Marsden group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 06  Discovery of 2024 L1 (PanSTARRS) reported
Jun 06  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 09  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 11  Discovery of 2024 K1(P/PanSTARRS) reported
Jun 11  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 12  Jiangao Ruan and Hanjie Tan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 13  Jiangao Ruan and Hanjie Tan report a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 13  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 14  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 15  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 16  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 16  Rafal Biros reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 19  Discovery of 2024 L2 (PanSTARRS) reported
Jun 19  Eryk Banach reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 21  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 22  Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 24  Hanjie Tan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 24  Jiangao Ruan reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C2 images
Jun 29  Zhijian Xu reports a Kreutz group comet in real time C3 images
Jun 30  Jiangao Ruan reports two Kreutz group comets in real time C3 images