Happy New Year All!

Here's the complete listing for November 2024. I'm working on December now...

5125  Nov02,24 18:45:12   W.Boonplod     C2,C3   Meyer   Nov02-03,24  
5126  Nov03,24 03:43:22   E.Banach        C2     Meyer   Nov03,24
5127  Nov06,24 09:29:56   J.Ruan         C3,C2   Kreutz  Nov06-07,24
5128  Nov06,24 20:16:21   J.Ruan          C2     Kreutz  Nov07,24
5129  Nov09,24 02:05:10   H.Tan           C2     Kreutz  Nov09,24
5130  Nov09,24 11:21:29   Z.Xu            C2     Kreutz  Nov09,24
5131  Nov10,24 11:03:10   E.Banach        C2     Kreutz  Nov10,24
5132  Nov10,24 21:12:52   W.Boonplod     C3,C2   Kreutz  Nov10-11,24
5133  Nov12,24 14:16:50   H.Tan,E.Banach  C2     Kreutz  Nov12,24
5134  Nov15,24 02:28:38   H.Tan           C2     Kreutz  Nov15,25
5135  Nov17,24 12:39:56   H.Tan          C3,C2   Kreutz  Nov17-18,24
5136  Nov21,24 00:56:50   Z.Yang       C3,C2A,C2 Kreutz  Nov21-23,24    
5137  Nov22,24 11:08:38   Z.Xu           C3,C2   Kreutz  Nov22,24
5138  Nov22,24 15:29:58   E.Banach        C2     Kreutz  Nov22,24
5139  Nov22,24 16:54:54   E.Banach        C2     Kreutz  Nov22,24
5140  Nov24,24 14:37:36   M.Kaszczyk      C2     Kreutz  Nov24,24
5141  Nov25,24 00:46:08   W.Boonplod     C3,C2   Kreutz  Nov25-26,24
5142  Nov25,24 02:03:40   W.Boonplod      C2     Kreutz  Nov25,24
5143  Nov26,24 03:53:53   R.Pickard      C2,C3   NonGrp  Nov26,24
5144  Nov26,24 15:08:03   E.Banach        C2     Kreutz  Nov26,24
5145* Nov29,24 12:18AM    E.Banach        C2     Kreutz  Nov29,24
5146  Nov29,24 22:30:30   W.Boonplod    C3,C2    Kreutz  Nov30,24
5147  Nov30,24 11:53:11   E.Banach        C2     Kreutz  Nov30,24
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5145 = SOHOHunter #5872

Robert's C2 comet (5143) doesn't follow the Meyer track very well... I think it might be non-group. I will check on that to be sure though. Also I could not confirm Jiangao's reported fragment of 5146.

The transits for 2025 are now posted. Big thanks as always to Worachate for making that list for us! You'll see that we expect C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) to appear in C3 on January 11. We really don't know what to expect with this one. My guess is that it has fragmented and will not survive, and will not attain the very bright magnitude estimates that some have made. But I hope I am wrong! We will be running some special observations in C3 for its passage, so the data rate will be a little different to usual.

As always, please email me with questions, comments, complaints, concerns, etc.

Karl